My uncle helped found an orphanage in Kenya on an island in Lake Victoria. There are more than 300 kids, many of which were orphaned by the HIV epidemic. Some of the kids are HIV positive. It is without a doubt the most visceral representation I know of what it means to share God’s love.And [...]

achievable ends has the CBS Ministry Watch tape on televangelist Kenneth Copeland.
Bible Belt Blogger has the story Frank Lockwood broke this week about the Copeland pastor’s conference, the Republican presidential candidate and money, money, money.
Melissa Rogers has been following  the church/state money/televangelist Grassley inquiry with sanity and clarity.
The Wittenburg Door(Ministry Watch’s satire magazine) has the story and video of their [...]

My faith, my health and my family are very important to me. I don’t carry grudges, and I don’t hate anyone. My life is about honesty and perseverance.When I was six, I was so hungry I used to steal the other kids’ lunches at primary school. If you’ve been through that experience, you’re pretty focused….I [...]

For some time now the Oklahoma minister has been maligned, censured and pressured by the Board of Trustees of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Church. He resigned  yesterday after the board rejected his overture toward peace and decided his apology didn’t go far enough, if he did not agree with the collective even [...]

“The day your heart is kinder than your doctrine, rest assured it’s not your heart that is wrong.”  Leaving Munster

I’m depressed to near inertia. We have a weather warning out and the barometer is dropping fast as a storm system moves in. My whole body feels that drop and although I don’t have seasonal affective disorder,  my mood is heading down with the barometric pressure, and my thinking has slowed to a crawl.   Amazing [...]

At 7pm this evening, he returned home, switched on his computer and discovered that the whole world knew what his tribunal had decided, and large parts of it had known before he did. His distress can be imagined. Needless to say, he plans to contest it.’The Church must get its act together on the employment [...]

Standing up to legal noises by Scientology hasn’t hurt Gawker media.
The professional blog network posted a Tom Cruise video and then the letter from Scientology telling them to take it down. (YouTube removed the video)
Scientology’s take down got the attention of a small group of hackers, ticked off that YouTube had bowed to pressure. Calling themselves [...]