Archive for the ‘Faith’ Category
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
Rosh ha Shannah (rosh = head, shannah = year) will be here in about 7 weeks and because the Hebrew calendar has a different cyclical pattern than does the Christian-based secular calendar, there arises much confusion as to when Rosh ha Shannah and other Jewish Holy Days & Festival Days ...
Posted in Faith, Montana | Comments Off
Sunday, June 25th, 2006
On this past Tuesday, a retired Catholic priest and two veterans put on clown suits and attacked a nuclear missile launch facility just northwest of White Shield, ND. Seriously.
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Faith, Montana | 4 Comments »
Thursday, June 1st, 2006
The Jewish Biblical Festival of Shavuot (shuh-VOO-oht) commemorates the day when G-d gave the Jewish people the Torah (the Five Books of Moses) following Moses' descent from Mount Sinai. This year, Shavuot will occur from sunset, Thursday, June 1 through sundown, Saturday, June 3 on the civil calendar.
The 2-day ...
Posted in Faith, Montana | 5 Comments »
Thursday, June 1st, 2006
CHRISTIANS: We would like to teach our own special sex ed, emphasizing abstinence until marriage, no safe sex, and the inherent sinfulness of homosexuality. Among other things, of course.
MULTI-CULTIS: Denied! That's not only bigoted, but mean spirited, non-inclusive and downright hateful to others. Did we ...
Posted in Faith, Wacky Left | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
A Ziessen Pesach (Sweet Passover) and a Joyous Easter to all.
By the way, it's interesting to note that both chocolate matzoh and chocolate bunnies are kosher. The chocolate matzoh is kosher for Passover, while the chocolate bunnies are regular kosher (not kosher for Passover).
The 8-day Jewish Biblical Festival of ...
Posted in Faith, Montana | Comments Off
Friday, December 9th, 2005
The previous post, as lively as it is in comments, I fear somewhat misses the point. The question at hand, and it's an important one, isn't about who accepts what as appropriate celebration. To make it such turns it into a War On Christmas War on a holiday ...
Posted in Faith | 10 Comments »
Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
NOT IN OUR TOWN is the inspiring documentary film about the residents of Billings, Montana who responded to an upsurge in hate violence by standing together for a hate-free community. In 1993, hate activities in Billings reached a crescendo. KKK fliers were distributed, the Jewish cemetery was desecrated, the ...
Posted in Essay, Faith | 12 Comments »
Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
Evidently, this is news.
Posted in Faith | 2 Comments »
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005
This is a very thought-provoking column from Orson Scott Card.
Try to set aside your personal opinions about abortion and let’s look at history.
In 1973, Roe v. Wade made abortion permissible throughout the United States. The floodgates opened, and vast numbers of abortions were performed. As a result, vast numbers of ...
Posted in Faith, Family | 13 Comments »
Saturday, May 7th, 2005
Evidently, much to the consternation of the press.
In other news, the press also reports that grass is green, water is wet and the gravitational constant is 9.81 m/s2.
Posted in Faith, Liberal Media | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 14th, 2005
The conclave to select the new pope is set to start tomorrow Monday, and the whole world is abuzz about the selection.
As someone (Hi Boss!) pointed out to me, most, if not all, of the people who are kvetching about issues such as birth control, female priests (or married priests) ...
Posted in Faith | 5 Comments »
Sunday, April 10th, 2005
(This one will offend at least two major religions; at least one of which I belong to, but it doesn't make it any less funny.)
The Pope makes an emergency call to all his cardinals saying, more or less, "Get to Rome. Now."
After all of the cardinals arrive, The Pope ...
Posted in Faith, Humor | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 2nd, 2005
I knew it was just a matter of time before The Pope passed away.
You'll notice that I capitalized "The Pope," because that's what he always was in my mind: The Pope. He's the only one I've really known.
Although I sometimes disagreed with the man (even as Catholics, we ...
Posted in Faith | 6 Comments »
Friday, August 20th, 2004
This story about a young girl whose first Holy Communion was deemed invalid by the Roman Catholic Church has been making the rounds all week, and just damn near everyone has been missing the point.
I first noticed the story when it was mentioned locally, then I saw John Cole and ...
Posted in Faith | 13 Comments »
Friday, July 9th, 2004
These "faith leaders" don't speak for me...
Faith Leaders Seek Bill Limiting Greenhouse Gases
I'm sure this misguided request is fueled by the recent movie on global warming and world destruction. Couple comments... First, the greening of the earth can be a good thing. It'll increase food production which seems to be ...
Posted in Faith | 9 Comments »
