Here’s one of my favorite gay spirituality and culture blogs. In one post, writer Greg DiStefano quotes this passage from the “Gospel According to Thomas”: “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you don’t bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth…

I went to our local Barnes & Noble Monday morning and picked up Sinclair Lewis’s famous study of religious hypocrisy–the 1927 novel called “Elmer Gantry” (which became an Academy Award-winning film starring Burt Lancaster in 1960). In the novel, Elmer Gantry is a fictionalized Christian evangelist who drinks, womanizes and secretly indulges in a life…

As I grapple with a father and two in-laws who hate the idea of assisted-living communities, I keep insisting “As for me, I’m ready to move into one now.” Who can beat daily yoga classes in the rec room, Tai Chi, movie night, poker, trivia games, plus round-the-clock nursing? Count me in, I’m on my…

Some of you guys seemed annoyed with me for saying anything nice about KFC (its executives have just agreed to use a healthier, trans-fat-free frying oil). I don’t eat Kentucky Fried Chicken, but some 736 millions chickens are sold at their franchised stores annually. Yep, they’ve got a long way to go on the MSG,…

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