I agree with bekkio and choralreef: of all of the commentary I've seen on Obama's choice to have Rick Warren give the invocation at his inauguration, this dovetails with my own thinking the most. Yes, I understand why some people are smarting over Proposition 8 and are angry over this. I'm hurting over Proposition 8, too. But I agree: Obama understands that we
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The retreat, as I said, was wonderful. The St. Benedict's Monastery, which is associated with the Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict, is on the campus of the College of Saint Benedict, a woman's college in St. Joseph, Minnesota (the nearby men's college is St. John's). It's the largest resident community of Benedictine nuns at present in the
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I love this story. From the blogsite Americans United for Separation of Church and State. (See the article here): "Backpack mail" systems are common in public schools. [The Albemarle School District] uses it to advertise extra-curricular activities such as children’s theater, summer camps and recreational sports events
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I bought this one today, the Druidcraft Tarot. I went to four stores in all and looked through a lot of decks. I'm not totally in love with this deck or even sure that I will use it extensively, since I've never had a Tarot deck before. But I like it, and I thought it might be a good starting point. I have, however, also put the Jane Austen
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Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses - you know it all! You are fantastic!
Saw this at broadsheet and noted without comment: The Burquini, which allows a modest Muslim woman to swim comfortably while remaining fully covered from head to toe.
(All right, one little comment: broadsheet is right: that hood does sorta look like a Smurf hat).