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February 2006

February 27, 2006

Tar Heel Teens, Taxes & Tinky Winky

RALEIGH — The seminar "The New Gay Teenager" — conducted at the exclusive, taxpayer-funded Governor's...

February 26, 2006

OK, Okay … OCA!

I don't usually spotlight Orthodox jurisdictional errors on this blog. Besides, I was sort of...

February 26, 2006

Disco is [Obviously] Dead :)

+ Female sexuality is one of the most powerful forces in this world (the only...

February 26, 2006

IRAQ: Acknowledgment of Defeat

Our mission has failed because Iraqi animosities have proved uncontainable by an invading army of...

February 25, 2006

Got Milk? Beer? And, oh, now cut that out!

Back in the summer of 1980, I sold books door-to-door for the Southwestern Book Company....

February 25, 2006

500 Ph.Ds and Growing

"We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to...

February 23, 2006

Resolution on Orthodox Unity

FYI ... Click the link.

February 23, 2006

The Great Prayer of St Ephraim the Syrian

With the Great Fast upon us, several searchers have found this post from last year...

February 22, 2006

Speaking of Parody: Oh My!

The murder of filmmaker Michael Moore left Hollywood shaken and outraged. A fundamentalist Baptist cut...

February 22, 2006

Are You a Crunchy Con?

There's an interesting discussion going on at GetReligion. How 'bout you? R U a CC?From...

February 21, 2006

From Big Brother to O Brother (Where Am I?)

Getting up, booting up the news, falling into depression. It's the post-modern way. Remember when...

February 20, 2006

Love & Not Love

Characteristics of LoveconcernrespectresponsibilityknowledgeacceptanceunderstandingappreciationcommunionaffectionpatiencesacrificecompassiontrustfulnessforgivenessdisciplineintegrityjoyeagernesshumilitysharingEnemies of Lovesilence treatmentbickeringbelittlinggrievance collectordomineeringpettinessjudgmental complexperfection complexmurmuringsewing discordsupersensitive feelingsmanipulatingpromise breakercontemptridiculesarcasmdeceitpretensediscourtesythoughtlessnessconstantly demanding reassurancepossessivenesscruelty

February 20, 2006

Ain’t Heavy, He’s My [Big] Brother …

HOUSTON -- Houston's police chief on Wednesday proposed placing surveillance cameras in apartment complexes, downtown...

February 19, 2006

Some Notes on Prayer (IV)

More quotes are from my seminary days -- Ascetic Theology 2 -- with Bishop Brother...

February 19, 2006

Britney Eats!

Not the first time (notice I didn't say "Oops, I did it again!") ... I...

February 19, 2006

Culture vs. Culture Club

An opinion poll last year showed 43 per cent of Russians believed gay men should...

February 17, 2006

No Such Thing as a Bishop Gene

Serge's comment is food for thought, at least.Maybe ...1) like the academically unqualified Barbara Harris...

February 16, 2006

100,000 plus

This blog has received 100,000 visits since May, 2004.(417 before Sitemeter, 99,583 after) At 9:08...

February 16, 2006

Murder, She Wrote (Solo)

Women who are less than nine weeks pregnant can safely have medical abortions at home,...

February 16, 2006

Calvary – Rock City, the Willies, and the Full Nelson

Way back when, I saw Willie Nelson in concert ... four times. In my younger...

February 16, 2006

How Goes the War?

Fr. Nektarios in front of the desecrated Orthodox Serb tomb in Zociste. Dozens of cemeteries...

February 15, 2006

Gay Bishop Admits Alcoholism

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh --aaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnn!

February 15, 2006

Southern, Baptist Humour

Anticipating groans & begging forgiveness in advance ...After forty years of shaving himself every morning,...

February 15, 2006

A Devil of a Story for Little Booky Men?

Yes, it's in the religion section on eBay.

February 14, 2006

SOS on the DVC

From the New Yorker:Joan Acocella traces the growth of the Mary Magdalene myth—neither the Bible...

February 14, 2006

Orthodoxy NEEDS Deaconesses?

A while back I posted notice of an Orthodox book on the Female Deaconate. I'm...

February 13, 2006

Da Vinci Code & Something Else

Terry Mattingly mentions this project. Yes, though I'm no expert, my name's there. Wanna help?...

February 12, 2006

VP Hunting, Really!

Remember when George [HW] Bush shocked us with his pick of a virtual unknown, Quayle,...

February 12, 2006

My Uncle (the Monkey)

Happy Darwin Day!I kid you not.Nearly 450 Christian churches around the country plan to celebrate...

February 12, 2006

MUHAMMED: Quote of the Day

From Europe's biggest-selling newspaper, the Sun: ''Furious Muslims have blasted adult shop [i.e., sex shop]...