Priest to hold nun beauty pageant An Italian priest says he is organising the world’s first beauty pageant for nuns to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour. Antonio Rungi says The Miss Sister Italy online contest will start on his blog in September. “Nuns are above all women and beauty is […]
A modern version of the Scopes trial
Recently the John Templeton Foundation published a booklet titled, “Does science make belief in God obsolete?” The full booklet can also be read online here. It features opinions by 13 well known people from the fields of science, philosophy, and religion. The answers are quite a mixture. Many show the gray areas in the debate. […]
Pray for Peace in Georgia
In any conflict in this fallen world, it is our first duty to pray for those who are suffering, especially our fellow Orthodox brethren. His Grace, Bp. BASIL of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese has sent out this prayer: PRAYER FOR PEACE IN THE CAUCASUS: “O Master Who lovest mankind, King of the ages and Bestower […]
Christians persecuted in Indonesia
Attack forces Indonesian Christians off campus from Associated Press
Real Life (RL)
I am an online gamer. As such, a couple of nights a week I immerse myself in a fantasy world where, with other gamers, I “group” together to accomplish objectives (usually killing evil creatures, which nets you game money, increased power for your character, etc.). Some gamers immerse themselves too deeply in the game, and […]
Relief!
Thank you for your prayers. At this point the rain has slowed down here, there have even been periods of no rain, and the skies are starting to lighten, though still completely overcast. I have checked with several of our people, and Kh. Denise has checked with several more, and everyone seems to be OK […]
. . . build Him an arky arky!
The last 48 hours brought to mind that old Sunday School song which has the lyrics about Noah building God an arky arky and bringing in the animals by twosies twosies. We have been in the bullseye of Tropical Storm Fay for those many hours. The news media have called this a historic storm in […]
That believing you may have life
On another blog a comment was made about a church sign that says, “The Bible shows us a picture of who we really are.” It said that the picture that is showed is one of marauding, murdering, racist, and xenophobic people. And, actually, there is some truth to that evaluation. Jonah is recorded as so disliking the […]
Lowering the drinking age
A website reports an interesting story on how college presidents believe that it is time to lower the drinking age to the voting age. Apparently, college drinking tends towards binge drinking precisely because it is forbidden. Actually, this is not that strange. St. Paul warned us a long time ago that if we forbid something, there is […]
Church planting
I was talking to an old friend of mine tonight. — Yes, an old friend, he is retired now and was best man at my wedding 30 years ago. — He happens to be a church growth statistic geek. When he was young, he was involved in a college campus ministry. After that, he spent […]
