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Health money can't buy
The intense debates over health-care reform have brought to mind some poignant memories. When my father was in his early 40s he was diagnosed with...
Christian Century, 09/22/09 by Rodney Clapp · More from publication -
The world next door
There is a new phenomenon in the heartland. As far as I know, it is little observed and has not yet been named. I will call it rural...
Christian Century, 07/28/09 by Rodney Clapp · More from publication -
Summer in the city
If, as Karl Barth said, God may speak through a blossoming shrub or a dead dog, I reckon God may be found at rock festivals. At least that is my...
Christian Century, 06/30/09 by Rodney Clapp · More from publication -
Scene of the crime
Recently I overheard a witty friend say that she didn't watch much television. "I'm not into forensics," she said. Recently I overheard a witty...
Christian Century, 06/02/09 by Rodney Clapp · More from publication -
Blest be the ties that bind
While I never suffered the childhood trauma of parents getting divorced, I know as an adult what it is like to suffer with a divided family. That...
Christian Century, 05/05/09 by Rodney Clapp · More from publication -
There's a word for it
New inventions often result in new words, or neologisms. Radar, for instance, emerged as an acronym for a "radio detection and ranging" device....
Christian Century, 04/07/09 by Rodney Clapp · More from publication -
Bad news evangelicals
For a practice to qualify as "evangelical" in the functional sense means first of all that it communicates news. It says something particular that...
Christian Century, 03/10/09 by Rodney Clapp · More from publication -
In tune with the universe
For Christians (as for religious people of various sorts), music is a basic human activity. We cannot live without worshiping, and we cannot...
Christian Century, 02/10/09 by Rodney Clapp · More from publication -
No problem after all
In recent years, "No problem" has become a customary response to a "Thank you" rendered to wait staff, service providers, hosts and gift givers. By...
Christian Century, 01/13/09 by Rodney Clapp · More from publication -
American soundings
It was Marshall McLuhan, believe, who first observed that the increased speed of transportation and communication had made the world a global...
Christian Century, 12/16/08 by Rodney Clapp · More from publication
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