Here’s today’s tasty tidbits, concurrently Tweeted and Facebooked:
Sen. Lugar reportedly will unload on Obama today regarding Libya. Good for him! But the Hoosier blogosphere will be all atwitter with navel-gazing about how this is a “move to the right” to fight off challenger Richard Mourdock.
Here’s today’s condensed grab bag, concurrently Tweeted and Facebooked:
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on PBS Friday night had a non-judgmental story on a Voodoo priestess in New Orleans. Voodoo makes me queasy, and when that happens (which isn’t often) I want to know why. Do I deep down believe in Voodoo’s efficacy or something?
When I sat down to note my queasiness with voodoo in writing, I ended up with not only my answer, but an “Aha!” moment that helped me crack another nut I’d been working on.
Continue reading “Eureka! Why Voodoo (and some other things) creep me out”
A Prayer of St. Nikolai Velimirovic for one’s enemies Continue reading “A Prayer for Enemies”
Georgia State history professor David Sehat adds to the Washington Post “Five Myths” series a worthy “Five Myths about Church and State in America.” I’d like to add a few observations, though.
Continue reading “Church and State”
Some excerpts from the Orthodox services of Great and Holy Friday (from Fordham University), with apologies for formatting. Continue reading “Holy Friday”
What human being ever gave God something He didn’t already have?
Stay tuned for the answer after this break, brought to you by Christianity as it was believed and practiced for 1500 years.
Will Campbell, formerly a hero of mine (I’ve not kept up with him), was taunted by a skeptical friend to summarize his “simple Gospel” in ten words or less. Continue reading “The Gospel in HOW many words?!”
Any church whose worship experience can be replicated with poppers is in trouble. Continue reading “Orthopathos, poppers and consumerism”
Steve Robinson tells the Gospel with two chairs as props. Actually, he tells two versions. Continue reading “The Gospel in Chairs”
Tipsy Teetotaler ن 