“A circuit judge ruled last month that New Beginnings Baptist Church is the rightful owner of the building that houses the Redneck Shop, which operates a so-called Klan museum and sells Klan robes and T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs.”
It’s too bad Jesus can’t sue for copyright infringement or slander. With the money he’d make, you could buy enough airtime to convince people that something more than flattery matters in the electoral process.
The Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wade is a retired Episcopal priest and former rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church on the grounds of the National Cathedral.
“Guilt itself is not from God; rather it is a self-imposed condition.”
“So much for freedom of religion.”
[Reinhold] Niebuhr sensed that our proclivity to perpetuate sin and injustice is even greater when we act as groups or institutions than it is when we act as individuals. We are less moral in groups and nations than we are as individuals.
“The Ordinariate is news within the Roman Catholic Church today because it shows a broadening of the Roman tradition within a Church not known for change. In the Episcopal Church and Anglican tradition, we regularly welcome and receive members from all denominations.”