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I saw this book, Jesus Was An Episcopalian (And You Can Be One Too!): A Newcomer’s Guide to the Episcopal Church, referenced on a listserv and while I am an Episcopalian I am certain that Jesus was not. This is the sort of thing that makes me so frustrated with […]

Jesus was an Episcopalian?!

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Brilliant title for an amusing video of a rare parrot, the kakapo. Note the evolutionary references and the bright future for interspecies relations.

“You are being shagged by a rare parrot”

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Or Jim West, but I am back on the Top 50! Yeah baby! Moving up 29 spots to #27!

Never going to be as big as Jesus

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Just one more…I promise. Yes, another comic, but once you read it you will understand why I had to post it. Real Life by Greg Dean

No, I don’t need to read it.

I write this with the sense that I am in some way cheating, but if David Pogue can write an entire book via Twitter (in which one of my tweets is quoted) then perhaps I can call upon the greater knowledge and wisdom of the biblioblogging world to aid me […]

Academic crowd sourcing

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But wouldn’t that be cool? Jesus as Batman? No, not really. Well darn, something silly now has me thinking of why that would just be wrong. Forget I said anything, just indulge in the chuckle. Warning! Don’t go to that comic’s site (The Least I Could Do, have to give […]

If only there were such a place…

Headed to Purdue for 4 days. Off to a rough start, the zipper on my suitcase broke. Oh well. It is amazing how many “nights” can fit into an overnight bag.

Traveling to Purdue

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John Hobbins has a great post, short but very poignant, reminding us that “believers must complain about and criticize biblical texts.” He rightly points out that it is incumbent upon the faithful to do so. I have written in several places about exactly this with respect to Lamentations. The fact […]

On the need to criticize God

I “found” this in a bathroom stall at a local church. It’s true. I took it with my iPhone. What kind of “outreach” is this, I wonder.

Inspirational

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Or reboot. That summarizes a number of religious debates, doesn’t it?

Repent

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