Jan 18 2016

Once upon a time

    The name “Mission: Meeting” is sort of an inside joke for missionaries and MKs (children of missionaries are called “missionary kids” or “mishkids”) who endured endless¹ “mission meetings” (planning and business meetings). It also conveys the idea that…  [more]

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Jan 13 2016

What would Jesus the Palestinian do?

What do you call a Christian who opposes the occupation of Palestine by undermining its socio-economic and religious underpinnings?

By , Jan 11, 2016   Among other things, you might call him Christ. There is a quiet sea…  [more]

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Jan 09 2016

The holiest things

Were The Tears Real or Not? You Tell Us After Reading This!

By Joshua Dubois, January 6, 2016   The White House is not supposed to be a place for brokenness. Sheer, shattered, brokenness. But that’s what we experienced on…  [more]

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Jan 08 2016

How can I respond in 500 words

Dear editor, The good doctor-chairman complains that he cannot adequately explain himself within the constraints of this newspaper’s 500-word limit, but let’s see if we cannot concisely summarize the essence of all recent regressive rants: God good. Guns good. Baby…  [more]

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Jan 04 2016

Try being Muslim in America

Why I converted to Islam

By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, March 29, 2015 2:00AM ET   I was born Lew Alcindor. Now I’m Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The transition from Lew to Kareem was not merely a change in celebrity brand name —…  [more]

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Dec 30 2015

I will not claim it

Stop asking me to condemn terrorists just because I’m Muslim

By Rana Elmir, December 28   As an American Muslim, I am consistently and aggressively asked — by media figures, religious leaders, politicians and Internet trolls — to…  [more]

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Dec 19 2015

The rash

.   Dear editor: After reading the rash of liberal letters recently that sympathized with the Muslims so much (while mocking the rest of us for being fearful of the Islamic jihadist terrorists), perhaps many of you might be much…  [more]

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