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I came across a very funny essay on book tastes in relationships on the NY Times website:
It’s Not You, It’s Your Books, by Rachel Donadio, New York Times Books.
Although it covers a range of opinions on the topic, I think I lean toward the idea that perhaps something could be learned from a comparison of […]

I was listening to Scott Simon on NPR on Saturday, and he had an amazing little segment in which he reflected on George Washington. It was really well-written, and he said some pretty profound things about him, especially how he kind of pales in comparison to Lincoln in the American imagination. Although I love Lincoln […]

by Samuel Langhorn Clemens (1867)
Once there was a bad little boy, whose name was Jim — though, if you will notice, you will find that bad little boys are nearly always called James in your Sunday-school books. It was very strange, but still it was true, that this one was called Jim.
He didn’t have any […]

Reuters: Kansas church liable in Marine funeral protest
I don’t understand how any church could go to any person’s funeral and do such horrible things.
Sorry I haven’t posted in so long. Life has kind of sucked lately… I’m going to try to put up a little sketch I did the other night, and with Advent and […]

I just wanted to post a quick thought as I observe the mourning of the death of someone who many French people have been quoted as saying was France’s conscience: the Roman Catholic priest and advocate for the poor, Abbé Pierre.
I was talking to my Senior Bible class about the heroism of this man, and […]

Question: With the latest revelation regarding a conservative/Christian leader’s homosexual tendencies, is the evangelical Christian community going to change the way they view/handle/talk about homosexuality?
Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, denies most of what some guy (apparently a male prostitute) is saying he did (particularly the gay sex and the meth), but […]

This is awesome!
‘Germans Reconsider Religion’ —The Christian Science Monitor

If you’ve been a reader of this thing in the past, you’ll probably be aware that I have some interest in the general phenomenon of “sightings,” particularly (but not exclusively, of course) of the marian variety. Well, we now have another.
Cruz Jacinto (or Jacinto Santacruz, depending on the news source) has discovered a likeness of […]

This is a great reflection on the Gospel of Judas, The Da Vinci Code, and the popularity of conspiracy theories from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams:
‘Doubtful mysteries blind us to real faith’
Article written for the Mail on Sunday newspaper.