Most Evangelicals claim to be politically non-partisan, and say they only identify with the Republican Party because the Republicans are committed to 'family values.'
When people are hungry, when a mother or father is facing a child that they can't feed, you can't ask that family to lay down their arms.
We call an obsession with having someone's approval 'co-dependency;' the Bible's word for it is idolatry. A country can be an idol. A family can be an idol.
Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.
So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status; it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it to order.
Reviewing a government budget is much like going through the attic in an old home.
It's a nice neighborhood, like the one I left. My home borough is Brooklyn and Queens.
Maybe I should just go home and ride my tractor.
Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.
Students graduating with high debt encounter difficulties in qualifying for home and automobile loans.
Guns go home with the soldiers, but landmines are designed to kill - mindlessly, out of control, for years.
So, a lot of my supporters back home are members of the Tea Party.
When it came time to find employment, I set my sights on becoming an engineer at a home electronics manufacturer, a field that was closely related to my major at university.
Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?
Pope John Paul II brought hope to all corners of the world, to people of all faiths and backgrounds, with his powerful belief in the human spirit.
I hope that increasing numbers of Christians adopt the practice of wearing a cross in a simple and discreet way as a symbol of their beliefs.
My mother was a not-too-devoted atheist. She went to Episcopal church on Christmas Eve every year, and that was mostly it.
When I was a child, I was living in the housing projects of Philadelphia. I didn't even have a Christmas tree.
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it.
I've taught fifth-year Christmas leavers last thing on a Friday afternoon. Basically, if you can face that you can face anything.
