Canada can do it. Why can’t we?

Canada will put a Canadian woman on its currency, and Canadians can nominate that woman here. (The queen of England doesn’t count. And can someone please explain to me what she’s doing there?) That’s full-on, on the bill, and none of this sharing stuff. Oh! Canada…

What would you call Christians these days?

A pastor named Brian Zahnd went on Twitter last night and said that the concept of “evangelical” has been turned into something ugly, and though I don’t usually get into a lot of conversations on The Twitters, I agreed with him. So the conversation progressed: If “evangelical” now carries with it the stench of ugly, what should …

The best day, like, ever

Today on WNPR’s “Where We Live” program, I got to report that Sal Pinna, a 52-year old man who’s been on the streets for something like 20 years, just got a housing voucher as part of Hartford’s 100-day challenge to greatly reduce chronic homelessness. [If you hit the “Where We Live” link above, Sal’s story …