The quote is based on something I wrote in a comment discussing racism. The photo comes from a website which quite bizarrely asks whether dark skin with blue eyes has a “natural explanation” or is due to genetic mutation! Read more
The quote is based on something I wrote in a comment discussing racism. The photo comes from a website which quite bizarrely asks whether dark skin with blue eyes has a “natural explanation” or is due to genetic mutation! Read more
A cartoon by John Atkinson. St. Peter could have used this one by Colby Jones: Read more
Hemant Mehta blogged today that oven mitts decorated with the hands from Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam” are now a thing. You can buy them on Etsy. In other unrelated news, Charisma News apparently doesn’t know that Jonathan Cain is the pianist and keyboardist for Journey, not their lead vocalist. He recently married Pastor Paula White. Read more
The above image, shared on the blog Stuff Fundies Like, illustrates the problem with using “What Would Jesus Do?” as your guiding principle. People tend to assume that the things that they would do are what Jesus would do. If using the WWJD? principle can’t get you to realize that Jesus wouldn’t use a modern English translation, then you simply don’t know enough about Jesus to implement it correctly. Read more
Jeff Carter has shared his round-up of highlights from last months Biblical studies blogging. Click through to take a look. Read more
May 1st is International Workers’ Day. It seems like the United States may be closer to being ready to actually celebrate this holiday, which has in the past been rejected as something for socialists and Communists. People are talking about compensation, wealth, equality, and injustice more widely in the US today than at any time I can remember. For instance, Fred Clark and Mic both shared infographics that highlight disturbing aspects of the American economy. I will share two below. Click through on the... Read more
Ben Irwin shared a wonderful updating of a post he wrote about Ferguson, but which applies equally well to Baltimore, and from which the quote above is an excerpt. It is called “Stop praying for peace in Baltimore.” Click through to read more of it. Read more
Tony Burke has shared the program online for the 2015 York Christian Apocrypha Symposium, which will take place at York University in Toronto in September. I’ll be presenting in the final session on Saturday the 26th, on “Jesus’ Wife, Her Sister-in-Law, and the Bloggers.” Click through to see the entire program, and for details on how to register. Read more
I had forgotten that it is International Jazz Day today. To mark the occasion, I give you pianist Hiromi Uehara in concert. Enjoy! Read more
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