Month February 2008
It’s Kind of like Jesus Meets Conan in A Remake of the Bible—The Bible is getting the Manga graphic novel treatment and Rowan Williams likes it. ‘Nuff said! Stop The Insanity! Wreck-ovation Alert!—Beautiful Cathedral by renowned architect threatened with terrible… Continue Reading →
The Bible is getting the Manga graphic novel treatment, says the NY Times. But it seems they found the story didn’t move fast enough so a couple of little things get left on the cutting room floor – like the… Continue Reading →
JB Powers at the Society of St. Barbara blog warns us that someone has the bright idea that the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield Illinois is in need of some wreckovation. The want to destroy the work of… Continue Reading →
Violent Video Games Beget Gregorian Chant Popularity—The Church threw it out to relate to young people. Then a strange thing happened. Built Form of Ideas (Even Bad Ones)—Liturgical architecture is the built form of theology. This is some ugly theology…. Continue Reading →
This is one of the most ironic stories I’ve ever seen. Universal Music, the record company whose artists include Amy Winehouse, Eminem and 50 Cent, is looking for monks to sign to a record contract, according to the UK Press…. Continue Reading →
Sometimes people think that “modern” church architecture is simply a stylistic preference where there is no accounting for taste. But liturgical architecture is more than that: it is the built form of theology. People who believe that angels and saints… Continue Reading →
Lately, there has been much hullabaloo about the issues dividing the Anglican Communion. The communion has been wounded by high profile defections and Episcopal re-alignment, but the demise of Lambeth strikes a death blow to the Anglican communion. Ostensibly, the… Continue Reading →
That is a Big Oops!—L’Osservatore Romano overestimates decline in religious tenfold. Oops. I have the perfect remedy for this mistake. Wanted: Ash Ministers—Don’t ashes require extraordinary ministers? McCain Resurrects Zombie Reagan—In a move bound to both rankle and awe conservative… Continue Reading →
The last few days have seen a flurry of stories heralding the imminent demise of Catholic religious orders. The stunning statistic that was reported in the years 2005-2006, the Church had seen a decline of 94,790 religious constituting a whopping… Continue Reading →
I went to receive ashes the other night and a funny thing struck me. There were no lay ministers smudging people’s foreheads and telling them they’d return to dust. Now, the church was at least as filled as a regular… Continue Reading →