I’m not interested in piling on the “fisking” of this sermon by the Rev’d Canon Leslie Northup wherein she urges “real” (i.e. liberal) Christians to take their faith back from those who have hijacked it (the usual suspects: evangelicals, right-wingers, “fundamentalists” of all stripes). But I did find this passage curious: In the book, Jesus…

Over at Godspy John Zmirak interviews Wesley J. Smith on biotech, cloning and genetic engineering: Godspy: What got a nice progressive like you involved in the crusade of the religious right to hobble the progress of modern science? More seriously—can you explain why the Left is so silent on what seems like a profound human…

Just what it sounds like – the blog of an Episcopalian vegan.

Bill Keezer weighs in on a debate begun over at Naked Villainy on what exactly the term “Christian” refers to. Does it mean having particular beliefs about Jesus, or just following his teachings? Does it require being a member of a church? etc. etc. The funny thing about debates over definitions is that they are…

Camassia on creationism, evolution, animals and original sin! (see here and here) “A Nation of Competing Christs” (via Get Religion) Confessing Evangelical: Christmas, Paganism and the Genetic Fallacy Deism and Cash Value from Matthew Yglesias

I neglected to comment on this last week, but what’s up with “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott being murdered in cold blood by some crazed (ex?) fan? For those of you not up on your speed metal (or is it thrash metal?) history, Abbott was the guitarist for Pantera, arguably the most popular heavy metal band of…

It is worth asking ourselves what this tableau [i.e. the scene of Jesus’ meeting with Pilate], viewed from the vantage of pagan antiquity, would have meant. A man of noble birth, representing the power of Rome, endowed with authority over life and death, confronted by a barbarous colonial of no name or estate, a slave…

I am genuinely puzzled by the Social Security “crisis.” Not that I doubt that, if present trends continue, there won’t be enough money to fund benefits at current levels for all retirees in the not-too-distant future. That seems plain enough. What I do doubt is that this “crisis” requires anything as drastic as Social Security…

From Frederica Mathewes-Green (via Mere Comments – permalinks aren’t working; scroll down to “Young & Pro-Life: Get Used To It” ): The other night a couple of dozen young professionals and college students, mostly Eastern Orthodox Christians, crowded into my house for dinner. We played a current events party game. We divided the group in…