After growing up on the south side of Chicago, Jeff Allen pursued a career in comedy. He took his show on the road working nightclubs and casinos, but it wasn’t …
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“Superman Is My Uncle. No, Really!”
Most days, Thomas gets dropped off at school by his mom. Most days, he’s wearing his Superman t-shirt with the iconic “S” emblazoned on his little chest. And most days, …
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Abortion
“Destruction of the embryo in the mother’s womb is a violation of the right to live which God has bestowed upon this nascent life. To raise the question whether we …
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John D. Rockefeller was one of the richest men in America’s history. He built his vast wealth as the head of Standard Oil Company which he founded in 1870. Raised …
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G. K. Chesterton on Saying Grace
“You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the play and the opera. And grace before I open a book. And grace before sketching, painting, swimming, …
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“It is well that war is so terrible; otherwise we should grow too fond of it.”
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Destruction In a Matter of Seconds
In 1959, as the world was embracing commercial air travel, Canada was set to unveil her latest offering to the world: Ottawa International Airport. Originally known as Uplands, the newly …
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“God’s problem is not that God is not able to do certain things. God’s problem is that God loves. Love complicates the life of God as it complicates every life.”
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Neil Postman on the Limitations of Science
“In the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its story of our origins and our end is, to say the least, unsatisfactory. To the question, …