First, before I launch into my main post for today....which I think is so important....I want to thank you guys for your kind words and encouragement after my post yesterday.  I realize it may have sounded a little "woe is me" but I guess sometimes you can't help to have th...

Global Food Crisis Day.   In partnership with radio stations, media, churches and bloggers, Compassion International is working to spread the word about the Global Food Crisis.  We hope to raise both awareness and funds to feed those who are most critically impact...

Compass Direct is reporting this news today. Attacker said he aimed to stop Christian conversions; Hindu extremist connection suspected. NEW DELHI, March 10 (Compass Direct News) – In an effort to stop conversions to Christianity in the eastern state of Bihar, a 25-year-old ailing man on Sunday (M...

These sublimely clueless musings from Lisa Schiffern at the Corner illustrate the strange belief system of the GOP's true ideological base, which is made up mostly of the American version of what Orwell called "the lower upper class." Axioms which are key to that system include: (1) The hardest-work...

Chapter 2 of John Gray’s book is divided into 15 subsections. Section 1: At The Masked Ball In popular psychology we read about all the different masks we wear as we go about our daily business, e.g., that of parent, teacher, bus driver, patient, student or whatever, and, indeed, we change those m...

Kenneth Minogue wants to know why in Britain (and to a lesser extent the rest of the Anglophone world), family and school life has deteriorated so extensively? Why are we seeing such a loss of discipline in schools, and a......

The December 2008 issue of Comment (published by Cardus) contains an important article. At first glance, it looks like one people might skip. It's called "Can We Hope for a Neocalvinist-Neopuritan Dialogue?" Like I said, easy to skip this article, especially if you don't identify as a member of eith...

“True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.� - HH, the Dalai Lama Think of people as a cross between ants and marbles constantly moving in somewhat random patterns. A mass of movement, whirring about, jostling for position and direction going about...

In case on whether he can legally change religion, Christian is accused of ‘apostasy.’ ISTANBUL, February 26 (Compass Direct News) – In the latest hearing of a Muslim-born Egyptian’s effort to officially convert to Christianity, opposing lawyers advocated he be convicted of “apostasy,� o...

Director : John Sturges Release Date : 23 October 1960 (USA) Genre : Western, Adventure, Drama Cast : Yul Brynner as Chris Adams, Eli Wallach as Calvera, Steve McQueen as Vin, Charles Bronson as Bernardo O’Reilly, Robert Vaughn as Lee, Brad Dexter as Harry Luck, James Coburn as Britt, Horst Bu...