“Child,” said the Lion, “I am telling you your story, not hers. No-one is told any story but their own.” -Aslan, in C.S. Lewis’s The

Comedian Jon Stewart, original host of the Comedy Central program The Daily Show, may or may not have very many religious sensibilities.  Stewart is capable

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Hay Creek RanchNemo, South Dakota For all my apprehension and anxiety about this trip, my week in South Dakota has been an experience beyond words.

My dear Wormwood, Let me start with another reminder that you must take great care that this letter not fall into the wrong hands. As

(This post originally appeared at http://www.iamareconciler.org/dear-church-refuse-to-be-in-denial/ — thanks to Melissa for her permissino to repost this important piece here at the Twelve.) Dear Church, I

On Sunday night, June 7, the little St. James Anglican Church in rural Parham, Ontario, burned to the ground. Well, the entrance still stood, with

I never did put a fish sticker on the back of my car. Many years ago, I considered it for a while — a discreet