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‘Inflatable Chapel’ is nifty, but it’s no old-time tent revival
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remims
Over at CNN, they’re making a big deal about an inflatable chapel unveiled recently on the Los Angeles campus of the University of Southern California. It’s the brain child (or should that be soul child?) of Gail Peter Borden, an architect and assistant professor at the USC School of Architecture. “I wanted to create a spiritual structure,…
Forget Irene. We have Hurricane Michele
By
remims
Michele Bachmann. Oh, man, how it hurts to be put a spot of defending her. To wit, her comment — obviously tongue-in-cheek as much as it was ill-advised and shoot-from-the-crazy-hip — linking the East Coast’s recent earthquake and Hurricane Irene to God’s displeasure. She WAS joking, people. Very badly, as in should’ve-been-booed-off-the-stage badly. But when…
Taking the gospel out of the pews, into a hurting world
By
remims
In a recent blog, I wrote about how Christians are increasingly becoming dissatisfied with traditional church – the big buildings; the pews; the three songs, an offering and sermon routines so long the fabric of Sunday worship. Underlying this disconnect with the superficial glad-handing and shallow Sunday-go-to-meeting “friendships” of a typical congregation, believers want something…
Another election, another spate of ‘Christian’ candidates
By
remims
There are a couple good reasons I am, for now, viewing born-again Christian and Texas Gov. Rick Perry with some trepidation. Nothing personal — just on painful experience. One, the last time I voted for a politician who made his Christian faith a campaign plank was to help elect Jimmy Carter. History shows how well…
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