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Jon Aquino's Mental Garden (Free subscription) | yesterday
Raised Catholic. Baptized as an infant; had my First Communion when I was 7. I must have missed Confession. Barely gave any of this a thought. Then in Grade 9 (14 years old), my girlfriend Jennifer got me interested in the Bible. She attended an Alliance church. How I loved reading the New Testament. I memorized 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. I loved tuning in to the "Bible Answer Man" on AM radio. At the University...
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ac360blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
David Van Biema TIME Magazine When people think of religion on YouTube, most probably flash to "gotcha" videos of Sarah Palin's old church or Barack Obama's old pastor. But the video-sharing site is also being used by a wildly diverse collection of pastors, rabbis, imams, gurus, and pious laypeople to celebrate and explain their creeds.
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gen-X Rising (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
I've got a remarkable story to tell: Liturgical renewal in contemporary Protestantism is taking on a number of surprising forms: Emergent worship settings where weekly Eucharist comes in the form of mulled wine and sweet bread. Or U2charist services in formerly button-down Episcopal churches where the sacrament is received to the sounds of Bono's theologically-inspired vocals. But neither of
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KevinDonahue.com (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
From The Jay Walker: Close-to-complete Ideology and Religion Shit List Taoism: Shit happens. Confucianism: Confucius say, "Shit happens." Buddhism: If shit happens, it isn't really shit. Zen Buddhism: Shit is, and is not. Zen Buddhism #2: What is the sound of shit happening? Hinduism: This shit has happened before. Islam: If shit happens, it is the will of Allah. Islam #2: If shit happens, [...]
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Daimnation! (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
...to which, in the end, the West should be peripheral and which really is not a war at all. Ultimately the fight against Sunni Islamism/Shia extremism will be decided in Arab countries and Iran, and it will not be a...
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Vindicated (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Part II: Anglican History, the Reformation, and the Struggle for Anglican Identity I am occasionally asked how (in the hell) Anglicans can think of themselves as Catholics, rather than another stream (or splinter!) of protestantism. Here's a basic outline (yes, it's way simplistic): Once upon a time, Christianity came to England. The Celtic church flourished. Rome's claims for the supremacy of the...
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Christian Research Net (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Apprising Ministries pointed out in Who Is Phyllis Tickle? that she has likened Emergent Church Guru Brian McLaren to Martin Luther. In fact while talking about her theory the Church reforms every 500 years or so Tickle even said she “believes that Emergent is the new movement of reformation for this 500 year period.” As you’ll see in an interview [...]
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Methodist Bishop (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Exodus 20:1-20 Matthew 21:33-46 Today's lectionary reading from the Old Testament is one of the foundation texts of the Jewish faith - the Exodus version of the Ten Commandments, which sit at the heart of the Jewish Law. It's a fitting reading for a harvest festival because it reminds us, first, that - however wonderful the natural world might be - it is not in itself a fit enough object for contemplation...
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The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Tommy was the only Republican in the Colorado Congressional delegation that voted for the bailout. Even 50% of the Dems in the delegation voted against it. Is there anything good that can be said about this horrendous politician? This...
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Father Joe (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
In comparison to the fragmentation evident in Protestantism, the uniformity in doctrine as derived from an ultimate teaching authority over Scripture and Tradition has done much to sustain the Catholic faith. There is only one Christian faith– a single flock of Christ– and one shepherd over all. Legend has it that Martin Luther lamented on [...]
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Father Joe (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Galatians 1:8-9: But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to that which you received, let [...]
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Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Why the combination of Green, White and Orange?
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Bill's 'Faith Matters' Weblog (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Ah, those Lutherans. They really know how to celebrate. How else to explain a whole decade devoted to Martin Luther (depicted here)? Yes, the Luther Decade got under way this week in Germany and will have ripple effects around the...
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Solomonia (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
[Scroll down for details of the protests planned for Thursday in New York and Cambridge, MA.] Dinner with hate: Quakers, Iran leader to meet, eat Keepers of Protestantism's pacifist traditions will showcase just how far they've come from their humble...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
The charge of elitism is a manifestation of America's longstanding and unfortunate subtext of anti-intellectualism, and its use during this campaign is both revealing and disturbing.
