Category Archives: Religion

I Prefer The Original Recipe Mortal Sins

Diane Grzyb, the Polish Diva, and I grew up Catholic and I think we both agree that the original Seven Deadly Sins are pretty good but that “kids nowadays…” What I mean is that most kids nowadays don’t even know (or care) what many of these sins even mean: Sloth? Gluttony? Envy? What does […]

Glenn Beck Tribute to Deceased LDS President Hinckley

While I am not a Mormon or a member of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints, I must admit that this is a moving tribute to LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley upon his passing from “shock jock” and talk show radio host Glenn Beck. My friend Janna sent it along so a […]

Are there atheists in foxholes?


Best Argument for Atheism from Micki Krimmel


Martin Marty is a Gift to America and My Favorite Theologian

I got to spend some time hanging out with Martin Marty at Renaissance Weekend a couple years ago. All I knew about him was gleaned from lunches, dinners, and panels together. During last night’s run, my friend Marty Marty started speaking into my iPod earbuds in the form of an interview on Speaking of […]

Does God Exist?


God Does Not Have a Glass Jaw

God does not have a glass jaw. I believe in God. I do. I believe in spirit. I have a lot of faith and a lot of hope. That said, if you were to insult my concept of God, or God himself, it wouldn’t bother me at all.

Mara Vanderslice Helps Democrats Communicate their Faith

“Party strategists and nonpartisan pollsters credit the operative, Mara Vanderslice, and her 2-year-old consulting firm, Common Good Strategies, with helping a handful of Democratic candidates make deep inroads among white evangelical and churchgoing Roman Catholic voters in Kansas, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.”
Via the New York Times
“The Strategist : Mara Vanderslice of the consulting firm Common […]

Science & Religion are Fighting For the Same Altar


We Americans Have Indeed Become Crypto-Christians