A prayer for you

Creative Nonfiction

This is a perfect moment. It’s a perfect moment because I have been inspired to say a gigantic prayer. I’ve been roused to unleash a divinely greedy, apocalyptically healing prayer for each and every one of you—even those of you who don’t believe in the power of prayer.

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Christian comic Tim Hawkins “Chic-fil-A”

Blog

Christian comedy isn’t all about family, Christmas, and church.

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Too busy to pray? Use a computer

Blog

A web service called Information Age Prayer uses computerized voices to say daily prayers for paying subscribers. From the website: “Are you forgetful? Subscribe and the computer will never forget to voice your prayers each day. Choose a religion [from the menu] on the left to see available prayers.”

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The ghost of Daniel Johnston

Features

If Daniel Johnston were born in a different time and place, he might have been burned as a heretic or confined forever to an insane asylum. But in this age, the self-taught singer-songwriter, given to paranoid delusions about Satan and violent outbursts, has become a revered figure in the underground art and music world.

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Heavy metal monk

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Music has been a part of the worship of monks for hundreds of years. Chant is usually the preferred genre. But Cesar Bonizzi, an Italian monk, prefers his music a bit more extreme. He fronts the metal band Fratello Metal (Metal Brother).

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Proof of God!…well, sorta

Perspective

When I was eighteen years old, I thought that I’d discovered a proof for the existence of God. The possibility jazzed me in secret for years, and I’ve told few about it out of fear that someone might untangle its logic and ruin it. But by now, there isn’t any going back. The proof has already had its way with me.

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When I am Gone and Dead and Done

poetry

Where do you want to be when you’re done with this life and go on to the next?
New lyrical Prose from Emily Wilson.

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Beyond pints of Guiness, what’s up with St. Patrick’s Day

Blog

Before you go out to your local Irish pub for corned beef and cabbage, you should probably learn who St. Patrick was and why Christians honor him with a holiday.

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How to build a mega-church: 10 tips from the pastors

The Short-list

Mega-churches are big business, no question about it. But, how does one go about building a church with thousands of members? Here are tips straight from the pastors of the 10 largest mega-churches in America.

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David Plotz’ Good Book: a review

Features

His column “Blogging the Bible” on Slate.com was the precursor to his new book about his Bible reading adventure called Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible. “Every single word of the Bible” doesn’t include the New Testament of course. As a Jew, he is exempt.

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Why is Friday the 13th unlucky?

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Today is Friday the 13th. This morning, for the first time in life, I actually wondered why. Why is this day supposed to be so unlucky? Why do hospitals and hotels skip over the 13th room? Why is there no 13th floor to most buildings? Why is there a slasher-movie franchise named after this day?

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