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July 2015

July 20, 2015

I can chew like a cannibal, I can yell like a cat

I don't really know what a professional ethicist going into private practice would look like,...

July 19, 2015

Sunday WTF?

"Zillah bore Tubal-cain, who made all kinds of bronze and iron tools. The sister of...

July 17, 2015

Ain’t no way to understand the stupid words of pride

How the frustratingly untranslatable Britishism "cheeky Nandos" can help us understand where our Bibles come...

July 17, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 42: ‘Buck & Jules’

Buck's spiritual awakening is a lot like that of Jules, Samuel L. Jackson's character in...

July 16, 2015

When did Adam and Eve get married?

In the story itself, on its own terms, Adam and Eve didn't get married in...

July 16, 2015

Freedom of speech (a true story)

This is that story about the time when I came across a street-fair vendor in...

July 14, 2015

Everywhere is somewhere and nowhere is near

We've got a nuclear deal with Iran and a successful up-close fly-by of Pluto --...

July 12, 2015

What dreams may come

Since I'm the one who brought up the whole discussion of souls and soul-talk, Helena's...

July 12, 2015

Sunday WTF?

"You have trespassed and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel. Now...

July 11, 2015

A deeper shade of soul

Old newspaper headlines employ the word "souls," and we bring to that word all of...

July 10, 2015

Everything’s a little clearer in the light of day

Wherein we discuss the Worst Song in the 1970s playlist at the Big Box store....

July 10, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 41: ’10 pages in the men’s room’

Here's how Chapter 5 begins: "Buck Williams ducked into a stall in the Pan-Con Club...

July 09, 2015

Two things … no, wait, three things

First, a big, recurring Thank You to everyone who has set up a recurring donation...

July 05, 2015

Sunday WTF?

"The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the...

July 04, 2015

Fourth of July fireworks

"These ministers make religion a cold and flinty-hearted thing, having neither principles of right action,...

July 03, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 40: ‘Ars poetica’

Sorrow is the main reason this section of the book sort of works. Rayford here...

July 02, 2015

Unsolicited product endorsement: The Ultomato

Once your tomato plants get big enough to start drooping, they're too big to use...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Public theology 1: Resurrection, vindication and bearing witness

This story of Thomas, from the 20th chapter of John's Gospel, is aptly chosen for...

June 28, 2015

Sunday WTF?

"No Ammonite or Moabite shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord. Even to...

June 26, 2015

The equal protection of the law

"They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them...

June 26, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 39: ‘Nero’s fiddle’

It's one of the most awful and awesome panoramas of human suffering ever imagined in...

June 25, 2015

A ride with a trickster and a javelin man

So far, season 2 of "True Detective" looks like a grimmer, slower version of "Terriers."...

June 23, 2015

Surprising photos of celebrities without makeup!

Marc Maron, The Liar Tony Perkins, "House" for dinosaurs, deadly incuriosity, presidential geeks, a comic-fan...

June 21, 2015

The world spins only forward. … The Great Work of Pentecost begins

Acts is not just a continuation of the story begun in Luke's Gospel. It's a...

June 21, 2015

Sunday WTF?

"No one whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall be admitted...

June 20, 2015

Postcards from the culture wars (6.20)

"Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another...

June 19, 2015

15 Famous Celebs Who Have Committed Horrible Crimes!

A Southern Baptist leader comes out as Openly Baptist. Plus: Mr. Wednesday and Mr. Nancy...

June 19, 2015

Left Behind Classic Fridays, No. 38: ‘Cursed are the peacemakers’

Peace is a pretty major theme in the Bible. But that doesn't matter to the...

June 18, 2015

Requiem: A long, long time coming

In April, Mother Emanuel AME Church hosted the YWCA of Greater Charleston's "Requiem on Racism:...

June 17, 2015

People in your home state are shocked by this new law!

Philae, gnosticism, the words Verizon hates to hear, the growing precariat, the charitable foundation protection...