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Colorado evangelical leaders head to Washington, D.C.

Chet Hardin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:01:00 -0600

Christian leaders from across the nation plan to be in Washington, D.C. tomorrow. They'll attend an Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action on Immigration Reform, which is being billed as an "unprecedented, nationwide evangelical gathering on immigration will show a unified evangelical voice echoing a biblical vision for immigration reform that respects the rule of law, reunites families and upholds human dignity."

A number of influential evangelicals, including the Southern Baptist Convention's Richard Land and Jim Daly of Focus on the Family, have broken with their allies on the Right to advocate a more humane approach to the starving people who risk their lives to come to this country to wash our dishes and pick our fruit.…

Lamborn wants an apology, for Christians

Chet Hardin — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:43:00 -0600

According to this article from the thoroughly un-biased Redstate.com, Congressman Doug Lamborn is demanding an apology from the Secretary of the Army:

“This is astonishing and offensive,” read a draft of the letter written by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO). “We call on you to rescind this briefing and apologize for its content and set the record straight on the Army’s view on these faith groups by providing a balanced briefing on religious extremism.”

Apparently, according to the article, "Lamborn is referring to an Army training session conducted last year that featured a presentation listing Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as examples of extremism — alongside Al Qaeda and Hamas."

The article continues that a lieutenant colonel in the Army allegedly wrote an email calling the Colorado-based Family Research Council and the Mississippi-based American Family Association hate groups.…

Putting the God back into the 'one nation under God'

Chet Hardin — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:53:00 -0600

In case you haven't heard, there's this guy called God. He goes by a bunch of different names — Jehovah, Yahweh, Allah, Elohim, 'Elaha, Shangdi, Parvardigar, Nyam, Obong, The Light, King of Kings, Lord of Lords — but most people around here just call him the Lord.…

Nuns taking it to the streets

J. Adrian Stanley — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:17:00 -0600

Nuns, pastors and ministers plan to gather in the streets of Denver on Wednesday.

No, it's not an abortion protest.…

James Dobson is freaking the f**k out

Bryce Crawford — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:44:15 -0700

James Dobson's getting up there in years, so understandably he's starting to look to his legacy of civil action, to see what all those decades have wrought. Talking in his most recent newsletter, Dobson realizes: not much.…

Such a wrathful God

Chet Hardin — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:47:11 -0700

Been meaning to post this since before the world ended in an alternate Mayan universe. One of our readers, Arval Becker, touched on it in a letter in today's paper:

Dr. James Dobson, with his far-right Christian extremism has finally hit the lowest of the low.…
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West Point student quits, cites religious zealotry

Chet Hardin — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:50:10 -0700

A senior cadet's decision to withdraw from the distinguished, New York-based West Point has made national news.

According to U.S. News, Blake Page has quit over "what he sees as the illegal infusion of military procedures and events with fundamentalist Christian proselytizing."

The article points to Page's opinion piece published by Huffington Post.…

Who wants to be Clear?

Chet Hardin — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:24:56 -0700

Good news, Colorado Springs. We now have yet another option for the enrichment of our eternal ~~souls~~ thetans.…

The scourge of demon sex

Chet Hardin — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:32:40 -0700

Here's an inexplicable item we found in our news feed.

Alternet picked up on a recent article featured in Charisma magazine about Contessa Adams.…

An evangelical take on race and the elections

Chet Hardin — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:52:57 -0700

Not all evangelicals are alike. Some of them aren't even white.…

The rock-star Nun on the Bus

Kirsten Akens — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:07:38 -0700

When the crowd alternates hollering out "Amen" with "Whoohoo," you know this ain't grandpa's Catholic mass.

But then Sister Simone Campbell, the 67-year-old nun who's touring the U.S. right now in a white vehicle labeled "Nuns on the Bus," probably isn't your Catholic grandpa's habit, either.

In fact, Sister Simone is a bit of a rock-star, left-leaning radical.…

Nuns on the Bus 2.0 making Colorado Springs stop today

Bill Forman — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:44:56 -0700

Everyone loves nuns, and everyone loves buses.

OK, that's not strictly true.…

Christianity Today's take on church-state tax relations

Chet Hardin — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:11:35 -0600

The popular magazine Christianity Today published an article a few days ago questioning the IRS' complete lack of action when it comes to churches violating IRS regulations.

