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Christmas and Easter have been stricken from next year’s school calendar in Montgomery County. So have Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah. Montgomery’s Board of Education voted 7 to 1 Tuesday to eliminate references to all religious holidays on the published calendar for 2015-2016, a decision that followed a request from Muslim community leaders to give equal billing to the Muslim…

Since 2010, when the Democrats lost their majority in the House and their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, President Obama’s ability to pursue legislative changes has ground to a halt. With the Republicans taking control of the Senate in January, we can expect to see many more headlines blaring that the “do-nothing Congress” has passed the fewest laws in decades….

Humility

 Nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor. – Proverbs 25:17 Humility precedes honor. – Proverbs 18:12

 • Now Moses was a humble man, more humble than anyone (Numbers 12:3). • At times, Moses falls face down and protests that he is “not worthy to lead.” • David also protested that “I’m only a poor man and little…

Republicans had a very good Nov. 4; this much we know. But merely looking at the GOP’s likely nine-seat gain the Senate and its double-digit gains in the House doesn’t really do its wave justice. While the GOP is likely to control 54 percent of all Senate seats and 56 percent (or so) of the House come January, it also will…

LOS ANGELES (November 3, 2014) – The Parents Television Council called out ABC for exposing children and unsuspecting families, who had just finished watching the “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” special on October 30, to graphic sex in the opening scene of the following program, “Scandal.” The clip can be viewed here: http://vimeo.com/parentstv/ptc-scandal-cvb. DISCLAIMER: This link contains sexual content…

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem has been closed to all visitors – Muslims, Jews and Christians – because of an attempted assassination on one of the leading Jewish Temple Mount activist. Jim DeYoung, Jr.: Rabbi Yehuda Glick who founded and heads the LIBA initiative for Jewish freedom on the Temple Mount was shot in the chest on Wednesday night outside…

For those who say network scheduling isn’t a big deal anymore thanks to DVRs, we turn your attention to what happened Thursday night on ABC. In a very jarring transition, the adorable end of the annual special “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” segued into “Scandal,” which happened to kick off with a very steamy sex scene. Source: Emily Yahr,…

Purpose Therefore we do not lose heart. – 2 Corinthians 4:16 I may finish the race and complete the task. – Acts 20:22 All of us need a purpose • Work without purpose can become mindless, heartless drudgery. • The great purpose of Moses was to lead the Hebrews out of Egyptian slavery and into the Promised Land. • Had…

Recently,  Barack Obama — a Demosthenes determined to elevate our politics from coarseness to elegance, a Pericles sent to ameliorate our rhetorical impoverishment — spoke at the University of Michigan. He came to that very friendly venue — in 2012, he received 67 percent of the vote in Ann Arbor’s county — after visiting a local sandwich shop, where a…

Recently,  Barack Obama — a Demosthenes determined to elevate our politics from coarseness to elegance, a Pericles sent to ameliorate our rhetorical impoverishment — spoke at the University of Michigan. He came to that very friendly venue — in 2012, he received 67 percent of the vote in Ann Arbor’s county — after visiting a local sandwich shop, where a…

The Bible tells the stories of many leaders and managers: Jacob Joseph Moses Joshua Samson David Solomon Job Daniel Jesus Peter Paul Timothy Honesty and Integrity An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips – Proverbs 24:26 Judge me, O Lord according to my integrity. – Psalm 7:8 James Kouzes and Barry Posner surveyed thousands of people and…