The Unbearable Whiteness of American Lent
I realized then that I didn’t really “get” Lent—or at least how white Catholics interpreted it.
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“Digital Discipline”: Five Questions on #ReLent2016
A campaign launched by Baltimore-based Lutheran pastor and Slate Project co-founder Jason Chesnut, #ReLent2016 reinvents Lent…
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Catholic Bishops Winning “Liberties,” Losing Humans
Where’s the Catholic Sandy Koufax? Probably at Starbucks.
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What’s Wrong With Atheist Lent?
A few years ago, I gave up eggs and dairy for Lent. This wouldn’t have…
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Easter: The Underdog Holiday
Once a major factor in shaping the modern calendar, Easter has fallen in significance, to put it mildly, which is another reason I think it’s tops. I tend to like underdogs and faded glory. I live in Baltimore.
Read MoreWhat Get Religion Doesn’t Get About “Monk” Class
AP’s Kathy Matheson 1, conservative blogger Terry Mattingly 0.
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My Lent: Ashes, Addiction, and the Reality of Hell (Pace Rob Bell)
Those who are ready to send Rob Bell to the hell he purportedly denies have unwittingly confirmed the suspicion of skeptics who want nothing to do with a religion whose practitioners seem to relish every opportunity to squabble, berate, and condemn; who strike a contentious pose on every theological issue; and who have the profoundly mistaken idea that at the heart of the Christian gospel is the doctrine of karma rather than that of grace.
Read MoreThe Text-Message Fast
What to give up for Lent? An Italian bishop thinks it would be good for Catholic youth to give up electronic communication.
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America’s Fat Tues Turns to Ash Wed: Imagine a Humility-Driven Recovery
The president boasted that America will be “back” economically, but can we can afford to go back to the kind of economy we had during the house of cards period?
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