A platypus parable
It looked rather strange, it looked rather odd, Lying there shining on billabong sod. It looked round and square, it
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A prescription for gun control
As a red-blooded American, I love guns. And as a gray-haired arthritis sufferer, I love prescription pain killers. The pharmacist
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Were the U.S. founding fathers Christian? Yes and no
Pop quiz! Take out a clean sheet of paper and a number 2 pencil. True or False: The Declaration of
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‘Spray paint’ parenting
Both five-year-old Paul and his bike were banged up after a summer of skids, spills, and “wheel-ies.” So one weekend,
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Top ten things my mom taught me
I have in my right hand, direct from my home office in Corn Borer, Indiana, today’s category: top ten things
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Children who marry their parents: the psychology of courtship
It’s “sweeps” week and the TV talk shows are putting their “Satanic Sibling Serial Killers Who Dress Like Tramps Reunited
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Why be bent out of shape by LGBTQIA+?
Adapted from The Why Files The late Fred Phelps and his followers became infamous for their picketing with signs declaring,
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Are natural disasters ‘acts of God’?
Insurance companies describe tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires as acts of God,” but how much responsibility for hurricanes, earthquakes, floods,
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Harry Potter: the good, the bad, the muggly
Is the Harry Potter phenomenon a force for good or evil? Ever since the worldwide best-selling book series and films
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When does a group become a cult?
As as our world becomes more and more polarized by race, religion, political beliefs, etc. many groups are taking on
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They don’t make crosses like they used to
Two thousand years ago, the Romans hand-crafted them out of real wood—rugged, solid, durable—stained with natural colors. Awe and respect
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Sharing the Old Story with New Age believers
“You can’t reach New Agers through any of the normal ways Christians try to reach out and touch them,” Gail
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‘Faith of Our Mothers’
If your church is tired of replacing “Father” with “Mother” for “Faith of Our Mothers” on Mom’s special day, here
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iNo hablo Estrogen! Becoming gender fluent
I knew something was wrong the second I said it. While on a speaking tour of Australia, our host had
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My ‘real job’
6:00 a.m.: The clock radio interrupts my sleep with news of a coup in Latin America, a drop in the
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