Archive for August, 2005
« Previous EntriesIndividual Credit and Public Policy
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005In the third part of a three-part series on
personal debt Associate Press, Yuri Kageyama compares American attitudes to
personal debt to Japanese.
The “American dream” emphasizes entrepreneurialism, while the Japanese equivalent stresses stability and lifelong employment with a single company.–The AssociatedPress
The Japanese are so averse to credit they don’t use credit cards and they hoard cash, according [...]
In Katrina’s Aftermath
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005Watching the heroic rescues in the aftermath
of Katrina is awe-inspiring.
All else pales as the images of Katrina’s aftermath come to us. Human suffering contrasts with heroism. We are haunted by the unknown, and the known. I’m thinking of friends along the Gulf Coast whom we haven’t heard from yet. I was [...]
Political Talk Radio Fading?
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005An article by Chuck Raasch of Gannett News
Service today questions if political talk on radio is fading.
Thanks to Gregg Hartung of Presbyterian Media Mission for passing along notice of an article by Chuck Raasch and syndicated by Gannett News Service. It says talk radio, especially political talk, may be fading.
Rush Limbaugh’s audience is down 25% [...]
Communicating and Games Playing
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005A recent communications flap recently led me
to try to understand how we mis-communicate, either intentionally or not.
Here’s what I learned.
I ran headlong into a tactic used by the religious right recently that caught me unaware. The subject was a simple invitation I sent to a group of religious communicators to attend a pre-screening of [...]
Religion in the Air Force
Monday, August 29th, 2005Religious practices in the Air Force are
changing, apparently as a result of accusations of proselytizing in the
past.
Alan Cooperman reports in the Washington Post that religious practices are being curtailed in the Air Force and will likely be restricted in other services after a trial period.
The guidelines state that we must be able to stand together [...]
Seeking Deeper Spiritual Connection
Monday, August 29th, 2005The search for deeper spiritual meaning is
neither new, nor a mere aberration of new age superficiality, according to a new
book by a Princeton professor.
The search for deeper spiritual meaning is neither new, nor a mere aberration of new age superficiality according to a new book, Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality, by Dr. Leigh [...]
Sinking in Debt?
Monday, August 29th, 2005In the second of a three-part series on debt
in the U.S. the Associated Press’ Eileen Alt Powell offers an overview of the
growing problem of individual and governmental indebtedness.
With the savings rate hovering near all-time lows, most consumers don’t have reserves, and so they’re vulnerable to an economic shock.–The Associated Press
In the second of a three-part [...]
Consumption, Credit and Christian Faith
Sunday, August 28th, 2005David Walker, U.S. Comptroller General, says a
tidal wave of debt is crashing in on us and it holds disastrous potential. He
says it’s about ten years out but fast approaching.
…I should not have been honest if I had not told you that three great civilizations had agreed (or so it seems at first sight) in [...]
Consuming Lifestyle
Saturday, August 27th, 2005What alternatives do we have to offer to
those caught up in consumer lifestyle? It’s not enough to be against, we’ve got
to also have a better way.
Roger, responding to my post Culture, Media and Individualism, asks what a pastor can do when we are individually caught up in the consumer culture, and he makes a [...]
Hubble IMAX
Saturday, August 27th, 2005A new IMAX of Hubble images is now being
screened. A preview and a longer version appears on the Web.
A new IMAX movie of Hubble images is available for institutional IMAX theaters. A preview of the movie and a longer version appear in this link. It’s not the same on the small screen, [...]
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