Friday's News & Ideas
An evangelical renaissance in academe?
Inside Higher Ed: This spring semester, California's Biola University, among the nation's largest evangelical institutions, opens the doors of its ambitious new Center for Christian Thought. Biola's center is the latest chapter in a comeback of the "evangelical mind."
Science vs God: Richard Dawkins takes on Archbishop of Canterbury
The (London) Independent: Rather than arguing, Dawkins and Williams seemed intent on finding areas of agreement.
Love is listening: Listening is love
Episcopal Café: Maybe what we most long for isn’t that God do something for us, but that we feel and sense God’s presence with us.
Christians do not need a privileged space
Christian Today: The church can present a convincing case with or without state privileges.
Santorum's Augustinian theology
Huffington Post: Rick Santorum does not throw around the word "theology" lightly. More than any other candidate, theology -- particularly the theology of St. Augustine (354-430) -- infuses his message and shapes his worldview.
Tattoos spread Montrose church's Lenten message
The Houston Chronicle: About 50 church members have been tattooed with custom-designed images of birds, hands, roses, trees and short phrases written in the traditional, Sailor Jerry-style tattoo text.
The Spark
Are you as busy as you think?
Plenty of Americans have faulty impressions of how they spend time in our "too-rushed-to-breathe" world. We all have the same 168 hours per week, but since time passes whether we acknowledge it or not, we seldom think through exactly how we're spending our hours. Since we also live in a competitive society, by lamenting our overwork and sleep deprivation, we show that we are dedicated to our jobs and our families. The Wall Street Journal points out how being "busy" and "starved for time" makes us feel important.
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