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Author: Tom Faranda

  • “Is Christianity good for the World” Part 3

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    I posted part’s one and two of this ongoing debate/exchange, which is being hosted on the evangelical website, Christianity Today. The exchange is between atheist writer Christpoher Hitchens and evangelical minister Douglas Wilson. Here are links to the first two parts, here Tom Faranda’s Folly: "Is Christianity Good for the World?" and here Tom Faranda’s…

  • “Is Christianity Good for the World?” part 2

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    A few days ago I posted the beginnings of a debate between atheist writer Christopher Hitchens and evangelical minister Douglas Wilson. Tom Faranda’s Folly: "Is Christianity Good for the World?" The second part of the debate is now posted, with Hitchens giving a surprisingly short response to Wilson, who then asks Hitchens some telling questions.…

  • Latest Read: No Shortcuts to the Top

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    I came across a fellow named Ed Viesturs while reading a copy of Outside magazine in the waiting room of Tim’s orthopedist. In the magazine he was interviewed, along with several other super-experienced mountain climbers, regarding what’s currently going on with expeditions to Mt. Everest. The magazine was from last fall, shortly after the tenth…

  • Health Update

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    Well, a very good report. First, no sign of lymphoma on the CAT scan. Second, white blood cell count up to 6.1, and the abs. neut’s at 3.8. Both very good numbers, well in the normal range. Last week they’d started to come up, with WBC at 3.8 and neut’s at 2.2. The CAT scan…

  • Health update

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    Tomorrow morning Brigid and I will be off to Sloan Kettering to see the lymphoma guru, Dr. Zelenetz. He’ll have the results of t he CAT scan from last Friday, and hopefully they’ll be no sign of lymphoma. I certainly can’t detect any. And I will also have another complete blood count, so we’ll see…

  • Tom and Joe’s Sunday climb up Sugarloaf

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    This past Sunday Joe and I drove just north of Cold Spring for a climb up Sugarloaf Mountain. “Mountain” might be stretching it a bit, since it’s only 900 feet above sea level. But what the heck, that’s what they call it. Sugarloaf (not to be mis-identified with Sugar Loaf hill, south of Cold Spring)…

  • Interesting find in the mountains of Nepal

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    Well, I found this interesting, having just finished an autobiography yesterday about Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all 14 of the Himalayan 8,000 meter + mountains, without the aid of oxygen. The quest took him 18 years. Top News- Buddha Paintings Found in Nepalese Cave – AOL News A mural with 55 panels…

  • Health update – some good news

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    I saw Dr. Klimek this morning, as per my posting yesterday, and then had a CAT scan in the early afternoon, in anticipation of my meeting next week with Dr. Zelenetz, the lymphoma guru. The good word is – my white cell counts are up, and without any neulasta booster. Last week my WBC count…

  • Health Update

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    Tomorrow I will be heading to Sloan Kettering into  Manhattan for a 9AM appointment with the hematologist, Dr. Virginia Klimek. Then I am scheduled for my six month CAT scan, in anticipation of my appointment next week with the lymphoma guru, Dr. Zelenetz. I think there’s an excellent chance that  Dr. Klimek will want to…

  • Latest read: “As I Lay Dying”

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    This short book is sub-titled "Meditations Upon Returning". It is written by former Lutheran minister now Catholic convert-priest Richard John Neuhaus. Neuhaus is the editor of the interfaith Journal First Things, and a prolific author and commentator. I read it during Lent. Neuhaus spends the first part of the book musing on life and death,…