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Mass murder is taking place in the Middle East, ebola is killing Africans by the hundreds, a brewing war in Ukraine may add thousands more casualties to the list before it's over, and yet we find the time to decry a hacking scandal that has, shall we say, exposed dozens of Hollywood celebrities whose nude selfies were stolen from cyberspace and posted on the Internet.

The Gnu Atheist Sam Harris had a smirk and a devil-made-me-do-it look as he filled the screen with images of women in provocative poses. He made a half-hearted effort to echo many feminist and Christian critiques of such commercializing of the female body.

Anne Lamott argues that there are three “essential prayers”: Help, Thanks, and Wow. Let’s use her categories as a guide for our conversation.

Picture this: A lone tourist driving on a sparsely populated island, his front wheel screeching, and seemingly nowhere to turn (excuse the pun).

A depression swept the country. Five hundred banks closed down; 15,000 businesses failed. Unemployment rates in major cities reached 20 percent or more.

On a personal level, my small church is struggling to work more lean and still go about the ministry we wish to do in light of declining funds. The neighborhood around us is both booming and hurting.

“I accept The Lord Jesus as my personal savior,” has become the modern formulation of becoming a Christian.