I’m deeply pleased that President Obama is signing our nation’s health care bill into law today. I have a couple of thoughts about it, and then a parallel in my own work-life.
In my view and perhaps the view of other progressives, millions of people gaining access to doctors and medicine is important, even fundamental to [...]
Entries from March 23rd, 2010
Of Health Care And Rideshare
March 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · health & well being, politics, transportation
Tags: health care·rideshare
St. Patrick’s Day & Loving A Place
March 17th, 2010 · 5 Comments · sustainability
Yesterday while working on my novel during the vanpool ride to and from work (the novel that has pre-empted frequent blog-posts), my fingers started writing (it wasn’t my mind, it was my fingers) that the protagonist actually loved a certain place in the world more than she had loved her ex-husband. And she had loved [...]
Tags: Columbia Gorge·land·Paddy Moloney·place·soul·St. Patrick's day
Pope And Ian Alterman Respond Faithfully To Climate Change
March 10th, 2010 · 6 Comments · global warming and climate change, spirituality & religion
A letter to the New York Times today encapsulates what I have thought for some time about how Christians and people of faith in general should be responding to global warming. The following is by Ian Alterman, pastor of Spirit Fellowship Ministries (full published version here):
Evolution may be a controversial issue for many Christians, but [...]
Tags: Ian Alterman·Pope Benedict·Spirit Fellowship Ministries
