Yesterday I did not know that St. Paul and the Broken Bones existed. Today I do. Today is a better day than yesterday. Read more
Yesterday I did not know that St. Paul and the Broken Bones existed. Today I do. Today is a better day than yesterday. Read more
"Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God." Read more
Without stubborn, persistent anger, Tamara Rice says, the sex-abuse scandals at fundamentalist institutions will likely just go away and nothing will change. But we don't have to let that happen. Read more
IFB churches and schools like Pensacola Christian College have tried to withdraw from the world and from "worldliness." They have created a bubble within which they can be sheltered from any "unclean thing" and from the worldly whispers of the world. Within that bubble, they could control the media and the message, insulating and isolating themselves from all outside voices. That used to work pretty well. Read more
The process can begin by creating the kind of community where members feel safe to have an honest, open conversation. That means being a place where anyone can ask questions without the fear that even just asking will get you in trouble. It means being a place where people can challenge and question even the received wisdom of the Required Official Stance on Homosexuality. Read more
Pensacola's response is not unusual. We've seen many other institutions bare their fangs in that very same defensive crouch. We've seen it from dioceses and politicians and football programs. And in almost every case where we've seen this kind of response we've later learned that not only were all the allegations being denied true, but they were only the tip of the iceberg. Read more
Oliver North sold weapons to terrorists so that he could make money to give to a different set of terrorists. And he's still lying about it. 13,200 is a bigger number than 11,952 -- unless you're doing partisan arithmetic. Plus: Conversations about reconciliation, godless God-haters and signs of spring. Read more
Justin Lee teams up with Audrey Hepburn. A Tennessee pastor says he has nothing but love for the people he refuses to allow to marry. And Henry Farrell says that bigotry rooted in perceived religious mandates may be marginally less obnoxious than bigotry rooted in personal animus but it's still, you know, bigotry. Read more
"Rejoice with those who rejoice" is a Christian commandment. It's also a corollary to Rule No. 1. Denying cake violates that commandment and that rule. Read more
Imagine a world in which the stuff Pat Robertson says was actually true. Galifianakisgate. The religious liberty to beat infants with wooden spoons. Religious right groups claim that Thin Mints, Do-si-dos are abortifacients. Mike Huckabee briefly stops slut-shaming in order to praise himself for being chivalrous. Read more
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