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This week, I keep seeing this video everywhere (I think my H/T goes to Know More but it's hard to remember these days).

Philip Jenkins vividly synthesizes a specialized historiography: World War I as a global religious conflict.

Sacrifice has real moral resonance—but it can also be exploited. In Iraq, past sacrifices don't offer a guide for U.S. policy.

One of the things that any pastor of a congregation has to do is visit people where they live. The church I serve has a number of folks who are either in nursing homes or assisted living. Some pastors love visiting with people.

Erika Hayasaki, having reported on a succession of traumatic events, read about a popular university class on death. She decided to enroll.

"Sam!" she says. She's greeting me as if I changed her life. Unfortunately, I haven't a clue who she is.