L.D. Russell is a man of many talents–the kind of talents better left unspoken. He teaches in the Religious Studies Department at Elon University in the illustrious town of Elon, North Carolina. His book Godspeed: Racing is My Religion details the life of a man obsessed with a religious culture’s obsession with NASCAR. He’s also the […]
Miriam Fowler Smith, who will not be going down in history as the patron saint of pit bull terriers, hung her nephew’s pit bull and then set the dog on fire. “Why?” you rightly ask. “Was the dog attacking a small child, a calico, or Fox News?” No, the dog bit her bible. Apparently, this […]
“Let’s do it for Johnny, man!” Normally, I despise killing in comic books (and not because I’m a Mennonite). I despise them because those who are killed, if they remain remotely marketable, are always resurrected (again, as a Mennonite I’m good with resurrection). It’s such a terrible way to create hype, to make money, and […]
In this interview, Carl Raschke discusses our need to create celebrities, the fantasies they fulfill, and what we can learn from our obsessions with them.
Amy Laura Hall is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke University. She has written a number of books including the soon to be classic, Conceiving Parenthood: American Protestantism and The Spirit of Reproduction. She also raises holy hell like nobody’s business. For this reason, it’s time for “Five Questions” with Amy Laura Hall. 1) […]
A look back at some favorite films from 2010.
This biopic covers the life of acclaimed cattle management genius Temple Grandin, who embraced her autism on its own terms and over time discovered how to translate her unconventional perspective on the world into startlingly insightful glimpses into animal behavior. Grandin came of age in the 50s, when autism was still considered the crippling emotional […]
Cindy Jacobs, who is known for her incredible supernatural powers of curing demons of lust, poverty, PMS, and homosexuality (check out my upcoming book, The Devil Wears Nada, for more details), is claiming that the blackbird debacle (can we call it a ‘massacre’ instead?) in Arkansas is God’s warning to us for allowing gay people the […]
These ladies strike a most curious pose (without the benefit of Prince) in order to bring the boys back home. Certainly an enticing offer that will end with 90% of Amish men jettisoning the English world for a life of bad beards and even worse haircuts. From left (just a guess): Martha Yoder, Sarah Hostetler, […]