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Southern Gospel song: 'Looking for a City'
January 24, 2012
James Canupp singing Looking for a City, plus other versions of the hymn by Vestal Goodman, Jimmy Swaggart, etc.
Ezekiel and The Bone Song ('Dem Bones Dem Bones')
October 19, 2011
Dry Bones: The Book of Ezekiel is the basis for both a short animated film and the spiritual song that became a 1940s hit.
C. Peter Wagner, the New Apostolic Reformation, and Rick Perry
October 4, 2011
NAR endorsers who were involved with Rick Perry’s Houston prayer rally seek Christian dominion in government.
Genesis, creation and evolution: Science finds snake's legs
February 10, 2011
A 95-million-year-old snake fossil in Lebanon reveals lizard-like leg bones. Did Bible authors know snakes didn’t always slither on their bellies?
'Prayer for Obama': Psalms 109:8
November 17, 2009
Psalms 109:8 is a “prayer for Obama,” according to an Internet meme: Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
GQ magazine shows Bible quotes on Rumsfeld-era Pentagon documents
May 18, 2009
Apart from the issues raised by perverting holy scripture to perfume a rotten war, some horrific graphic design decisions are on display.
'King of Kings' theme: My Easter movie earworm
April 5, 2009
The 1961 film starring Jeffrey Hunter has always been my personal cheesy Jesus movie.
The power of now: Eckhart Tolle and a Bike Ride on 35W
March 17, 2009
Be here now. In the moment. Possibly on a bicycle.
Rainn Wilson's SoulPancake.com: Fashioning art, spirituality
March 15, 2009
In an interview with Oprah, the comedic actor from ‘The Office’ outlines his new Web project for spiritual social networking through the arts.
Etymology of 'Lent'
February 25, 2009
It’s related to ‘length’, as in the days getting longer in the spring.
Snuggie, Slanket, Heat Surge: My TV monk life
January 1, 2009
The Great Recession makes me consider becoming a monk — a monk with a Snuggie, a Slanket, and a Heat Surge.
Saddleback forum followup
August 18, 2008
John McCain will give us hope and inspiration, Rick Warren’s “Cone of Silence” was apparently a joke.
It's God time in Campaign '08
August 15, 2008
The presidential campaign enters a religious leg with a new story on John McCain’s fervor as a POW and a forum moderated by Rev. Rick Warren.
'Jesus Camp' movie review
September 13, 2007
This documentary follows three children attending an unsettling and militant Christian camp.
Joseph Campbell on mythology, religion, and art
March 26, 2007
Mythological stories of the hero journey fill the history of religion. Joseph Campbell taught the power of myths.
'Misquoting Jesus': The Bible and Bart Ehrman
January 25, 2007
Ehrman does an outstanding job of summarizing the history of Biblical texts in simple language.
British law to protect religion from hatred -- and laughter?
June 26, 2005
Under a new law in Britain, it might be llegal to mock religion.
