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Fr. Edmands plays the Pelican Card (disturbing content)

11 August 2010 3 comments
(sigh)
 
So much wrong with this, so little time. Read more…
Categories: Abortion, Excerpts, Fisks, Theology

P.R.A. Renown: A (De)Motivational Poster

9 August 2010 Comments off

‘speaks for itself Read more…

A/P: Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban

4 August 2010 Comments off

Yup. 

If at first you can’t persuade the voters, Read more…

U2CHARISTS: A (De)Motivational Poster

3 August 2010 Comments off

I see from our recent DSO e-newsletter that Read more…

AAC: The Writing is on the Wall

1 August 2010 Comments off

Canon Phil Ashey offers some valuable insights the recent chain of same-sex blessing moratoria within TEC, of which Read more…

Congratulations! It’s a.. it’s a… it’s a Frankenclone !!

29 July 2010 Comments off

The Diocese of Maryland scoops up some, ‘ Read more…

The Enquirer: Episcopal priest quits over gay issues

29 July 2010 2 comments

From the Cincinatti Enquirer, where there Read more…

Movie Review: Inception

28 July 2010 1 comment

I’ve not much to say about the movie, Inception.  I will say though that it’s not so dull or so repugnant that I wouldn’t write a review about it.  It’s just (how Read more…

Categories: Movie Reviews, Theology

Episcovangelism: A (De)Motivational Poster

23 July 2010 Comments off

Pay no attention to those Read more…

DSO Events: Believe OUT LOUD workshop at Procter

21 July 2010 Comments off

From the DSO e-newsletter Read more…

Why living in a California Tent-City is not living in Third-World Conditions.

20 July 2010 6 comments

I still plan on writing one or two follow-up articles on the Franklinton Bicycle Kitchen, but my thoughts have gravitated towards one commenter’s remarks about the existence of Third-World living conditions in a Southern California tent-city, seen in this Youtube video.  My contention has been, and is, that there is very little in common between Third-World living conditions, and those Read more…

Dayton Daily: Local Presbyterians to discuss gay-friendly proposal

19 July 2010 1 comment

I usually try to restrict myself to commenting on the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio, but this article popped up on my radar recently.  I think it is interesting because it contains perspectives of those who are both lagging the Episcopal Church (sic) in terms of innovation, and Read more…

National Catholic Register: Supreme Court Backs Homosexuals Against Christians

16 July 2010 Comments off

Fascinating.  More wrangling over the rights of Christian campus groups in limiting their members Read more…

Categories: Life in General

The Dispatch: Old Hollywood musicals inspired gay love story

15 July 2010 Comments off

An off-broadway play is coming to Columbus, revisionist in the full sense of the word – Read more…

Parenthood: A (De)Motivational Poster

13 July 2010 Comments off

Dedicated to my wife and child, who I love very, very muchRead more…

An ELCA parish defects because of You-Know-What … (How quaint)

10 July 2010 3 comments

It seems that an ELCA parish in Auburn, Indiana has taken a vote recently to withdraw from their Read more…

Joy: A (De)Motivational Poster

7 July 2010 Comments off

What the One hath declared as ‘Common,’ let no man call ‘clean’ or ‘unclean’

5 July 2010 2 comments

[H/T: Anon. & PBS]

This letter arrived in last week, from Read more…

Cruise-Control

2 July 2010 4 comments

Last month about this time, I announced that I was taking some time off to devote to other needful projects.  After the sawdust cleared Read more…

Categories: Elder's Soft Inside

Those Sneak’n Poor Kids: Random Thoughts about Franklinton’s Bicycle Kitchen, Pt I

28 June 2010 3 comments

Full-disclosure time: I used to be poor.

Seriously. There was a time in my life when I was severely economically disadvantaged, therefore poor. It happened when Read more…

Categories: DSO News

ENS: DSO ‘Bicycle Kitchen’ launched in Columbus

25 June 2010 Comments off

From ENS (written by Ariel Miller Read more…

Rage: A (De)Motivational Poster

24 June 2010 Comments off

Grief: A (De)Motivational Poster

23 June 2010 Comments off

Dedicated to those who live within that Read more…

Fiat Lux: Diocese of Virginia Considering SSB’s

21 June 2010 Comments off
From Fiat Lux–  The Diocese of Virginia is looking for a way to genuinely pretend to care about what Christians think about Read more…

Submission: A (De)Motivational Poster

17 June 2010 Comments off

I should probably feel guilty Read more…

Who Needs Ice-Cream?? : Responses to Bp. Breidenthal’s Easter Sermon, (Part 4 of Many)

14 June 2010 Comments off

 
Continuing on my fisk of Bp. Breidenthal’s Easter sermon.  I may Read more…

Poor Mini-Me (content warning: birdie bomb)

10 June 2010 Comments off

I’m cautiously skeptical, but Read more…

Categories: Anglican Communion

The blank guilt trip courts the blank check : Responses to Bp. Breidenthal’s Easter Sermon, (Part 4 of Many)

8 June 2010 Comments off

Continuing my fisk of Bp. Breidenthal’s 2010 Easter Sermon..

As noted in the title, there is a bit of a false Read more…