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February 2, 2012

Dec. 5, 2011, is a day Jordan Lorence will never forget — nor will the members of the Bronx Household of Faith (BHF) in New York City.  Read more

Is the U.S. Exceptional?

February 2, 2012

I was in Stuttgart, Germany not long ago, and I came upon a sign at an entrance to a military compound. A word on that sign startled me, for the connotation was highly uncomfortable. The word was “Panzer,” as in that brutish Panzer tank, the one that devastated so many Allied troops in World War II. If you recall the final battle scene in Saving Private Ryan, then you know that monster.  Read more

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January 31, 2012

Dec. 5, 2011, is a day Jordan Lorence will never forget — nor will the members of the Bronx Household of Faith (BHF) in New York City.  Read more

Walking Out Their Faith

December 26, 2011

by Julie Smyth  Read more

Doing the Right Thing

December 26, 2011

Tom Minnery
Imagine that Penn State University has a philosophy department typical of large public universities. Relativism abounds, with vigorous interchange about “my truth” versus “your truth” and, above all, “tolerance” for everyone and every view.  Read more

A Future and a Hope

November 23, 2011

A little over a year ago, Citizen introduced readers to Ronald Holassie, a high school student in inner-city D.C. His mom, Carmen, a single parent without a high school degree, struggled to make ends meet with housekeeping and babysitting jobs.  Read more

Tom MinneryWhenever I dig into American history I am struck anew by the role of the church at critical times in our past. This happened again during a brief trip I made to sites significant in the American Revolution.  Read more

Razing the Bill of Rights

November 1, 2011

by AWR Hawkins  Read more

More Than Words

October 27, 2011

The refrigerator in Eleanor and Joe McCullen’s Newton, Mass., home is covered with photos.  Read more

Tom MinneryAs the primary election season approaches, I find myself thinking back to just four years ago, and the bizarre scandal that left in a ruined heap the career of one of the brighter stars in the political firmament. More importantly, I wonder if anyone understands the sad moral truth that lay at the center of it.  Read more

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