“Hapsburg Austria occupied Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1878, terminating four centuries of Muslim Ottoman rule. They then decided to regularize the position of the Catholic Church in their new province by restoring an episcopal hierarchy. But in Herzegovina, the Franciscans had tilled this particular corner of the Lord’s vineyard alone, under Muslim persecution, and without bishops, for […]
Author: Meg
C. S. Lewis: Don’t be fooled by feelings
Should you depend on feelings or experience? Remember C.S. Lewis: “All our prayers are being answered and I thank God for it. The only unfavorable symptom is that you are just a trifle too excited. It is quite right that you should feel that ’something terrific’ has happened to you …. Accept these sensations with […]
Luther on Easter
“In the midst of life we are ringed ’round by death,’ but the gospel reverses this, saying: in the midst of death we are ringed ’round by life,’ because we have the forgiveness of sins” (LW 13:83).
Diversity training doesn’t work.
Diversity training has always been controversial, but now some social scientists report that there is little evidence diversity training works. What works much better: mentoring and monitoring promotion practices. Read more here.
Nigeria – Except It Ain’t So
500 – mostly women and children — were butchered in Nigeria last month due to “ethnic tensions” and “economic decline,” say the MSM – except it ain’t so. It was a Muslim-on-Christian massacre. Reportedly, it was in retaliation for Christian-on-Muslim killings in January — except it ain’t so. The killings in January began when Muslim […]