Via townhall.com::
An impressive list of evangelical Christian leaders has recently signed onto the “Evangelical Climate Initiative” (ECI), a statement calling for Americans to do what they can to combat climate change.
Some of the statement seems reasonable and biblical. Yes, Christians are called to be stewards of the earth. Yes, we’re charged with caring […]

“If we tell our people they have no right to offend, we have to tell the others they have no right to destroy us,” Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican’s Secretary of State (prime minister), told journalists in Rome.
Seems logical. It’s certainly not a top story today, but if you want a break from the more […]

I’ve been noting the slowly escalating story of Muslims who are infuriated by anti-Muslim cartoons in a Danish newspaper. Predictably, fundamentalist Muslims were not amused (are they ever amused?) by these cartoons that made fun of the prophet Mohammed. And when I say “not amused,” I mean as in a “burning-down-the-embassy” lack of amusement.

It was […]

“You asked for a loving God: you have one. The great spirit you so lightly invoked, the “lord of terrible aspect,” is present: not a senile benevolence that drowsily wishes you to be happy in your own way, not the cold philantropy of a conscientious magistrate, nor the care of a host who feels responsible […]

Today in Bethlehem hear I
Sweet angel voices singing:
All glory be to God on high,
Who peace on earth is bringing.
The Virgin holdeth more
Than highest heaven most holy;
Light shines on what was dark before,
And lifteth up the lowly.
God will that peace shall be on earth
And holy exultation,
Sweet Babe, I greet Thy spotless birth
And wondrous incarnation.
Today in Bethlehem […]

Am I the only one who has been curious about what life would be like in one of those Protestant megachurches? The biggest Orthodox church I’ve ever seen probably had a couple hundred people in it. I can’t imagine what church life would be like in a building that had to pack in twice that […]

Oh dear. File this under “Watch out what you pray for.” There’s an article in this month’s Atlantic Monthly called “Can Jesus Save Hollywood? From The Passion of the Christ to The Chronicles of Narnia, the Christian audience is making spirits rise.” It claims that after the success of “Passion” and the presumed success of […]

Everyone has people to spend money on in the weeks ahead. Everyone has charities requesting funds. But any that can, consider sending something to these fellow travelers.

Snow? What snow? It’s a late-late fall fake-out. Today it’s in the 50’s, but the sun is out and the sky is postcard-blue. We’re all supposed to believe that this is winter, and then scream like frightened children when the real thing hits. Yep, been there.
Well, it’s too pretty of a day to stay […]

As Orthodixie notes, Madonna the Material Girl has converted, and Ann “Interview with a Greasy, Oversexed, Totally Lurid Vampire” Rice has converted.
I would love to feel uplifted by this news, but I can’t help wondering how much it has to do with sagging record sales and a public disinterest in continuous vampiric pap. Celebrities […]