RELIGION

July 19, 2011

Proverbs, the 4th: Two Types Of People

There are two types of people in the world: Those who clean up their own mess; and those who leave it for others to take care of.

July 16, 2011

MODERN PROVERBS: The Powers That Be offer regular updates to our beloved Holy Writ. In this case . . . What happens after sex?

June 14, 2011

Like the Pharisees of Jesus’ time, there are Evangelicals today who think that those who suffer must not be right with God.

June 11, 2011

Turns out, Eve’s Curse — for yielding to the serpent and eating the forbidden fruit — was not limited to pain during childbirth.

June 11, 2011

Sometimes it demands to be touched, stroked, caressed, scratched, teased, pulled, patted, and licked. Same thing with a goatee.

May 28, 2011

Say hello to my little friends, Goodness and Mercy. They follow me around like a puppy dog. Actually, I owe it all to them.

April 29, 2011

Is it better to be poor than rich? Do poor people find it easier to follow Jesus? Can a camel squeeze through the eye of a needle?

March 29, 2011

Blessed are the rejected. For there’s is . . . something better. God has blessings awaiting you that are beyond your imagination.

March 28, 2011

How fast is fat? How slow is wonder? How many suicidal moments pass before I can get up the stairs of the L platform?

March 25, 2011

I witnessed hundreds of women, young and old — mostly white suburban types — from near and far, beatified by the holy Oprah shrine.

March 22, 2011

If the Bible can be used to justify any ole pleasure of the flesh (including killing), then why bother? Just do what you wanna do!

March 20, 2011

Real Man: Do women who pant for onscreen bad boys inadvertently groom their sons to grow up to be like their idols?