A son repents

Francis Schaeffer was a deep evangelical thinker whose mission was to save the West from itself one intellectual at a time. His son, Frank, took him mainstream bringing his father’s work together with the agenda and ambitions of American fundamentalism. Together they helped create what we now know as the religious right. That was then. Through a combination of what might be called religious and celebrity burn-out, raising a family and deep introspection, Frank Schaeffer says he has repented of nearly everything the American Religious Right stands for.

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Beloved one

A voice from heaven tells Jesus he is a beloved son who is well pleasing. Close your eyes. Silently or aloud say, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” Then in your mind’s eye, see Jesus and imagine his unspoken response.

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Weekend in Sydney II

Serendipitously, providentially, synchronistically, as a result of kismet, or however one’s theological worldview characterizes coincidence, the celebrant announced an afternoon forum led by the Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon and said that the Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson, on sabbatical from New Hampshire and present in the congregation, would attend.

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Some purpose-driven humor

Devout Christians–especially evangelicals–are dull, and have no sense of humor. Right? In a daily effort to prove this assumption wrong, LarkNews is the Onion for the Christian faithful.

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Religious Democrats write the pollsters

In response to exit polls in Iowa that asked Republicans numerous questions about their religious beliefs, but asked Democratic voters nothing about their faith, several religous leaders, including Joel Hunter, David Neff, Jim Wallis and Brian McClaran have written an open letter to media political and polling directors.

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The moral instinct

We all know what it feels like when the moralization switch flips inside us — the righteous glow, the burning dudgeon, the drive to recruit others to the cause. Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University has an essay in today’s New York Times Magazine on the science of the moral instinct–and the philisophical implicationss of that science–that is well worth a read.

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Christ is baptized

Christ is bathed in light; let us also be bathed in light. Christ is baptized; let us also go down with him, and rise with him.

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A new generation honors Dr. King

On January 21, Washington National Cathedral and young people throughout the area will honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by asking, “What would Dr. King’s platform be for the next U.S. president?”

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