Category: hope

Prosperity gospel and the recession

December 28, 2009 | 8 comments

I read an eye-catching article titled, “Did Christianity Cause the Crash?” in The Atlantic. Hanna Rosin, the author, argues that the prosperity gospel preached to tens of millions of Christians, promoted excess financial risk-taking that contributed to the housing bubble

The Third Man

October 19, 2009 | 6 comments

I read a fascinating article titled “The Mystery of Survival,” in “Men’s Journal,” this week about special “invisible” help received by explorers and desperate individuals caught in dire and extreme circumstances. Have you ever heard about the Third Man? The

Valkyrie the movie

June 21, 2009 | 4 comments

I watched the movie, “Valkyrie,” starring Tom Cruise, last night with my family. It’s based on a true story that recounts one Nazi colonel’s attempt to assassinate Hitler and reorganize the German government in order to change the direction of

Stimulus that works

February 3, 2009 | 2 comments

There’s active debate in Washington D.C. about what kind of stimulus is needed to jumpstart the economy. Some type of package will pass legislation, few observers doubt, but many wonder whether the proposed expenditures are going to create needed jobs

Staying up in a down economy

December 2, 2008 | 2 comments

“The economy is in recession,” economists have officially decided. This is no news to the citizen on the street looking for work and struggling to make payments. Numbers cranked out of Washington D.C. are experienced by everyday people long before