Tradermaester-maestertrader Adam remembers young Karol Wojtyla (henceforth known as "the pope boy") running through the streets of Poland in Marvel's comic book adaptation of his life. I'm happy to bolster Adam's memory with these EXCLUSIVE!!! images of the pope boy playing soccer in his hometown of Wadowice (larger image). For my part, the image from… Continue reading Pope John Paul II in Action
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A glut of Popes on eBay
Inspired by the strange coincidences between Adam's and my first forays into comic books as children, I've dug up this gem from my attic: Marvel Comic's "The Life of Pope John Paul II" (full size image). Published in 1982, this graphic biography (as opposed to a graphic novel) tells the "entire story" of Pope John… Continue reading A glut of Popes on eBay
Speaking up for Jerry Falwell
Last week I posted a video clip of Jerry Falwell in 1998 delivering a sermon about the potential apocalypse of Y2K. In the clip, Falwell tosses off a weird aside about how he used to teach billy goats to "do what they're best at." It was a funny clip, especially out of context. In a… Continue reading Speaking up for Jerry Falwell
Jerry Falwell on Y2K and Goats
In September 1998, Jerry Falwell delivered a series of sermons about the impending social collapse soon to be delivered to a wicked nation by the "Millennium Bug" -- that is, the disaster that never disastered, Y2K. In the sermons, Falwell likens the Tower of Babel to Y2K, and prophesizes that "God may use Y2K to… Continue reading Jerry Falwell on Y2K and Goats
More Political Tag Clouds
It doesn’t attempt the kind of analysis I try with the State of the Union addresses, but chir.ag has a great visual tool that builds tag clouds for hundreds of important presidential speeches and texts, all the way back to the Declaration of Independence and George Washington's State of the Union speeches. The site has… Continue reading More Political Tag Clouds
WWJB?
What would Jesus blog? It's a question theologians have pondered for centuries. But the answer, finally, is here. Yes, the Prince of Peace is back, and he's online. Blogging under the cryptic pen-name "Long Haired Jew," Jesus tackles the issues of the day, such as terrorism (although he's no Pope Benedict), global warming, and of… Continue reading WWJB?
More liberty from the liberty-loving Liberty Baptist Church
Yesterday I focused on the bag I received, like manna from heaven, except it wasn't the desert and it wasn't edible, and it wasn't from God either, from the Liberty Baptist Church. Now I'd like to share, because that's WWJD, what was in the shiny, plastic, shopping bag from what I like to think of… Continue reading More liberty from the liberty-loving Liberty Baptist Church
Liberty Baptist Church Wants Me!!!
Yesterday I had the good fortune of receiving, on my front porch, a gift bag from Liberty Baptist Church in nearby Mooresville ("Race City U.S.A."). At left is this fabulous surprise, which made my day (click the image for a larger photograph). How ironic that just moments before finding the bag, I had been pondering… Continue reading Liberty Baptist Church Wants Me!!!