A Roman Catholic official has withdrawn an invitation for the cathedral to host a Christian unity conference after church officials learned a featured speaker would be a Greek Orthodox laywoman who claims to speak with God and Jesus. The pastor of the downtown Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels expressed concerns that the event would spotlight Vassula Ryden, who has attracted attention over her reports of sacred conversations, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. The decision against hosting the... Read more

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God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use of what was against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing that what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which is due.Sure sounds old-school … Who said it? Pat Robertson? I’m sure y’all know it was Saint Paul (Romans 1:26b-27). Before we get too... Read more

Remember when Michael Jackson’s hair caught on fire shooting the Pepsi commercial? How ’bout this: Remember Jackson’s tender ballad to a rat? Ben, you’re always running here and there(here and there)You feel you’re not wanted anywhere(anywhere)If you ever look behindAnd don’t like what you findThere’s something you should knowYou’ve got a place to go Now suspend all rational thought and picture … THIS. I’d say there’s a new case brewing for Tom Sneddon. Read more

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SHORT GUSH: Awesome. Go see it. Way cool. Obviously Christian. LONGER GUSH: Just in case you’ve not seen this CS Lewis classic now updated for the big screen, by all means don’t take my word for it. I never go to the movies! Well, almost never; yesterday, I did. My oldest daughter came in after breakfast and said: “Take me to see Narnia!” I was immediately put under her spell and googled the participating theatres. We ended up at the... Read more

As much as I like to rib Episcopalians, this kind of stuff is just plain nutty. (Oh, and beware of that last link which was taken from here. But it does serve to show just how far we’ve fallen). Speaking of wikki wacki woo-woo: “Anyone think God gave Robertson prostate cancer a few years back as a way of telling him not to say these kinds of things?” — A comment on this over here … note, in the comments,... Read more

I THIRSTHow is it that my Creator comes to me?I’m not worthy.To quench is my fate.THIRSTAll can relate.Before Eden thou wast; even before the flood.I parted for Thy people at the behest of Moses, Thy chosen one.I’ve whetted e’ery path man’s trod; every field he’s plo’d.At Thy command I came to be; my rest shall be in Thee.Tell me Lord, what brings Thee to me? I’m not worthy,I must confess.Me? I cleanse from sweat, dirt, sand, and disease.Washed away are... Read more

Due to our parish’s annual New Year’s Party, I thought I would miss out on Dick Clark’s much anticipated appearance before the Ball dropped in New York. Given the press reports, I thought the 76-year old teenager would make a token appearance at the beginning of the broadcast, and that would be it. Coming home early, I walked in and flipped on the TV around 11:30 (EST) … I was shocked. Oh my! He looked a little older. He had... Read more

Calvinists believe the game is fixed. Lutherans believe they can’t win, but trust the Scorekeeper. Quakers won’t swing.Unitarians can catch anything. Amish walk a lot. Pagans sacrifice. Jehovah’s Witnesses are thrown out often. Televangelists get caught stealing. Episcopalians pass the plate. Evangelicals make effective pitches. Fundamentalists balk. Adventists have a seventh-inning stretch. Atheists refuse to have an Umpire. Baptists want to play hardball. Premillenialists expect the game to be called soon on account of darkness. The Pope claims never to... Read more