The BBC news has the following article. I will only be quoting part of it: High-profile Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon has been suspended from his post by the country’s judicial body. The decision was unanimously adopted by the General Council of the Judiciary. He is due to face trial on charges that he abused his […]
Missionaries and learning from other cultures
No, this is not one of those syrupy posts about learning from other cultures. But, it is a reminiscence of an encounter I had with an older Quechua man up in the Andes mountains. For those of you who are not aware, my wife and I were missionaries in the southern part of Perú in […]
Jaime Escalante and the problem with Arizona
Yesterday, I posted on the State of Arizona and its both mistaken and, I believe, illegal criteria having to do with accents and teaching. Let me emphasize again that I am talking about non-TESL classes. But, let me give you an example of a teacher who could easily not be allowed to teach in Arizona […]
Quenya (Tolkien elf) Paschal greeting
Thanks to a friend, I can pass on to you what the greeting would be that Aragorn and Arwen would have exchanged on Pascha (Easter Day) had it existed back then. Yes, someone has translated the traditional greeting–Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!–into Quenya. Ortanne Laivino! Anwa ortanne Laivino! From an Orthodox website, here […]
The Census and right wing(nuts)
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R) of North Carolina is one of the more conservative members of Congress. He has even proposed replacing the image of U.S. Grant on the $50 bill with the image of Ronald Reagan. But, Rep. McHenry is in favor of the Census and is encouraging people to fully respond to the Census […]
Tony Campolo, Glenn Beck, and heresy
Over the last couple of days Father Orthoduck and I have been discussing short-term missions, theology, and social justice. Let me now return to short-term missions with a quote from the article by Tony Campolo that was cited earlier. In this quote, Tony Campolo provides the link between Glenn Beck’s disdain for government and private […]
Glenn Beck and social and economic justice
Recently Glenn Beck said on his radio shows that if their priest or pastor or preacher is using the terms economic or social justice that they should leave their local congregation. To make sure that you do not think that Father Orthoduck is misquoting Glenn Beck, please go here to read his defense on his […]
Short-term missions, social support, and Tony Campolo
I am a supporter of short-term missions. However, my blog post of the day before yesterday did not make that clear. I have seen at least two people called to long-term missions because they served on a short-term mission team. My problem is not with short-term missions per se. My problem is with under-trained teams […]
“In God We Trust” upheld in San Francisco federal court
Fed. appeals court upholds ‘under God’ in pledge By TERENCE CHEA Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and […]
Learning about whom we visit in short-term mission
In January of 2009, I posted a blog on what we can learn from the poor. I talked about Fr. Alejandro Mesco and what he had taught me about sharing the good things that the Lord gives us. Just today, I read an article in Mission Frontiers which is a magazine of the US Center […]
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