Jesus Loves You

No really. A sign on the side of a hill in Idaho wouldn't lie, would it? And besides, Google Maps wouldn't lie to us would they?

Crouching Crouch, Hidden Weasel

I hate his mom's hair. I hate his dad's lies. I hate how he gets to pretend that he's successful while spending other people's money. But mostly I hate how well meaning people stupidly send these people money thinking that it will help bring souls to Jesus when really it's only used to help a family of con artists live an outrageously extravagant lifestyle. I've said it before and I'll say it again: If the Crouch's are in heaven when I get there, I don't wanna go.

What Is It Good For?

This needs no explanation - so I won't try to give it one. Just check it out. You'll be amazed. And maybe a little sick to you stomach at the same time.

Faith of the Famous

I really thought I could nail this quiz but I only got 55%. The Dallas Morning News asks: "How much do you know about the faith of the famous? Take this quiz and find out."

What Would Jesus Drive?

Why, this of course . . .

Church of Steve

I guess we should have seen this coming. With all the post-DaVinci Code hoopla about possible descendants of Jesus, someone was bound to come up with an idea for a network sitcom. Sure enough, Will Ferrell and company are working on pilot for Fox titled "Church of Steve." As the article says, "It's like FOX is begging for the conservative protests." For my money, if you want to laugh out loud until milk comes out of your nose about someone with a hysterically funny connection to Jesus, you should check out "Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal."

Atheists Are Better

Being a Christian and a victim of divorce, I'm just jaded enough that it comes as no surprise to me that Christians are more likely to divorce than atheists. In fact, my cynical view leads me to believe that being a Christian provides you with more justifications for divorce than atheists have. Not that the Bible would support those views, of course, but that wouldn't keep some Christians from buying into the crap that other dumbass Christians would lead them to believe. And yet, somehow Christians are a lot more worried about gay marriage, abortion and anything have to do with sex of any kind (unless it involves Republicans, of course), as opposed to something the Bible speaks out about again and again. But then, I may be kinda bitter . . .

The Amish Get It

With the recent spate of tragic school shootings, one thing really stood out to me. Did you notice how the Amish community responded? Not like your right wing evangelicals who would have somehow blamed Democrats and gay marriage proponents. They responded by expressing their tahnks to authorities and (something novel) forgiveness. This article on Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish is worth reading.

UPDATE: If you want to read a bit more, check out this article too . . .

ATMs for Jesus?

Being a banker and a Christian, I guess this shouldn't seem as weird as it does, but check out this LA Times article about Giving Kiosks at Stevens Creek Community Church in August, Georgia.

Jesus, Joseph and Mary

I am an (almost) lifelong Oregon resident. My favorite radio station in the state has always been kink.fm. For years the morning news guy was Mike Rich. That is until Sean Connery read a screenplay he'd written and decided to snag it. At that point Rich focused on screenplays and managed to crank out a few notable films including The Rookie and Radio (and Miracle, even though he didn't get credit for it. His latest project is The Nativity Story and is a labor of love. Check out the trailer at the official site and then read this interview with Mike Rich at Christianity Today. This one is gonna get some major promotion over the next couple of months - and definitely looks like it will be worth the price of admission.