Jitterbugging for Jesus

Venite Come let us sing to the Lord; * let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * and raise a loud shout to him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, * and a great King above all gods. In his [...]

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Best line from Walk the Line, the Johnny Cash biopic: Recording Exec: “Listen Johnny, your fan base is made up of good, church-going Christian folk. They don’t wanna hear you singin’ to a bunch of murderers and rapists just to cheer them up!” Johnny Cash: “Then they aren’t really Christians.”

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You go, sister! Nuns are back in fashion, thanks to “Sister Act,” the musical. Despite Vatican reports of a decline, at least some parts of the world are seeing a resurgence in the old-fashioned nun. In 11 years, the Dominican Sisters of Mary — a Michigan convent where nuns wear traditional habits and pray for [...]

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The wave breaks And I’m carried into it. This is hell, I know, Yet my father laughs, Chest-deep, proving I’m wrong. We’re safely rooted, Rocked on his toes. Nothing irked him more Than asking, “What is there Beyond death?” His theory once was That love greets you, And the loveless Don’t know what to say. [...]

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From an article on Yoko Ono, who’s 76 and still living in the place where she and John lived at the time of his murder, in the British Telegraph newspaper: People sometimes forget, when mocking her pleas to give peace a chance, that Ono’s own experiences of war were very real. She was in Japan [...]

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Rainn Wilson, the nerdy guy from “The Office,’ is a devout Baha’i. The following is a blurb about a talk he gave to young Bahai’s last yer. Rainn Wilson is NEBY-ish and proud of it — proud to carry his message to over 1,000 Baha’is gathered recently at the 2008 Northeast Baha’i Youth Festival – [...]

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The current Pope is often called “the green pope” because of his strong, theological and moral concern and arguments for the environment. Whatever one might think of the Roman Catholic Church, it’s pushing hard on issues like climate change, as this article from The National Catholic Reporter demonstrates: NEW YORK (NCR) When President Barack Obama [...]

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Yes, our appreciatee for September is the Episcopal priest and professor who is recognized as one of the best preachers in the holiness bizness. In this blurb from her book The Preaching Life, she speaks of those disillusioned by church and religion, leaving us with a hopeful word about disillusionment: “Faith in God is no [...]

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