2015-03-12T17:41:24-06:00

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:41 pm   By

Dinesh D’Souza the religious right leader and former president of ultra-fundamentalist King’s College, buddy of Franklin Graham and Sarah Palin, hero to World magazine (until he wasn’t!) has just been charged with a federal crime. Surprised? The man behind the ridiculous right wing lie that President Obama was secretly anti-American was fired from his post as  the head of an Evangelical College because he cheated on his wife while at a Christian speaking event. And, he admitted to sharing a... Read more

2015-03-12T17:41:24-06:00

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:41 pm   By

Billy Graham is passing away. Too bad. And what will his son Franklin do with Billy’s body? Lenin’s Tomb anyone? When I met Billy over the years, (he used to visit my parent’s home, and he and I met at various Evangelical conferences before I escaped the evangelical world) he seemed like a nice guy. As the years passed, his son Franklin Graham ( I met him at my kitchen table when we were both 9),  seemed to exert quite... Read more

2015-03-12T17:41:25-06:00

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:41 pm   By

My friend’s attitude pissed me off. I shouted, “Are you kidding me? Taking care of my grandchildren is the only thing I’ve ever done I feel entirely happy about! Anyway, Jesus liked hanging out with women and kids too! So fuck you!” Let me explain… I’d just picked up Lucy and Jack at kindergarten and preschool when a friend called. Jack goes to preschool three days a week and Lucy goes to kindergarten five days a week. My grandchildren attend... Read more

2015-03-12T17:41:26-06:00

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:41 pm   By

Here’s Ten Things the GOP Won’t Thank President Obama For in 2014… 1. Thank President Obama for bringing the economy back from the brink 2.  Thank President Obama for ending two useless wars W started 3.  Thank President Obama for the record high of the stock market 4.  Thank President Obama for the big improvement in employment numbers 5.  Thank President Obama for succeeding in spite of the GOP in keeping the government open 6.  Thank President Obama for not... Read more

2015-03-12T17:41:26-06:00

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:41 pm   By

Mom died in March of 2013. As the year closes out I’m thinking of her. I never go to a classical concert without remembering how Mom saved her money when we were too poor to include meat in our diet, in order to take her children to hear the greatest classical music played by great performers. I never say “I’m sorry” to my wife Genie, without remembering who showed me how words can change reality if they’re backed up by... Read more

2015-03-12T17:42:15-06:00

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm   By

I’ve watched liberal and right wing commentators alike blame the president for being lynched. They say “he’s not reaching out enough” or “he’s too cold.” It’s the equivalent of assuming that the black man being beaten by a couple of thug cops must have “done something.” I am a white privileged well off sixty-one-year-old former Republican religious right wing activist who changed his mind about religion and politics long ago.  The New York Times profiled my change of heart saying... Read more

2015-03-12T17:42:15-06:00

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm   By

(A painting by me, “Joy in July” c Frank Schaeffer 2013) What should we pass on to the next generation? What is essential and non-negotiable? What have our parents founded their lives on that worked? Had they felt as inexperienced and alone as I did the week Mom died in March of 2013? Did being sixty feel like still being a clueless child to them too? Had they experienced what I felt, that the older I got the less I... Read more

2015-03-12T17:42:16-06:00

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm   By

I remember Mandela. Mandela will be remembered in many ways, but for me he’s the giant that replaced bad theology with love and was able to change the world. While I was living in South Africa, Nelson Mandela was still in prison. Apartheid was crumbling. So Mandela had already destroyed the Calvinism that had imprisoned him and his country. From behind bars he’d replaced the fatalistic racism of Calvinistic theology with the open ended loving forgiving God of reconciliation. Instead... Read more

2015-03-12T17:42:17-06:00

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm   By

“Why I Am Not an Atheist” with Frank Schaeffer By Frank Schaeffer Is atheism a belief system in itself? Author and speaker Frank Schaeffer says yes. And in this course he explains why belief in Christ makes better sense of the world than no belief at all. About this course Atheism and fundamentalism have more in common than one might think, says Frank Schaeffer. Both, he reasons, are simplistic and unsatisfying ways to deal with the complex questions of faith and... Read more

2015-03-12T17:42:18-06:00

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 5:42 pm   By

Edith and Francis Schaeffer AKA Mom and Dad Christmas for me will always be toxic and a time when memory drifts back to my missionary kid childhood.  I loved Christmas but hated God for screwing it up. You see, the problem was that every year Jesus made Mom into his Christmas slave. Let me explain. My childhood Christmastime question was: “Mom, who’s going to be in our house for Christmas?” The answer never varied. “The guests God brought to us... Read more

Follow Us!
Browse Our Archives
TRENDING AT PATHEOS News and Politics
Campfires in the Desert - A Soft Book...
The 7 Keys to Becoming a Conscious Elder
Simple Pleasures: On Finding Happiness Where We Can
What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life
Why Campfires are Essential in Deconstruction
Trust Over Creed: Are ‘Correct Beliefs’ What We...
view all News and Politics blogs