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Just a random question that entered my mind as I perused coverage of the April 27 tornadoes that killed hundreds and injured thousands in the South — and I don’t imagine that there is one right answer.
What we have here is an interesting New York Times feature story about a dead or dying community, one of those rust-belt towns in which — this is a fact — the economic realities of this age are giving people less and less to live for.
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It was just a week ago that we all got news about the killing of Osama bin Laden. On Sunday night, crowds of people came out to celebrate this victory in the war on terror. And while many people understood the impromptu reaction, others felt a bit uncomfortable by the celebration. I think we all probably had mixed emotions in our reaction to Osama’s death. Almost immediately, many of my (mostly) Lutheran friends and family discussed what our reaction should be and it was an interesting example of how theology influences our day-to-day behavior.
I first posted on the impending end of the world back in early January, bidding farewell to life as we know it and voicing a few concerns about an Associated Press story.
The New York Times reports that faith groups are campaigning to block gay marriage in the state of New York:
Anyone out there in GetReligion reader land today who, for whatever reason, feels the need to get depressed?
