Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is discussing belief around the world, and where Americans stand in comparison. Most Americans believe in God, as a new compilation of international survey data confirms once ...
The fundamental building block for the universe in not a passive billiard ball. It is a complex assembly of interacting particles called the atom. These subatomic particles represent a fine balance of forces, have very special properties, interact together in complex ways, exhibit complex behaviors, obey complex laws, and follow ...
Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is discussing belief around the world, and where Americans stand in comparison. Most Americans now believe in God, many without any doubt whatsoever.But, have we always believed? ...
Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is discussing belief around the world, and where Americans stand in comparison. In the past, Americans have been unusual in their beliefs about God — when compared ...
Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is discussing Christianity and politics in America. Greg Garrett’s Faithful Citizenship is the new book we’ve considered all week: how politics trumps faith, that God should come ...
Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week Dr. Baker is discussing Christianity and politics in America. What’s the story of America? There are many ways to tell it. In recent years, a polarization narrative has seized ...
Proclamations and invocations of faith are constant companions on the campaign trail, as we've heard throughout this political season. Politicians routinely appeal to scripture to support their policies, and sometimes to attack their opponents.
A prayer caucus being formed in the Michigan Legislature that specifically endorses Judeo-Christian tradition is drawing criticism for ignoring Islam and other religions.
What gives you peace in a natural setting as well as a healthy activity, and — if you live close by — fossil fuel savings? A walk through the St. Aidan’s/Northside Presbyterian Natural Habitat. The trails in this five-acre natural habitat bisect the hill between Plymouth Road and Broadway, just east of ...
At noon on April 6, in a contemporary service of "Stations of the Cross," members and friends of St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church will bear their cross from the bottom to the top of Broadway hill. For 35 years, this service, though fashioned on the 14 stations in Jerusalem, has made each ...
The Rockets will get their yards. How the Eastern Michigan football team reacts, coach Ron English says, will determine how successful it is Saturday against Toledo. Toledo’s spread offense is averaging more than 350 yards against a string of solid opponents (Ohio State, Boise State, Syracuse and Temple). The Rockets ...
The Presbyterian Church had always been part of Fairfax Fair’s life, starting as a child growing up in a small town in southern Arkansas. But it didn’t occur to her to enter the ministry until she was faced with a crisis in her early 20s: Pregnant with her first child, ...
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks had a lasting impact on most Americans, but perhaps more so for Muslims and Arab Americans who suddenly found themselves the objects of suspicion and, in some cases, outright hatred. Tarek Nahlawi, an area businessman who is on the board of directors of the Michigan ...
I was sitting in a staff meeting when we heard the news about the Twin Towers. It was one of the most ghastly and frightening moments of my life. To honor those who had died, I tried to read the obituaries and memorials printed in the New York Times. I ...
A girlfriend who attends St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church once told me how invaluable that one hour a week every Sunday morning was for her, to sit, reflect, pray, and be alone. To hear her describe it, I wanted to go, too. (I remember when my children were babies, the ...
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