A friend of mine said he was saying goodbye to Jesus, because he had come to believe that Jesus stood for everything “woke.” The Sermon on the Mount was a case in point. There Jesus praises the peacemakers, urges people to love and not hate, and to forgive instead of giving retribution.
For today’s front-page feature, I watched fifth- and sixth-grade boys practice singing, among other works, “God Bless America.” I later heard them perform with more than 400 older boys at Bethany College. They opened with that patriotic song by the Russian immigrant Irving Berlin.
My local public library has perhaps the best marketing of a tax-provided service ever. Patrons who check out items there receive a receipt that details the savings achieved by using the library.
Last week, we explored swearing in Sweden compared with the U.S., possibly expanding your vocabulary along the way. Now, let’s delve into how American media influence Swedish swearing, examine social norms around cussing, and discuss its effect on Swedish schools.
In his farewell address to the nation, former President Biden warned about "a dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people." Such power is a risk, the outgoing president said, that undermines the very fabric of American life. "Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy.
The writer is an American of Swedish ancestry who is living in Östersund, Sweden, for a year.
Imagine receiving a brochure in the mail that outlines what to do if war or a national crisis occurs. This was my experience both times I lived in Sweden.
This Catechism of the Catholic Church serves as a sort of compendium of the oral teaching given by Jesus and passed down to us through the many generations of believers under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The current version was promulgated in 1992 and begins with this paragraph: "God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life.