The crazy lady strikes again for Monday, August 28, 2006

I don't know who first uttered the platitude I use as a title to this entry, but it illustrates the necessity of critical thinking on the part of a Christian. Someone made a similar point while commenting on my last entry, about the Your Health program on Chicagoland's Total Living Network. Critical thought is an absolute necessity in this day and age, particularly on the Internet, but also while watching television. Nowhere is this more true than in the health-care realm. I hate to have to... Sign in to see full entry.

This morning, just out of curiosity, I tuned in to a program called Your Health, on the Chicagoland cable channel called Total Living Network. (This network is owned by the same company that used to own the over-the-air analog station WCFC-TV, until the company sold its transmitter rights to The Pax Network a few years back.) I was saddened, but not surprised, to see the hosts peddle such alternative-health nostrums as probiotics (bacteria which are supposed to recolonize the gastrointestinal... Sign in to see full entry.

In doing a bit of judicious web-surfing, I found a website called the Christian Brotherhood Newsletter Ministry. Apparently, these people help fellow Christians pay up to US$125,000 worth of medical bills during their lives. Frankly, I was pleasantly surprised to see this website up and running. As I said in an earlier entry, such social-justice ministries are very rare in the white evangelical Protestant subculture, where the emphasis has traditionally been on individual evangelism and personal... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm probably the last person left on Earth who hasn't commented on Mel Gibson's recent drunk-driving arrest. (It happened earlier this month, by the way - it seems hard to believe it's almost September already. Time flies when you're having fun.) For those few of you who do not know why this arrest was so controversial, apparently, Gibson made some rather nasty anti-Semitic remarks while "under the influence" and talking to the arresting officer. Also, it's ironic that he would be arrested for... Sign in to see full entry.