Het is bijna Foto Fuck Vrijdag. F.A.I.L. van de week is toch wel de benoeming van de nieuwe Korpschef van de politie Zuid-Holland. Eerst wel, toen weer niet wegens niet neger genoeg en vervolgens toch weer wel, omdat... nu ja, daarom. Gewoon, voor de zekerheid. Guusje ter Horst had op die plek lieve...

There’s a charming old picture of the hoary Universalist church in Oxford, Massachusetts with retail space on its ground floor and the meeting-space above. Wise, that. Empty churches — by which I mean the buildings — are bad stewards no matter where or when they are, and these days...

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    First Michael Steele, GOP Chairman , thought he was a bad a#@ by calling Rush Limbaugh ’ugly’ and an entertainer . Then Limbaugh called him out  and instead of holding firm as a good leader should or is expected to do particularly when he’s right he ran to Limbaugh with...

The Presbytery I am a member of (New Harmony Presbytery) voted down amendment 08(b) to the constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA) by a vote of 99-20 in our meeting today. This amendment seeks to replace one of the statements in our constitution regarding those seeking ordination in the church...

Younger elders: "... Why not ask every presbytery to elect one commissioner under the age of 27? Such a commissioner would have been nominated and elected by his/her own congregation and entrusted with leadership in that particular church. He would have been examined by the Session and been ordained...

Oh, dat is lekker. Denk je in de Rotterdamse wijk Pendrecht , nummer twee op de lijst van meest verrotte buurten in het land, je kachel lekker op te stoken omdat het buiten tyfuskoud is, staan ineens de woningcorporatie, politie, Eneco én de stadsmarinier (de wàt?) op de stoep. Want als u uw therm...

The full announcement was recently posted. From a quick perusal of the listings it would appear that a large number of parishes, founded by Poles and Slovaks, are to be closed. One of the few to be saved is Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, which stands near the PNC Church’s cathedral. From the...

Neal Asher is a successful SF writer who has made a name for himself with a series of New Space Opera books set several hundred years in the future, when humankind has acquired faster-than-light travel. The human domain of Asher’s future universe is called The Polity, and he’s written about half...

Bruce Reyes - Chow – Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, USA — poses a question about finding a “middle way” in the theological debates around homosexuality, ordination, and the issues around such things on his blog yesterday. He states that he does ...