Postcards from Palookaville

but I do think the PCUSA dropping of the explicit reference to homosexuality in Heidelberg Catechism 87 does represent a better translation of the original German than the 1967 gloss/addition. Of course, we can have our suspicions about why the PCUSA is making this move now, but unbiblical motives...

You'll find an interesting response from Christopher Hitchens to Pat Buchanan's latest book (on how World War 2 was `unnecessary' here . I include it here because of the influence Buchanan has over many members of the Christian Right. For those of my grandfather's generation, Churchill's problem...

You'll find an interesting response from Christopher Hitchens to Pat Buchanan's latest book (on how World War 2 was `unnecessary' here . I include it here because of the influence Buchanan has over many members of the Christian Right. For those of my grandfather's generation, Churchill's problem...

While other godlier bloggers are off at GAs, reflecting on Christology and other serious matters, I spend my time running in the sun (the 90 degree mark separates the men from the boys, I am convinced) and reading Private Eye , in which august journal I notice that the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band are...

While other godlier bloggers are off at GAs, reflecting on Christology and other serious matters, I spend my time running in the sun (the 90 degree mark separates the men from the boys, I am convinced) and reading Private Eye , in which august journal I notice that the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band are...

I'm about to commit adultery -- yes, I'm looking for a sports bike, not to take part in the upcoming Tour de France, you understand, but in order to improve my running time. Biking, apparently, boosts 5k and 10k performance times, a concept that is a hard pill to swallow for a runner. Most runners...

I'm about to commit adultery -- yes, I'm looking for a sports bike, not to take part in the upcoming Tour de France, you understand, but in order to improve my running time. Biking, apparently, boosts 5k and 10k performance times, a concept that is a hard pill to swallow for a runner. Most runners...

I'm afraid to say that Tony `the Gent' Pinnochio, Mafioso, open theist, and hit man ("No whackin too small!") is furious that the new software for the Ref21 webpage prevents him from blogging. Thus, I pass on this note from him:

I'm afraid to say that Tony `the Gent' Pinnochio, Mafioso, open theist, and hit man ("No whackin too small!") is furious that the new software for the Ref21 webpage prevents him from blogging. Thus, I pass on this note from him:

Help, is there anybody out there??? Please, please come to rescue me. I've now been held by Tony `the Gent' and his boys for three weeks in some underground location. Will somebody please try to find me and rescue me? I can't give you a precise location -- occasionally I hear voices in a room above...