Monthly Archives: October 2005

U2’s frontman, Bono, on Evangelicals: I’ve started to see this community as a real resource in America. I have described them as “narrow-minded idealists.” If you can widen the aperture of that idealism, these people want to change the world. … Continue reading →

My rant on the Evangelist Madonna garnered comments in other venues around the Blogosphere. While it was intended to tweak conversation, I’ve not read any disagreement concerning my actual words. The following words, in this long but worthy read, should … Continue reading →

I’m currently teaching a class, De-Canonizing the “Da Vinci Code.” Tonight, toward the end of our session, we visited Genesis 3, the “curses” upon Man, and the casting out from Paradise. Of course, one of the “penalties” is that the … Continue reading →

In antiquity, a kiss on the lips was seen as transferring a little bit of one’s spirit to the other person. You have a lot of early — I kind of think of them almost as Greco-Roman Harlequin — novels … Continue reading →