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Japan’s Space One Kairos rocket exploded Wednesday during its first-ever launch. Kairos was supposed to be the first rocket launched by a Japanese company to deliver its payload, a fallback government intelligence satellite, into Earth’s orbit, according to Reuters. Just seconds after lifting off at 11:01 am local-time, the rocket burst alive in a fiery explosion, fragments spewing into the launch site’s surrounding mountains of the Kii peninsula in western Japan, as seen from multiple angles shared across social media. In some of the videos you can clearly hear alarm bells ringing as everything seems to go wrong. The 18-meter...

Now, I am absolutely furious with the Episcopal Church. First off, let me say that my reading of Matthew 25:31-46, Jesus places EQUAL emphasis on feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for the sick, and visiting those in prison. I can say in my own life, I try to do all of these things, but I place a little more time and effort on visiting those in prison, because I feel very few people do that. Sure, people can say they aren’t called to visit those in prison, but I’ve come to the conclusion that this is just plain...