Every minion shall contact their local library and request the purchase of Mary, Mother of the Son! All three volumes! No shortcuts! He knows whereof he speaks. He just three copies into circulation in the King County Library system here in Seattle (for which I thank him!). Far be it from me to hinder this sort of initative, pluck and drive! Meantime, what with Advent and Christmas coming, I think it only meet and right for me to remind you... Read more

Don’t shoot into that apparently empty box. There might be somebody in there. Read more

Oh, those wacky Calvinists. Here’s some enthuasiast for the Diagrams Over Real Life Approach to Christianity asking the musical question, “Was Jesus a Calvinist?” (because Jesus would totally have benefited from Calvin’s superior diagrams of the gospel). (Hint: only a crazy Catholic would ever say, “Was Jesus a Thomist?” He can’t be wholly contained in human systems of philosphy or theology, dude. Jesus was no more a Calvinist than he was a Whig, a Thomist, or a Platonist. He is... Read more

My reader writes: Good news; they got the dog back! The father put up a reward for its return and someone contacted them so they went and picked up the dog. My mom’s friend suspects this was all some kind of scam; steal a dog then collect the reward. Sounds possible, but the girl is just glad to have her Sesame back. Thank you for your prayers for them and my brother-in-law. If I hear anything about his situation I’ll... Read more

“Happy Whatever. Just spend a lot of money and feed me!” I sure am glad God has chosen us to export this message of liberation through Mammon and Hedonism to the world. So much better than all those silly scruples about God that the third world savages obsess about. Read more

Sign the Manhattan Declaration! Read more

I gotta give Palin full props for this. My sole caveat is “This makes her a great role model for the culture of life. It does not automatically anoint her as having what it takes to be Prez.” Read more

on the chaos represented by the Right’s fascination with fluffballs like Palin and Prejean. The Thing that Used to Be Conservatism reels on like a headless chicken. Read more

find a fundamentalist. Guy who doesn’t know how to read books written for grownups does standard high school sophomore analysis of Genesis vs. Darwin. As though Genesis is a bad science text. Read more

written on the Shroud of Turin. Color me skeptical (even though I still think the Shroud is probably authentic). Read more