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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Actually, It's the M.Div

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America's Most Overrated Product: the Bachelor's Degree Except at Princeton Theological Seminary, where it was apparently the D.Min.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Bishops Get the Best Vestments

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Above is an ensemble recently modeled by our Presiding Bishop. Priests never get to wear goods like these. Not only is it wonderfully post-...

Bishops Get the Best Vestments, Again

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Again, that same model, as joined by an episcopal supermodel from Idaho, gives us a glimpse of what's new for fall. It's kind of mak...

Take That, Protestants!

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Christ runs for 232 yards in Catholic victory

Quote of the Week

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“When your memories become more vivid than your dreams, you’ve begun to die.” - Howard Hendricks, Dallas Theological Seminary

The Ghost of Birthdays Past

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A long time ago, when I was single and living in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan, one of my acquaintances, David, was to celebrate a b...

I Sense A New Liturgy Coming

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German pop star marries a pineapple
Friday, September 26, 2008

Six Saints

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Please note that the language used in the linked article is for a mature audience . It is interesting what younger folks, those for whom com...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

I Wonder If You Can Get Classroom Credit for Campaigning for Jesus?

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UMass chaplain fails in effort to boost Barack Obama’s chances Knowing this campus like I do, the answer would be a resounding "no...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

This Is Why I Didn't Go To YDS

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When I was searching for a seminary/divinity school many years ago, I had a simple test to see if the institution was one of true Christia...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Speaking of Worshipping the Political over the Spiritual

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Every Protestant knows of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It's what we have instead of Jesus. Well this modest propos...
Thursday, September 18, 2008

Quelle Surprise!

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Biden gave average of $369 to charity a year

James Lileks Makes My Day.

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First you must read this , from which this quotation comes: I had to leave church Sunday morning when it turned out that the sermon was no...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

What The Bubble People in the Media Don't Always Understand

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While my faith should never be treated like a job qualification in a political campaign, neither should its absence. So far, in the press co...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

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Johnny Appleseed (Album Version) - Joe Strummer;The Mescaleros

Why Does Feminism Have To Be Inert?

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"Doesn't this suggest that feminism is not in behalf of the women's movement--but rather to promote radical adventures above an...
Monday, September 1, 2008

Welcome...

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...to the new Coracle. I decided that the nature of the former weblog was less of a service to one parish than it was to a greater communi...
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