Jack T. Chick is dead

Back when I was knocking doors for Jesus, I used to hand out Chick comics that showed the world ending in the worst way imaginable. He engaged in a particular brand of fear-mongering — as, by extension, did I — and this says he’s dead. I’m trying to imagine what it’s like for Bro. Jack to …

Seventy years and a day after the bombing of Hiroshima:

This is what the Rev. George Zabelka, the Air Force chaplain who blessed the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, said: As a Catholic chaplain I watched as the Boxcar, piloted by a good Irish Catholic pilot, dropped the bomb on Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, the center of Catholicism in Japan. I never preached a single …

Facebook is Catholic, Twitter is Protestant

Leftover sends this interesting article that breaks down the two big social media sites by denomination. Building on an old article by Umberto Eco that said Macs are Catholic, and PCs are Protestant, Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith says: Twitter is a wonderful tool for those who wish to preach to their “followers”. The most famous tweeters …

For the babies

See how that happens? Life’s a circle, grandbabies. You are from a fractious family separated by fissures deeper than the ocean, but you also come from a fierce and proud line of folks who, if necessary, will reach out from the grave to prop you up. I know this. It’s happened to me. I’m sorry …

If Mitt runs again, it will be as a Mormon

That’s what we call a misleading headline but the New York Times reported today that should  Mitt Romney, the unsuccessful Republican presidential nominee in 2012, run again in ’16, he won’t pussy-foot around his Mormon faith. And that’s what we call a long sentence. Anywhoo: The story touched on how the former-and-still-a candidate was pretty …

In which I indulge in idolatry

At the Fourth and Forest church of Christ in Joplin, Mo., you wouldn’t find so much as a cross on the wall, not a tapestry, not a statue, though we spoke a great deal about the cross. We sang songs about it, to, but you’d find no graven images of same, nor did the young …

Catholic leader says some children seduce pedophiles into action

To which God replied: “That’s just pathetic, Catholic leader, and you need to drop to your knees and pray for wisdom, and forgiveness.” And thanks, everyone — and there were many — who sent me this link.