Distracted: a short-story gone long

Several of you have inquired of my whereabouts lately.  Some have even asked if I was taken-up on the original Rapture date.  I have to tell you, I considered live blogging the Rapture, but opted instead for wine with friends.  I assure you, it was the optimal alternative to an uneventful, non-fire and brimstone Saturday.  [...]

No Downward Dog for Jesus?

Opening up another front in the war on sanity, Southern Baptist Seminary President, Albert Mohler, is making the call for Christians to avoid the practice of yoga as it is not an appropriate pathway to God.  Mohler takes exception to “the idea that the body is a vehicle for reaching consciousness with the divine.”  Dear [...]

The Compassionate Focus Should Be On Diversity Education

I am not often shocked.  I have witnessed red-blooded human nature at its most anemic, so I am never all that surprised to read of the attempted exsanguination of marginalized society by those who claim the highly publicized moral high road.  My usual head shake, however, became a double take as I read where the [...]

A Gay Justice Is Now Out of Focus

According to ThinkProgress.org, my favorite radical right-wing tax exempt hate group, have changed their minds about a homosexual on the Supreme Court.  Just last year as speculation ran rampant that President Obama would nominate the nation’s first openly gay justice to replace David Souter, Focus on (your own damn) the Family surprised many in the [...]

The CBS Eye FOCUSed With Very Narrow Lens

I have been lax in weighing in on the upcoming multi-million dollar, anti-abortion, Super Bowl ad sponsored by the ultra right-wing, evangelical Christian corporation, Focus on the Family.  Maybe I am merely desensitized to the hyperbolic antics of Focus On The Family, or as I like to refer to them, Focus On Your OWN Damn [...]