Today on a blog that discusses issues of spiritual abuse– the blog in question is directed to survivors of a high-control group that puts a lot of emphasis on finding God through physical suffering, righteous living, and other forms of legalism– a very interesting question was raised in this post:
If you [...]
As you might have noticed, I haven’t had too much time for writing lately, being absurdly busy with work and life. But somewhere in the past few weeks, I did find time to sit down with an up-and-coming blogger known as Mr. Pond for a discussion on music, writing, faith, spiritual abuse, and [...]
Good heavens! Rev. Bosco Peters of Liturgy.co.nz has gone and found it. It’s a St. Peter joke (you know, this guy dies and goes to the pearly gates and he meets St. Peter and St. Peter says….) that actually has good theology. Well, for a St. Peter joke. Have a gander:
A man [...]
A while ago, I was paging through the books at a Christian bookstore when I came across one called 101 Reasons You Can Believe: Why the Christian Faith Makes Sense. The author, Ralph O. Muncaster, presents an assortment of things that he believes point to the truth of Christianity. Some were predictable (e.g. [...]
Because we all could use something funny this week:
1. Tax Advice
Failblog reports that the following appears on the IRS website:
Living in Chicago, I have to admit I’m not entirely surprised, but still… doesn’t this explain so much about our political system?
And in case you were wondering, yes, it’s [...]

“Are you looking for a sign from God? This is it.” — seen on too many church signs
In the popular imagination, Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist “Church” probably deserve their status as the archetypal hateful ultra-fundamentalist spiritual abusers. (They’re the ones who popularized the infamous slogan, “God hates [anti-homosexual slur redacted]s.”) [...]
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