Are religious people nerds?
August 14, 2011
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Author: Jim Naughton
Study says the rich are less empathetic than the poor
August 14, 2011
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“Upper-class people, in spite of all their advantages, suffer empathy deficits,” Dr. Keltner said. “And there are enormous consequences.” In other words, a high-powered lawyer or chief executive, ill equipped to pick up on more-subtle emotions, doesn’t make for a sympathetic boss.
Sir Paul Reeves, Archbishop and Governor General has died
August 13, 2011
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An Anglican Archbishop who also served as New Zealand’s first Maori Governor-General, has died. He was 78. Sir Paul Reeves was the Primate of New
Ministry to seafarers
August 13, 2011
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The Rev. Lacy Largent, whom many in the Episcopal Church know through her ministry at Camp Allen, is featured in an article that talks about
How to respond to the riots?
August 13, 2011
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As England takes stock of where it finds itself as the riots this week seem to be calming down, there’s a great deal of discussion
Making amends for acts of racism
August 13, 2011
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The Bishop of New Jersey led a service at St. Peter’s in Perth Amboy NJ that was part of an effort to make up for past indifference and domination of others.
“Christian” faith and politics: having the conversation
August 12, 2011
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Are we all talking about the same party when we say we are followers of Jesus, the Christ? Is it possible even to have that conversation? Absent any agreed- on source of authority, we are left with Christians of different political stripes hurling accusations at each other, saying, “Well, these people are not real Christians.”
John Chilton goes back to college
August 12, 2011
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John has a probing, analytical intellect, a gift for spotting the weaknesses in an argument, and he is a hell of a proofreader. He brought a clarity of thinking, a freshness of perspective, a breadth of interests and subtle wit to his work on The Lead, and we are going to miss him.
Resentment, forgiveness and reconciliation
August 11, 2011
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I have a friend who often quotes a saying from Twelve Step Recovery programs, “Resentment is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die. This sounds like very ancient wisdom, far older than AA.
The deficit debate
August 9, 2011
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One oft-heard sound bite during the debates asked, “Can you or the government do a better job of spending your money?” The speaker left the question unanswered, presuming that everybody agrees she/he can spend her/his money better than the government. I vehemently disagree. The federal government spends my tax dollars much better than I could.
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