The Most Open, Honest Congress Ever…

…Has turned out the lights and cameras without calling for a vote on a bipartisan energy bill presented by the Republican minority. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have adjourned Congress for a five-week vacation, but Republicans have stayed in a first-ever “phantom session” demanding a vote on the bill.While there is also significant support in …

Shopping Around…

Well, I’ll be at drill this weekend… but, given last weeks’ Church fiasco, I’ve decided to start shopping around for congregations again. I suppose, should worst come to worst, I could attend the local Southern Baptist Church; although, truth be told, I see little advantage in doing so. They have as little relationship to the …

Oh, my…

Last Sunday’s service at Unity Church of Peace was… not memorable. Apparently, the several people who are all responsible for putting the service together ALL decided to “wing it.” What was memorable, however, was the workshop I was invited to after.These sorts of activities were why I had decided to settle down into the Unity …

More on Entertainment: J. R. R. Tolkien

Now that I’ve started writing about Christianity in contemporary entertainment, I’d like to set down my apologetics for The Lord of the Rings, once and for all. I have talked to more than a few Christians who either refuse to watch The Lord of the Rings trilogy, or say they watched it but didn’t see …

Superman Returns

So, as I recouperated from helping my brother move furniture Tuesday night, I decided to go back and re-watch Superman Returns. Not everyone realizes that the Superman story fuses two divergent elements: the science fiction element, as Superman is an alien, and the mythological element.Superman, you see, was set adrift in space by his parents …