One month ago this morning, I was in Phoenix, Arizona, sitting inside a church on the other side of the pulpit for a change. It was six in the morning, temperatures had already reached past the 80s in this early hour – despite the cloud cover – and my body was screaming for water continually [...]
Twenty years ago this week, my freshmen year orientation week at Marquette University kicked off with Stevie Ray Vaughn dying in a helicopter near Alpine Valley outside Milwaukee. A maudlin start to my college years. Good night, Stevie. Goodnight, everybody. Print PDF
Bronx man arrested for urinating in a mosque. I suppose it’s preferable to stabbing, but still . . . Print PDF
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Aasif Mandvi, The Daily Show‘s best correspondent IMHO: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Tennessee No Evil www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party I feel dumber having listened to that lady. Print PDF
w/apologies to Andrew Sullivan. Enough intolerance angst for one day. Time for some guitar. G’night, everybody. Print PDF
Recently, former Sen. Rick Santorum had this to say on the subject of Imam Faisul Rauf: “He’s a jihadist, he’s just not a violent jihadist.” Well, Senator, technically you are correct. In your obvious ignorance, you’ve managed to stumble on some truth. Congratulations. Of course, you’re right for all the wrong reasons. When the talking [...]
I asked in the previous sermon post how much longer it would be before worse harm was done given current anti-Mosque/Muslim hysteria. The answer? 6:14pm, August 24th, 2010. UPDATE: The attacker’s apparent background makes this story a little weirder. Meanwhile, the cabbie speaks. Print PDF
delivered at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, 8/22/2010 I had originally planned to preach on the topic of heroes and heroism today. It was a topic picked out of desperation, and I had no idea what I was going to say on the subject. As the day approached, I had even less of an [...]
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