Monthly Archives: May 2006

Pope Benedict XVI has received a mixed reaction from Jewish people regarding his visit to Auschwitz Sunday. It is his third trip to the death camp, his first as Pope. The Jerusalem Post noted the appearance of the rainbow after … Continue reading →

I’m re-joining the world a bit – satellite got installed in the building today and I keep looking over at the TV thinking – is that my TV? It’s not the 500 channel universe yet, or HDTV – that’s a … Continue reading →

Ship-of-Fools gained quite a bit of attention when it launched the first 3D online church in May 2005. With luminary guests and the usual technical quirks such as the guest speakers avatar disappearing, which led the Bishop of London to step up - the Church of Fools became … Continue reading →

I’ll be heading off to bed soon, and I wonder when I wake what the news will be. A 6.2 quake hit the Southern Indonesian area a few hours ago, and the BBC is reporting the number of dead and … Continue reading →

Messy Christian ponders the Christian response to a huge blog controversy in Malaysia that led to a surprised apology by a key Muslim blogger, MenJ. Malaysia has a strong and eclectic blogging community. One of the countries most famous bloggers … Continue reading →

The National Post caused a world wide uproar when it erroneously reported a dress code bill being passed in the Iranian parliament would require religious color coded dress or badges. The countrt recognizes Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism outside Islam. In … Continue reading →

 

Playing sports for Iraq is dangerous business. The coach and two members of the Iraq tennis team were shot on a Bagdhad street for wearing shorts. Executed.  15 members of the taekwondo Olympic team were kidnapped last week. A 1 hundred … Continue reading →