Diana S. Frazier
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How do you exegete “the poor will always be with us” and reconcile that with the command to love our neighbor as ourselves? Enter Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times columnist, looking for a lead on a one-off story and finding instead a four-plus-year relationship with an exceptional musician living on Skid Row. This is a […]
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I admit it, my obsession with any potato product liberally sprinkled with salt has resulted in four years off and on the South Beach Diet. The basic principles all make sense-good carbs, good fats, good sugars-but actually maintaining a steady diet of eating well is hard work. It takes time to shop for food and […]
Point of Contact: “Infidel” by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
I’ve been mulling over how to start this for several days. I read Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s explosive memoir, Infidel, in the context of other reading: A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini’s second novel that focuses on the suffering of women in Islamic culture; and The Known World, a novel by Edward P. Jones about the […]
Musings on Commerce: A Review of the Christian Booksellers’ Association Convention
Noise is at a low ebb. It’s late Saturday afternoon at the annual Christian Booksellers’ Association Convention in Dallas. It’s 105 degrees outside, but the temperature in the big convention hall is comfortable. Most of the displays are up; vendors have until 8:00 p.m. to get ready or they will have to wait until Monday […]
We Wish for…Evangelical Unity Founded on the Gospel Rather than on a Power Base
In a recent conversation with a national Christian media executive, I was reminded that we often shoot one another within the evan-gelical community rather than work together against the enemy. On the surface, that’s a valid observation. I have felt the pain from attacks within our circles. And I’m sure I’ve lobbed a few finely […]
