by Terry Hargrove My parents were big on church attendance. Not theirs, ours. I went to Sunday School and church services on Sunday mornings, choir practice and more services on Sunday night, […]
Nota Bene #112: GOOOLLLLLLLL
“Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity.” Who said it?
Tea Party Jesus takes America by storm
What Would Jesus Do? Let’s see what some of His prominent followers are up to and maybe that will give us a clue.
Nota Bene #111: Mmmmm… Beeeeeer
Sorry for the long absence. Let’s carry on, shall we? “If you listen to the guys up in the stands, pretty soon you’ll be up there sitting with them.” Who said it?
Lily Dale: Last call
By Jared VanDyke Part five of a five-part series I kept watch while John took a leak among Lily Dale’s sacred trees. “Hey, at least I’m not peeing on The Stump,” said […]
Lily Dale: Getting a read on a reading
By Jared VanDyke Part four of a five-part series Rev. Bonnie White, spiritual artist and medium, pegged my age without asking. “Oh,” said Bonnie. “A digital recorder. How does it work?” With […]
Lily Dale: A spiritualist by any other name…
By Jared VanDyke Part three in a five-part series “(The Church of the Living Spirit is) nothing but bunch of pagan heathens who serve Satan.” — George Mayer, Lily Dale Spiritualist Church […]
Nota Bene #101: Your Pal, Mike S.
“The guys who are shooting films now are technically brilliant, but there’s no content in their films. I marvel at what I see and wish I could have done a shot like […]
Propping up hate
by Ann Ivins I’ve been thinking with increasing irritation about that perennial conundrum-within-an-enigma-which-actually-isn’t-that-difficult-at-all: the separation of church and state, this time in the context of gay marriage. The issue becomes more annoying […]
Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1499: Ireland outlaws blasphemy
On January 1 most of the world rolled forward into a new decade. The Catholic Republic of Ireland, meanwhile, rolled backward into a former century. Lawmakers in staunchly Catholic Ireland passed the […]
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