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• The Daily Sam: Anaheim—the World of Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Fantasy

  March 18, 2010

  • I am in Anaheim, California attending the annual Religion Education Congress, a convention sponsored by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The Congress is the nation’s largest annual gathering of Roman Catholics. Just short of 40,000 people are expected to attend the event at the Anaheim Convention Center, the place where dreams are made.I am here representing HarperOne, promoting the books we ...
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• The Daily Sam: Mind Your Own Business

  March 15, 2010

  • Have you ever noticed the extraordinary amount of attention we pay to one another’s business? I don’t really know where all this interest comes from—maybe back when we were hunter-gatherers it was a matter of survival that we kept an eye on what the other members of the tribe were up to. Maybe further back, before our ancestors came down out of the tress, it was good to know what the guy ...
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• The Daily Sam: I’m a Loser

  March 12, 2010

  • I’m a loser. Why? Because I’m not a winner. Furthermore, I am on the side of the losers.Some years ago I was a Presbyterian minister. Although it was somewhat disguised behind a veil of piety, I discovered that ministers do play the winner/loser game. Winning is determined by the size of the church, or by the coolness of location, or by how righteous and dedicated a pastor is, or by how much ...
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