(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Last week, President Obama changed his mind and came out in support of same-sex marriage and cited the teachings of Jesus and the ‘Golden Rule’ in the process. Since then the issue has been front and center with all sorts of differing responses from American Christians. Most conservative Christians cite the [...]
On Saturday, Chuck Colson passed at age 80. It is really fascinating to me how different news groups handled the occasion and reflected upon his life. The main stream media emphasized his few years as an advisor to President Nixon and his role, downfall, and subsequent jail sentence due to his very active part in [...]
From the SF Weekly via the Huffington Post: If the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s Hunky Jesus Contest on Easter just wasn’t enough to piss-off the Catholics, next Sunday’s world premiere of the documentary "Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption" at the Castro Theatre probably will. The film follows 108 Productions’ revival of Terrence Mcnally’s play Corpus [...]
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) On Monday I searched the news for the usual radical Islamic response to a Christian holiday- which is to kill and maim Christians. I only found one incident and ‘only’ 50 Christians were killed. I found myself thinking- only one-not bad, not bad at all! Obviously if you are one of [...]
Here it is again. My favorite message of all time for Good Friday is by Dr. Tony Campolo. It has become a tradition on this blog to post it every year on this day. Here is a link to the famous tape and where it can be downloaded. The whole tape is great but the [...]
A Catholic student group has been forced to leave Vanderbilt U. after refusing to comply with the school’s so-called ‘Non-Discrimination Policy. The policy mandates that all may attend student groups and no specific religious qualifications can be maintained when it comes to group leadership. Therefore under the new rule, non-Catholics could be voted in to [...]
From the Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader: Popular Lexington T-shirt printer Hands On Originals has triggered a wave of criticism after telling organizers of Lexington’s annual gay pride festival that it would not produce apparel for the event because Hands On is a Christian company. On Monday, the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization of Lexington, which organizes [...]
