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A La Carte (12/13)

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Tuesday November 13, 2005

Money: Business Reform asks whether Christians should profit from sin and compares values-based mutual funds to vice-based funds. Guess which one outperforms the other.

Du Jour: Marc at Purgatorio hits another home run with a new photo collection entitled Help! I’m Going Hyper!.

Entertainment: I think the moral of this story has more to do with parenting and parental responsibility than it does with video games.

Zzzzzz: “The busyness of Christmas and New Year’s can make sermon preparation difficult. This holiday season, we hope to make your preparation a little easier! “Let this CD (Holiday Message Transcript Collection CD) offering 34 transcripts of Rick Warren’s most effective holiday messages help you.” (link)


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