Back last June I posted about the ridiculous that is the Creation Museum .  The folks over at Theology for the Masses have begun a two part series on the Creation Museum called ''A Universe of Certainty or If You Remove Reason You Remove Doubt '' that ridicules the bastion of bias in a far more excitingly satirical way then I had guts to pen durin

-Invocation from the Glenstal Prayer book

During Wednesday's CNN/YouTube GOP debate, the candidates were asked the following question by a YouTube user: ''The death penalty, what would Jesus do?'' The funniest answer came from former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who after being pressed to say definitively whether or not Jesus would endorse the death penalty responded, ''Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office.'' (You can see the full answer more

In Germany an eleventh century church building was placed onto a truck and moved to a new location to make way for a mining company to get at millions of tons of coal.  Has the German economy no bounds?

This meditation on Psalm 149 was a part of Blog Action Day. This year's theme was the Environment.

Psalm 149

It appears that with the increased flux of foreign born priests into the United States, the dialect and pronounciation of many Catholic priests in the States is not understood by the average American.  Parishoners have not been able to understand the words spoken during their priest's homilies.  NPR did a feature on the phenomena this morning, with one priest asking a language specialist how to better pronounce the word ''God'' (he was saying Gah-t). 

We live in a society that thrives on divisiveness. We are labeled and categorized according to our thoughts, beliefs, and values and then pitted against those who sit on the opposite side of the aisle. There is no opportunity for unity, bipartisanship, or reconciliation except in the most dire of circumstances (i.e., a national tragedy like 9/11).

When a Christian learns how to evangelize for the first time and take the light of Christ into dark places, one of the first movements a convert is lead in is the act of confession. We must confess our sins before God, and continue to do so, as we explore the vastness of God's salvation through the Spirits conviction.

The role of the pastor, as a shepherd of disciples and converts, is one of care and compassion.  Whether you live by green pastures or find your flock in a draught-stricken desert, pastors find their vocation in laying down themselves for their flock and guiding their disciples as the Spirit leads them.  Below follows quotes from two pastors serving on the fringe of hot-button issues in America, immigration and war.  In such polarizing areas of thought it is thought-provoking to hear from fellow Christians who are serving in dark places.

A retiring Roman Catholic bishop in the Netherlands has proposed that Christians begin calling God ''Allah'' in order to foster communication and understanding with Muslims. While there are probably numerous theological problems and implications with this suggestion, the thing that struck me was when Bishop Muskens said, ''What does God care what we call him? It is our problem.'' God doesn't care what we call him?