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If we continue to look the other way, we may never find our way again

Zionica — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:00:44 +0000

If one truly cares for their country and their freedoms, regardless political affiliation, could they be anything but ashamed after seeing the degree to which this administration has lied and deceived to achieve their ends – from Benghazi’s cover-up(1) and the IRS-Tea Party profiling(2), to AP spying(3), for starters? Even the left is starting to…

Speeding toward Gomorrah

Zionica — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:15:55 +0000

Warren Jeffs must be banging his head against the walls of his prison cell these days. If he had only waited a few years before starting his Texas polygamy compound, he’d have ended up a civil rights trailblazer and Twitter-verse superstar, enduring nothing more than a little good-natured teasing from Jimmy Kimmel about his new…

Obama's faith draws criticism, praise

Zionica — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:02:19 +0000

People have all sorts of questions for presidential candidates in an election year. But there was one question I asked last weekend that scores of readers griped about: Why do so many people doubt President Barack Obama’s faith? Obama has talked publicly about his faith for years, but doubts persist. Why? Was it race? Was…

The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Evangelical Left

Zionica — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:27:50 +0000

The right story told at the right time can make all the difference. Knowing this, great storytellers take as much care in selecting the right story as they do in crafting its telling. David Swartz, author and historian at Asbury University, has done just that in his newly released book, Moral Minority: The Evangelical Left…

Do Jews believe in heaven and hell?

Zionica — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:06:49 +0000

When it comes to the subject of the existence of heaven and hell, most contemporary Jews – meaning Jews who have graduated college, who are essentially secular and who consider themselves progressive – know exactly where they stand: There is no heaven, and there is no hell. Most Jews deem belief in heaven and hell…

Traditional Catholicism Is Winning

Zionica — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:54:00 +0000

In his Holy Thursday homily at St. Peter's Basilica on April 5, Pope Benedict XVI denounced calls from some Catholics for optional celibacy among priests and for women's ordination. The pope said that "true renewal" comes only through the "joy of faith" and "radicalism of obedience." And renewal is coming. After the 2002 scandal about…