We’ve all heard sermons about living one way during the week and acting a different (better) way on Sunday. The common theme in those sermons is that that sort of inconsistent lifestyle isn’t a good thing, if not altogether antithetical to Christianity. The WE Network apparently didn’t get that memo. Instead, they’ve created a series called “Divas For Jesus” that celebrates a living like a heathen during the week, but a saint on Sundays. The sad thing is this the... Read more

A few weeks ago we “learned” from William Tapley, aka The Third Eagle of the Apocalypse, that the songs Gangnam Style and Call Me Maybe are secret announcements of the Antichrist’s arrival. Well, it seems Tapley has discovered even more prophetic meaning in Gangnam Style. According to the Third Eagle, God Himself co-wrote Gangnam Style in order to inform the world that the Antichrist is gay. How does Tapley know this? Because obviously Psy is portraying the Antichrist in his... Read more

(via) If you’re stuck at work today, I’m sorry. If you’re stuck visiting family you’d rather not visit, but don’t want to admit it, you also have my condolences. By way of a distraction today, I thought I would offer those that needed it something of massive significance to debate about…. The list of the greatest Christmas hymns of all time. Christmas songs like Jingle Bells or White Christmas are fine, but you know me, I’m a theology nerd. I... Read more

  This time last year I was getting ready to meet the Pope. Ok, not technically “meet,” more like “watch him walk by.” After several months of waiting and string pulling (by my father-in-law who is a Benedictine monk), my wife and I found out we had tickets to the Midnight Mass at the Vatican on Christmas Eve. We were excited about going to Italy, regardless. It had been a lifelong dream. But spending Christmas Eve in the Vatican was... Read more

I didn’t know this was a thing. Also, why is this a thing?     Read more

Just in case you’re thinking this is photoshopped (because I thought it was), here’s the story with the explanation for the billboard from the church’s pastor.       Read more

It doesn’t matter if you’re a Star Wars fan, a Trekkie, you love the Dark Knight, or you just have a soft spot in your heart for Bill and Ted. This Nativity set has something for everyone. Except Jesus. Minor detail. Read more

You remember the three wise men, right? They were the kings from the East who showed up to see Jesus a few months after he was born. And, as we all know, they came bearing gifts. Do you remember the three gifts they brought? I gave you 2 of them in the title of this post. So, I should say, do you remember the third? That’s right, myrrh. On the occasion of the birth of Jesus, three random people showed... Read more

  Maybe it’s just me, but I think we could all use a dose of cheer right about now. So, I hope this makes you smile as much it did me.   Read more

A prayer of lament for the families of Sandy Hook, adapted from Psalm 22. My God, my God, why have you forsaken Sandy Hook? Why were you so far from saving your children, so far from their cries of anguish? My God, they cried out by day, but you do not answer, by night their parents will find no rest. Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one we are supposed to praise. In you our ancestors... Read more