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January 2014

January 15, 2014

Twitter Hashtag for Nye-Ham Debate: #hamonnye

The official Twitter hashtag for coverage of the Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham debate has...

January 10, 2014

The Canon was Decided at the Council of Orlando

IO9 reported that Disney is apparently holding a meeting to determine what will be considered...

January 06, 2014

He is Everywhere

Via Religion Memes on Facebook. See what happens if you always capitalize "He"?  

January 01, 2014

My First New Year’s Resolution

 

December 2013

December 30, 2013

God is Agape

I recently had someone say something about "leaving students agape" on Twitter. It is perhaps...

December 24, 2013

Every Time a Bell Rings

 

December 07, 2013

Gold, Frankincense, and Purr

Via Reddit  

December 04, 2013

A Christmas Carrel

Joseph Kelly shared this lovely bit of seasonal library creativity on Facebook, which he and...

October 2013

October 21, 2013

Deathstarbucks Coffee

Via Star Roarz on Facebook

October 14, 2013

Undergraleks

From PHD Comics  

October 13, 2013

Angus Dei

Deliberate pun? Unfortunate typo? It could be either, it has been both. Hope you enjoy...

October 07, 2013

Jesus Actively Supported Hand-Outs

These were inspired by some clever puns by Candida Moss, about how the stories about...

October 04, 2013

Church of Latte-a-Day Saints

Today's Bizarro is a gem. The irony is that coffee drinking characterizes much of Christianity...

October 01, 2013

Marcus Borg Has Been Assimilated!

Marcus Borg has joined the Patheos collective! His introductory post is called "Meeting Marcus Borg...

September 2013

September 12, 2013

How Do You Know When You’re Middle-Aged?

HT Matthew Morgenstern on Facebook

August 2013

August 31, 2013

I Heal Lepers

If the leopard gives a good response, the way the Syro-Phoenician woman did, it might...

August 13, 2013

Zombie Acropolis

After I posted about the Zombie Bible series, someone commented on Facebook that they need...

August 06, 2013

The Apps of the Apostles

Given my interests in the intersection of religion, technology, and bad puns, I had to...

August 02, 2013

It’s a Tarp

I blogged today about a question that was intended to distract from a discussion of...

July 2013

July 12, 2013

One of Jesus’ Parabolas

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May 2013

May 04, 2013

Happy Star Wars Day!

May the Fourth be With You! (But see also the Imperial attack ad against this...

April 2013

April 20, 2013

Lobster Baptists

Actually, there are so many puns and transfers of symbols I can think of. Baptism...

March 2013

March 21, 2013

Spring Break Photo

Last week was Spring break at Butler University, and so I thought I'd share a...

March 16, 2013

U2charist

On the Friday before Spring break, my class on the Bible covered the Psalms, and...

March 01, 2013

Hopeful Cardinal

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February 2013

February 12, 2013

Happy Valentinus Day

A pun on the name of the famous Gnostic teacher Valentinus, made by a commenter...

February 11, 2013

The Four Horses of the Snowpocalypse

These horses were actually sculpted in China - read the story here. But for some...

January 2013

January 21, 2013

The Borg and the Bible

Since this is squarely at the intersection of not only religion and science fiction, but...

January 12, 2013

The Dalek Lama

Doctor Who, religion, and a bad pun. I couldn't not share it!  

January 03, 2013

One of the Wise Men is about to have an Epiphany

I confess that I have often wished there was a cartoon depicting magi bringing gold,...

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