William F. Buckley, RIP

In honor of the life of Bill Buckley, here are some links and videos that pay proper tribute to the man:

The New York Times Obit

Buckley on Faith in God

An anecdote showing Buckley's good humor, character, and his respect of ideological opponents.


(hat tip to National Review Online)

Emergent Church Pretensions

Quite frankly, this little spoof article does more to explode some of the internal contradictions and pretensions of the "emergent church" movement than most any scholarly article could.

The Speak Foundation

Here is the link to The Speak Foundation website, the non-profit that Miss Kathryn Bryant is starting to help childiren and young adults with physical disabilities. The foundation is focusing first on creating mentoring programs in public schools for children with physical disabilities, the goals of which are to help youngsters learn to deal with their disability, encourage them to achieve great things with their lives in spite of the disability, and to provide the opportunity for friendship with people who have experienced the challenges that such disabilities pose. It's a good idea and a great cause. Keep it in mind once the non-profit status is achieved if you have some additional money to give to charity.