Charlie Van Dyke
Thank you!
Posted April 20, 2012 by Charlie Van Dyke in From The Editor
On June 2nd, Spirit & Word.org will be one year old! Thank you for checking in regularly. We hope that, wherever you are in your own personal spiritual journey, you find the posts useful and the comments and conversations stimulating.

As we approach our first anniversary, we are considering some adjustments to the site itself and making a long te... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
Trayvon Martin
Posted March 30, 2012 by Charlie Van Dyke in From The Editor
The following column, written by William Bennett, appeared on cnn.com.

We wanted to share Mr. Bennett's thoughts about this highly-charged tragedy.

(CNN) -- At first glance, the death of Trayvon Martin seemed to be a straightforward example of ugly, racial conflict resulting in the killing of an innocent black teenager by a white man, George Zimm... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
Thank you for reading this post. Spirit & Word is not even a year old. By the way, we should point out that Spirit & Word is not a religious name. It stands for Spirit of Life and Word of Hope. Still, our membership has grown. This was designed to be a free site (and it will always be free).

To this point, 100% of the donations given to the site h... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
Recently, much has been reported about the conflict between the Roman Catholic church and the government on the question mandatory inclusion of contraception services as part of health insurance. There are exceptions for some churches and organizations. Still, the Roman Catholic church holds the position that this is an assault on religious liberty... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
One Solitary Life
Posted December 23, 2011 by Charlie Van Dyke in From The Editor
He was born in an obscure village
The child of a peasant woman
He grew up in another obscure village
Where he worked in a carpenter shop
Until he was thirty

He never wrote a book
He never held an office
He never went to college
He never visited a big city
He never travelled more than two hundred miles
From the place where he was born
He... read more
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