(Image via Wikipedia) New research shows that Marriage plays a major role in the well-being of the American economy. The Family Research Council’s Marriage and Religion Research Institute released new findings that indicate stable married-couples economically outperform other family types, including: remarried families, divorced families, single-parent families, and cohabiting families. Basically the stats show [...]

                                        (Image via Wikipedia) A survey has shown that 34% of the Protestant churches in America have experienced a marked decrease in the financial contributions received in 2010. This has resulted in staff reductions, frozen salaries, and cut backs in ministries and programs. In the meantime, more church members in 2010 are finding themselves in [...]

Response: Forget about al Qaeda, the Taliban, nuclear Iran or any radical Islamic efforts to overthrow Western civilization. Even forget about the ‘nuevo’ communists who want to destroy our ‘free enterprise’ economy. The greatest threat to our country’s ‘national security’ is Carbon Dioxide? That’s right, the very substance that you and I and every other [...]

(Speaker Pelosi by talkradionews via Flickr) This is what Nancy Pelosi had to say about the Health Care bill: “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.” So let’s get this straight. We have to pass the bill first [...]

(President Obama by jurvetson via Flickr) In many respects, the Senate election in Massachusetts yesterday was Barack Obama’s report card for his first year. It was never intended to be that way but in reality that is exactly what it turned out to be. A couple of weeks ago Obama gave himself a B+ or [...]

(Costa Rica  by Wha’ppen via Flickr) Is Costa Rica Really the ‘Happiest Nation on Earth’? Nicholas Kristof claimed so in a New York Times Op-Ed piece on Wednesday (1/6/10). What qualifies it for that heady position—a poll of course. When asked if they were basically happy with their life, Costa Ricans scored higher than any [...]

(Image by georgia.g via Flickr) Happy New Year!  2010 has finally arrived and just in the nick of time, 2009 had surely worn out its welcome. What I’m Looking Forward To 1. Revival I am hoping and praying for a revival of the Christian faith in America to begin in 2010. The doomsayers continue to [...]