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BarlowGirl: Spiritual Songs with Purpose
By
Douglas Howe
If you’re a person of faith looking for a great sound that you can share with your friends and kids–or if you’re a Christian who struggles to be bold and stand up for your faith–then BarlowGirl’s “How Can We Be Silent” is for you! Buy it. Download it. Pass it on. BarlowGirl has a look…
McCartney “Almost Full?”
By
Douglas Howe
You can’t walk into Starbucks without being aware that Paul McCartney’s “Memory Almost Full” has been out for awhile, and we figured it was time for Idol Chatter to weigh in on it. The reviews have been mixed. From Entertainment Weekly’s “his zestiest music in eons” to the New York Times’ “more homespun sound than…
Homer vs. Pagans
By
Esther Kustanowitz
In a field north of Dorchester in Dorset, Britain is a chalk drawing known as the Cerne Abbas giant–a fertility symbol with a giant phallus. As it is said in the reliable book of Wikipedia, “For hundreds of years it was local custom to erect a maypole within the earthwork about which childless couples would…
Romney’s Not The First Mormon to Run for President
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Douglas Howe
When I was growing up, my mom taught me there were three things not to talk about in public: religion, sex and politics. Don’t worry, this post won’t be about sex! But Republican Mitt Romney’s candidacy is igniting conversations about religion and politics all over the country, and that conversation is either spilling over into…
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