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June 2012

June 03, 2012

Jesus did not shun tax-collectors

Matthew 18:15-17 presents a piece of advice from Jesus that seems wise and constructive: If...

June 03, 2012

Unlimited arm-swinging is not a credible religious doctrine

Here is an ugly story from New Jersey, via David Badash, "‘For Going Against God’s...

June 03, 2012

Sunday favorites

2 Kings 22:11-20 When the king heard the words of the book of the law,...

June 02, 2012

Smart people saying smart things

Kathy Escobar: "Power is not like pie" It's all about power. Patriarchy in the church,...

June 02, 2012

The Pennsylvania constitution is not constitutional

I did not know this about my state of Pennsylvania. Constitution of the Commonwealth of...

June 02, 2012

The American Game of Thrones

The other day I mentioned the "thrones" of the U.S. Catholic bishops. That was not...

June 01, 2012

Johan!

Mets fans waited 50 years and more than 8,000 games to see this: Johan Santana...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Happy 82nd birthday Clint Eastwood

"The next one won’t happen until December 10, 2117, so I’m guessing this will be...

May 31, 2012

More on More and religious liberty

Here's Sarah Posner on the unintentionally revealing invocation of St. Thomas More as the U.S....

May 30, 2012

We Are Young (All Things Go, All Things Go)

"Rats, cats, raccoons, foxes, possums … they all love them some pigeon." "Beer and cheese,...

May 30, 2012

News from Amercia the beautiful

Speaking of building bridges, Steve Benen tells us about a bipartisan project in New Hampshire...

May 30, 2012

Freedom for all three religions: fundraising theater

The Thomas More Law Center, a conservative Catholic fundraising group that portrays itself as a...

May 30, 2012

Smart people saying smart things

Susan Lawler: "Belief and skepticism: creating nonsense by mislabeling scientists and deniers" (via) [Climate] skeptics,...

May 29, 2012

Building bridges (actual, literal bridges)

Here's an illustration that also illustrates why I'm a lousy religion blogger. The illustrious Scot...

May 27, 2012

Thomas More vs. Mary Dyer: The bishops don’t know what ‘religious liberty’ means

The U.S. Catholic bishops have decided to make Thomas More the central figure in their...

May 27, 2012

Sunday favorites

Titus 1:12 It was one of them, their very own prophet, who said, ‘Cretans are...

May 26, 2012

Smart people saying smart things

Vorjack: "Ur Doing It Wrong" Religions are variegated things that allow the individual more control...

May 26, 2012

You’ll be amazed before you’re halfway there

"It all seemed so real, like it made so much sense, but it wasn’t right."...

May 25, 2012

‘The money changers in this temple will not stand’

"You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked...

May 24, 2012

I’m looking through you

I enjoyed this trippy, riffing and rambling reflection from John Van Sloten at Think Christian:...

May 23, 2012

Smart people saying smart things

Richard Beck: "Orthodox Alexithymia" When theology and doctrine become separated from emotion we end up...

May 22, 2012

Fundie Catholic school forfeits to avoid shame of third loss

Here's the thing: Mesa Prep's high school baseball team went undefeated. That's the high school...

May 22, 2012

Exercise No. 3 (Linking)

If I were a better blogger, I'd have something insightful, profound or witty to say...

May 20, 2012

That’s what they said

"This myth that slideshows are the path to salvation has got to be put into...

May 20, 2012

Sunday favorites

Galatians 5:22-23 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,...

May 19, 2012

Smart people saying smart things

Maehem Sez: "I had an abortion" I’m not going to tell you whether it was...

May 18, 2012

NRA: It was the worst of books

Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist: pp. vii-1 Every book in the Left Behind series begins...

May 17, 2012

Donna Summer (1948-2012)

Sad. Disco queen Donna Summer dies at 63: Donna Summer, the "Queen of Disco" whose...

May 17, 2012

But nobody wants to die

E.J. Dionne explains why he's not quitting his Catholic church, prompting this response from DougJ...

May 16, 2012

A butterfly with hiccups

Jeff Dunn at Internet Monk quotes from R.A. Dickey's new memoir, Wherever I Wind Up,...

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