Topic: Religion

Moving Heaven and Earth

When it comes to global warming, Richard Cizik and Jim Ball are hell-bent on making fellow evangelicals see the light.READ»

Science Wins, Creationism Given The Boot in Texas Schools

The "science versus creationism" debate has been using up much of the energy and time of legislators and educators, but in Texas at least the arguments have come to a close. A series of meetings to revise the curriculum have just ...READ»

Robert Latham at New School Allowed Ethnic Albanian To Condone Genocide Against Serbian Orthodox Christians in Kosovo

VI. As I said I left early but I will never forget his phrase stating: “I, Fatmos Ljubonia, have come to the New School for Social Research to ask you, The New School students, to give me, Fatmos Ljubonia, new creative nationalist ideas to PROMOTE AND TO CONSTRUCT A GREATER ALBANIA!”READ»

Human Actions #4

The tao of toa is very simple.  TOA = thinking out aloud and tao of it is the way or form of that thinking.  I am practicing the tao of toa right now, each sentence I am writing here has no script, it is simply following the ...READ»

Evangelical Environmentalist Richard Cizik Forced Out Of The NAE

"It looked like Tony Soprano had whacked one of his own. People asked me, 'Rich, do you still have a job?'" When I profiled Richard Cizik two years ago, that's how he described the growing tension between him and the National Association of Evangelicals.READ»

Praise Solar: Vatican to Build Europe's Largest Solar Plant

Europe is getting a massive new solar plant, all thanks to Vatican City and the cardinal sin of pollution. Europe's largest solar farm, estimated to cost $660 million, will be built on the same 740 acres in the Vatican where ...READ»

United They Evangelize

In one corner, we have "latte-sipping, Prius-driving, endive-munching, New York Times-reading snobs." And in the other corner, "Hummer-driving, Bible-thumping, fire-breathing, snake-handling fundamentalists." Just another skirmish ...READ»

How Can Your Cup Be Filled If It Is Already Full?

Yesterday evening my wife and I discovered an Asian boutique store in our mall and grabbed a copy of the Chinese Uncut version of 'The Forbidden Kingdom' starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li (I collect Hong Kong movies and have over 45 ...READ»

The Great Disappearing Act of Good Design

There is a wonderful hidden dichotomy in all good design: When it's really good, you hardly notice it at all.READ»

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How to Start in the Martial Arts

Sort through the best-known martial arts -- and pick the path that's best for you.READ»

VR Evangelist

Job Title of the Future: Linda JacobsonREAD»

At Least He Was a Consistent Hypocrite

Before he was exposed as a hypocrite about homosexuality, Ted Haggard, who resigned last week as head of the National Association of Evangelicals amid a drug and sex scandal, was already a hypocrite about the environment. As we ...READ»

Work/Life: Ten Commandments of Work/Life Balance

Ceo Dad's Tuesday Tirade.... As you’ve no doubt heard, the Vatican recently issued its “ten commandments” of how humans should think about behaving in regards to our cars. The document includes a reference to not using our ...READ»

Sharia Shariah Shari'ah: A Global Liquidity Solution by any name

Shawn Baldwin from CMG in Chicago defines alternative liquidity solutionsREAD»

Does Your Brand Need to be Born Again?

Some brands are timeless: Tiffany's, Ivory Soap, even Coca-Cola. They're classic icons in our minds. They've stood the test of time. We know what they are and what they represent. Their brand story is clear and consistent in any day ...READ»

Education: Losing and Gaining Religion

With my last post about Brooklyn's controversial Khalil Gibran International Academy in mind, I couldn't help but notice recent headlines on a Hebrew charter school in Florida and Catholic schools in Washington, D.C. As I discussed ...READ»

Consultant Nation

Even you can be a consultant! You just have to find your niche. Compost? Satanism?READ»

Look to the Catholic Church for Search Engine Optimization Techniques

After my analogy between LEGOs, Play-Doh and CSS (see "A Bettery Way for Organizing CSS"), I'll go out on a further limb and compare the best practices for URL canonicalization with what the Catholic Church has been doing ...READ»

Drop That Lasagna! This Is a Raid!

Watch out, recipe sharers and baseball-card traders! Now that the music biz is going after file swappers, you may be next.READ»

'We're Trying to Change World History.'

It sounds corny, but it's true: Bishop William Swing is a man on a mission. His goal? To change the relationships among the world's religions, from hostility to harmony.READ»

Laura Clouden

Laura Clouden E-Mail: lauraclouden@gmail.com My name is Laura Clouden and I am a wife, mother, and active volunteer in my community. In earlier years I was mostly involved in retail.  I have been a Scientologist for many years ...READ»

God and Mammon at Harvard

Harvard's B-school has some competition across the Charles River: the divinity school, which is turning out a new flock of spiritually minded business leaders.READ»

Work/Life: Policy is a dirty word

Customer evangelism tip: if you want to bring your customers closer to you, don't use the p-word, at least not to their face. Don't say "Our policy is …" because they don't want to hear about your freaking policy. They want to ...READ»

Sharia

Shawn Baldwin from CMG (Chicago) in 2009 writes on Sharia for the Critical Capital Management seriesREAD»

Fashion Jewellery meaning in the Jewish tradition

Star of DavidThe emblem was used in Israel in Roman epoch, but it seems to have become associated with Judaism in particular only in later centuries. In the 17th century it became a trendy ritual to put the Star of David on the outer ...READ»