• Politically Correct | Posted by Mart De Haan on Mar 06 2008

    I’ve been watching the way some of us use the phrase politically correct to characterize the other side in an issue of public debate. As I understand it, many of us use the term PC to refer to the social pressure we feel to accept and respect groups that we think should be opposed or [...]

  • The Big Fish Story of Yom Kippur | Posted by Mart De Haan on Sep 01 2007

    On Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of the Jewish calendar, a big fish story is read in synagogues. As worshipers fast, confess their sins, and reflect on the words of Moses and Isaiah, they listen once again to the account of a catch and release that is so amazing no one would believe it [...]

  • The Love of God | Posted by Mart De Haan on Aug 01 2007

    I looked in the mirror and wondered if I was staring at one of heaven’s spoiled brats.After consuming more than my share of mercies, I could see in my eyes a sadness that reflected not what God had given, but what He had withheld.
    Questions formed emotional distance between me and the Father I was counting [...]

  • Wounded Soldiers | Posted by Mart De Haan on Jul 01 2007

    A veteran of the Iraq war recalls patrolling a street in Mosul on an ordinary Saturday morning when a grenade, tossed from a rooftop, exploded under his Humvee. He says he remembers lying on his stomach in the street unable to move his arms or legs. Blinded by the smoke, his ears were ringing as [...]