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All Candy, No Jesus: Halloween in America

By Mary Valle

…It got me thinking about the odd cultural bird that is Halloween—America’s number two holiday in terms of money spent—a holiday with deep “pagan” or “old religion” roots and the site of two Catholic feast days commemorating our dead friends and allies: All Souls’ Day on November 1, and All Saints’ Day on November 2. As a bonus, October 31 marks the kickoff of the Reformation, when Luther posted his theses on the door of the Castle Church of Witten…

Focus on the Family’s Conversation Starter a Non-Starter

By Sarah Posner

Late last week the Denver Post reported that Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, wants to have a conversation with reproductive rights advocates: Reproductive-rights supporters say they want abortion to be legal, safe and rare, Daly said, and so his Colorado Springs-based media powerhouse will try to walk that common ground with them — lessening demand for abortion. The “let’s talk” offer to reproductive-rights groups signals a sea change…

Megachurches Mega-Mortgages Mega-Late

By Jonathan L. Walton

…to reside together physically although they are separated legally. As one Denver divorcee states, “It’s the lesser of two evils. I think the financial stress of a foreclosure, which would probably lead to a bankruptcy, would be worse.” Well, somebody should have sent this memo to the world of Christian broadcasting. In 2007 two of the most high-profile couples in televangelism—Paula and Bishop Randy White and Bishop Thomas Weeks and Juanita Bynum…

Nadia Bolz-Weber on Becoming ‘God’s Bitch’

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…ding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, an ELCA mission church in Denver, Colorado. In the book, she likens herself to “a Lutheran Nikita,” the fictional teenaged drug addict whose death was faked by the government so she could do their dirty work. “I was allowed not to die in exchange for working for God,” Bolz-Weber writes, “I’d have to become God’s bitch.” I had a chance to talk with Bolz-Weber about her journey and how she now finds i…

Which Hogwarts House would Jesus be in? Or would He be in a Walmart Receipt?

By Michael J. Altman

…sex abuse scandal. He has been replaced by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver. A Muslim man shot in the face by a man in an anti-Islamic rage says he forgives the shooter and tried to stop his execution. A federal judge has ruled that Dixie County Florida must remove its Ten Commandments monument from the courthouse steps. It has been there since 2006. Another judge ruled that a group of devout and vegetarian Hindus in New Jersey could sue a…

Op-Ed: Bashing Back: Queer Thugs?

By Ariana Childs Graham

…up of “Radical Transfolk, Queers and Allies” with chapters in Chicago, DC, Denver, Lansing, Memphis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, and Olympia. Anyone who accepts the Bash Back! “points of unity,” which include agreeing to “fight for liberation,” can start their own chapter and conduct any actions they deem necessary. Bash Back! Chicago describes itself as: Dedicated to eradicating heteronormativity, subverting binary gender norms, capitalism…

Wallis Seeking Payback for Obama Defense?

By Kathryn Joyce

…into practice as a plank of the party platform: “This is going to be a big Denver conversation,” said Wallis. “You don’t have to call for criminalizing anyone. You don’t have to take a different stance about a woman’s right to choose. But you begin with the need for reducing abortion dramatically.” … “Taking abortion seriously as a moral issue would help Democrats a great deal with a constituency that is already leaning in their direction on pover…

Bad Faith: The Catholic Hierarchy’s Pointless Campaign Against LGBT Rights

By Casey and Mary Ellen Lopata

…, the Vatican announced that it had appointed Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver as the new archbishop of Philadelphia. The clergy abuse scandal that has badly damaged the hierarchy’s credibility is still spinning out of control in Philadelphia, and Pope Benedict XVI clearly thinks that Archbishop Chaput is the right man for a difficult job. We would only note that in his previous post, he supported a parish priest who expelled a girl from a Cath…

Pence’s Prayer Breakfast Appearance Underscores Fractured American Catholicism

By Patricia Miller

…es, headlined the event from 2005 until 2008, including an appearance with Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput in 2004. The first post-Bush breakfast in 2009 featured the conservative Catholic dream team of Justice Antonin Scalia and Cardinal Raymond Burke. In 2012, when the Catholic bishops were enmeshed in a make-or-break effort to cripple the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act and link it to a larger “religious liberty” effort, Knigh…

Baby We Were Born for War: To Dominionist Christian Groups, No Election is Too Small — and Colorado is Just the Beginning

By Frederick Clarkson

…e past decade by tax attorney Kathleen A. Kennedy (AKA “Katie Kennedy”) of Denver. No one knows who turned on the dark money spigot, but there was no question that these races were awash in more cash than they’d ever seen in a school board race. In Colorado Springs District 11, three candidates whose views conform to the Truth and Liberty voter guide won seats on the seven-member board. One of the winners was Rev. Al Loma, senior pastor at Victory…