One of my favorite stories about the ever-brilliant Catholic journalist G.K. Chesterton is when the Times of London once asked several of Britain’s leading intellectuals what they thought was the problem with the world. In response, Chesterton sent a postcard with two simple words: “I am.” Chesterton’s response is as revealing as it is informative. […]
In (partial) defense of “Two and a Half Men” star Angus T. Jones
Angus T. Jones has found himself in the middle of a controversy because he has taken a controversial stance against the show in which he stars, Two and a Half Men. Earlier this week Angus sat down with Forerunner Chronicles, a Seventh-Day Adventist media group that produces what I will call “Christian propaganda,” to talk […]
Pope Benedict XVI says Jesus was born years earlier, the Christian calendar is wrong
The Pope is stirring up discussion surrounding Jesus’ birth just in time for Christmas. In the final part of his three-volume work on the life of Jesus called Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives, Pope Benedict XVI claims that the Christian calendar is based on a mistake made by the sixth-century monk Dionysius Exiguus (“Dennis […]
“When Helping Hurts” author to speak at Canadian Conference
Have you ever made a donation based on guilt? Or given because you “should”? Or have you ever felt powerless to ease the world’s problems, and done nothing at all? It’s uncomfortable to evaluate the motivations behind our charitable actions, but it’s vitally important. A one-day conference called Helping Without Hurting will challenge participants to […]
UK Charity Commission says Christian church not for “public benefit”
Britain’s charity watchdog has put the charitable status of the nation’s churches in question after it ruled that a Plymouth Brethren congregation in Devon in the South West of England did not exist for “public benefit.” The Charity Commission ruled that the Plymouth Brethren Church will not receive charitable status because it does not permit […]
“Real World” Justin Welby Named the New Archbishop of Canterbury
Justin Welby, the current Bishop of Durham, was named Friday as the 105th archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England, and leader of the worldwide 77 million-member Anglican Communion. Welby was an oil executive for 11 years before leaving to train as a priest in 1987. Since then, many have described his rise […]
“Four More Years”: Taking Stock of the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election
@BarackObama On Tuesday November 6, Barack Obama won a close Presidential race against Republican candidate Mitt Romney to return to office for a second term, or as Obama said himself in a tweet that has become the most re-tweeted tweet of all time, he will return for “Four more years.” People haven’t been shy about […]
Rachel Held Evans takes on “Biblical Womanhood”
Popular blogger, author, and speaker Rachel Held Evans has added a woman’s touch to the “Year in the life of” genre of books. Following the footsteps of A.J. Jacobs’ The Year of Living Biblically and Ed Dobson’s The Year of Living like Jesus, Evans took on flowing skirts and headscarves for her new release, A Year of Biblical […]
November is National Adoption Awareness Month
November is the calm before the Christmas storm. It is the month in which snow becomes the rule rather than the exception. And more recently, it has become the month in which men who shouldn’t have moustaches grow moustaches – for a good cause of course. However important and necessary these and other November related […]
The Book of Common Prayer after 350 years
This year marks the 350th anniversary of the final version of Thomas Cranmer’s Book of Common Prayer. Thomas Cranmer, the archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII, published the first Book of Common Prayer in 1549, over 100 years before the Psalter was added in 1662 to complete the version we now have. The fact that […]