We wrote about such violations a couple weeks back when some local evangelical pastors took part in the fifth Pulpit Freedom Sunday, a nationwide movement of pastors interrupting their regular Sunday sermons to their congregations to vote for Mitt Romney how to vote.…

Rippling Christianity

Chet Hardin — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:44:32 -0600

"We deeply want to see a God-movement that ripples outward from Colorado’s Front Range," says the organizers of the upcoming Multiply Conference at Vanguard Church.

It's not breaking news that the number of churchgoing Christians in this country is on a steady decline.…

More voices on Pulpit Freedom Sunday

Chet Hardin — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:11:34 -0600

This past Sunday, more than 1,500 churches across the nation took part in Pulpit Freedom Sunday. An effort organized by the nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom, the movement was a bold denouncement by religious leaders of the decades-old Internal Revenue Service regulations that forbid churches from engaging in partisan political speech.

ADF released the list of churches with Pulpit Freedom Sunday late Monday afternoon.…

MRFF member killed in embassy slaying

Pam Zubeck — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:29:54 -0600

Glen Doherty, a former Navy SEAL and member of the Advisory Board for the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, was one of the three Americans killed in an assault on the American Embassy in Libya on Tuesday, which also claimed the life of U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens.

The MRFF was formed in 2005 by Mikey Weinstein, a 1977 graduate of the Air Force Academy, after his son reported cadets using pejorative language against Jews, and faculty and staff advocating for fundamentalist Christianity.…

AFA's Gould refers to Sikhs as going to 'mosque'

Pam Zubeck — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:10:39 -0600

Gen. Mike Gould, superintendent of the Air Force Academy, is again stirring the religious waters by referring to Sikhs as Muslims.

During a briefing of faculty, staff and cadets today, Gould mentioned the shooting in Oak Creek, Wisc., where six people were killed as having taken place at "a Sikh Mosque."

Sikhs are not Muslims, Mikey Weinstein says most emphatically.…

ReMINDers ready to rap

Bill Forman — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:21:58 -0600

Things are getting pretty busy in the ReMINDers camp this summer, as Colorado Springs' favorite hip-hop couple prepares for a national tour with Rhymesayers artist Brother Ali, and puts the finishing touches on a way-too-long-awaited sophomore album.

In order to press enough CDs to last throughout the whole tour, Aja and Samir have launched a funding campaign at indiegogo.com/theremindersbornchampions.…

Love, then logic: Prayer is not a gay 'cure'

Chet Hardin — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:56:05 -0600

It probably won't come as any great surprise to you, but homosexuality cannot be "cured" by prayer.

What might surprise you, however, is that the president of Exodus International, a 36-year-old organization dedicated to that very idea, has finally publicly admitted that no one can simply pray the gay away.…

The Key to the London Olympics

Sara Horton — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:21:57 -0600

Eighteen local artists, including three teenagers, will bring Colorado Springs to the London Olympics this summer. Each of them, as well as artists from Europe, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific nations and Kona, Hawaii, constructed two matching acrylic pieces.…

"COIN" investigation continues

Pam Zubeck — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:56:28 -0600

Air Force Times is reporting that the Air Force is still dragging its feet in deciding what, if any, action to take against Air Force Academy Dean of Faculty Brig. Gen. Dana Born.…

Local anti-porn film faces uphill funding battle

Bill Forman — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:23:52 -0600

A press release we received a little while back began with the question: "Can you tell a faith-based story with horror?"

Given the biblical tales of sinners being cast into hell and suffering eternal damnation, I'm guessing you probably can.…

Give unto the GOP: Summit Ministries pushes politics

Chet Hardin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:59:59 -0600

Summit Ministries over in Manitou Springs believes that there just isn't enough Christ in politics.

And while that might strike you as an utterly ridiculous, dangerous claim, or one heck of an understatement, Dr. Jeff Myers, the ministry's president, sees it as a rallying cry.…

Dressing up for The Thorn

Pam Zubeck — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:32:37 -0700

During a coffee break today, we ran into some rough-looking characters. If we were living 2,000 years ago, we'd be shaking in our boots.…

UPDATE: Weinstein will be coming to Poor Richard's

Pam Zubeck — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:05:07 -0700

Jenna Hilb, marketing coordinator at Poor Richard's, confirms that Weinstein will indeed hold a book-signing at the store from 5 to 7 p.m., March 3.

——- 9:21 A.M., THURSDAY, FEB. 16 ——-

According to an employee of Poor Richard's Bookstore, Weinstein's March 3 book-signing is not yet confirmed.…