No Outcasts on marriage in postmodern society

Ran across this in a blog that’s an outreach of the Diocese of Central NY that seems to be a proponent of the church of beer. (They have an open spirituality discussion that meets monthly at Empire Brewing Company, in Armory Square in Syracuse.) This essay talks about the implications of marriage in the afterlife, [...]

Brewpub in a church?

[Backdated post -- will likely show up in feeds in February.]
On the Cafe today, I picked up a church-of-beer story that’s a little bit backwards, as a decommissioned church is being eyed as a possible site for a brewpub.
It bears noting that such a place, in my mind, would be the perfect gathering place for [...]

Bless

…so the sky's gone out.
It's lovely Christmas inside, wet and miserable outside.
A squirrel just went up and pillaged the birdfeeder. No other word for it. Seed flying everywhere, birds tweetering from other branches because they couldn't come near the feeder.
The ducks just sat around clucking and laughing about the whole thing.
Word on the street [...]

Peeve

dear loving flist,
Every time you use “Christian” interchangeably with “conservative
fundamentalist Christians,” you risk getting a sermon from me. We're
not all like that, and if you think those conservative fundamentalist
Christians are annoying to YOU…….
kthx.
-the very socially progressive helcat

Proof that I'm not anti-beer

I'm home sick with a bad throatie-headache-exhaustion combo. I swear, I've had more physical maladies since coming off the pill than I have had in the past three years. Anyhow.
I just read the word “youngster” and had to read it twice, because I could have sworn it said “yuengster.”