By: Joseph Gootee | 2010-05-30 | Writing & Speaking Religion . Do you need it? You tell me. God. Do you know him/her/it? That is for you to determine read more
By: Warren Longwell | 2010-05-29 | Writing & Speaking Church, teachings like the existence of purgatory and limbo. Most other religions teach about heaven and read more
By: K.S. Strath | 2010-06-03 | Writing & Speaking I flipped, flopped and thrashed about like a gaffed marlin. The air in my raft felt the chill of the water and decided to scramble down to one end, leaving me holding a big plastic bag. I hit a rock, then a boulder and finally a pebble. read more
By: Colin Goodwin | 2010-06-03 | Writing & Speaking An Awkward Journey Part 1 I always was a very religious woman, even when I was a little boy. Jesus Christ was my life, and I never was late for Church. This lasted until I showed up for Church in my new outfit; a "L.B.D. read more
By: Sylvester Pierpoint (aka John Jeffries) | 2010-06-01 | Writing & Speaking SURPRISE, SURPRISE - Tommy Tidwell was an eleven year old boy who lived on his parents'' farm. He was a husky, well mannered and polite young man. His parents took pride in the way he dressed and cared for his personal hygiene and how his clothes were always neat and clean. read more
By: Dennis Copson | 2010-06-03 | Writing & Speaking CHAPTER 5: Ms Kitty Kitty Kitty''s Controversial Parentage (Don''t Ask Me - I Only Write Em!) In Chapters 1 thru 4 I told you about my little black cat, Ms Kitty Kitty Kitty: how she came to live with me, accidentally'' got herself elected to Congress, and the excitement which her initials, read more
By: Richard Smith | 2010-05-31 | Writing & Speaking Maybe it''s intrinsic to the process of getting older but I have reached the point in my life where I don''t like sniffing the back of people''s heads. Nor do I like the back of my head being sniffed either. Well here''s the thing... read more
By: Tony Walker | 2010-06-03 | Writing & Speaking A Cold Day in Hell Lucifer heard the hellish scream of the telephone. At least, that''s how it would have sounded to earthly ears. To Lucifer, it was just a muted burble. read more
By: K G Wallace | 2010-06-02 | Writing & Speaking "The Body of Christ." It wasn''t, of course. Because Sister Mary Evelyn wasn''t a priest. We might have only been seven years old, but we had that much knocked. read more
By: Mark Morford | 2010-06-01 | Writing & Speaking Don''t Clone The Vatican Forget creating a super-race; let''s just weed out uptight moral doctrine instead This will work beautifully. This will be fair and good and righteous and everyone will be happy. read more
By: Mary W. Matthews | 2010-05-31 | Writing & Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * The Swiftboating of Jesus * * . . . . . . . . . . . . . What if Republicans had been around in first-century Judea? One news interview might have gone like this: REPORTER: I''m here today with Judas ish Kerioth, who represents Swiftark Disciples for Truth. read more
By: Nda Nxumalo | 2010-05-31 | Writing & Speaking Just yesterday, a friend of mine wrote a note to share on the popular on-line social website, Facebook. She tells of how she was busy working on some travel documents of hers in preparation for an upcoming trip in April this year. read more
By: John Zienkosky | 2010-05-31 | Writing & Speaking The Conspiracy Theory (part one) In the beginning, God decided he was lonely and wanted a friend capable of carrying on an intelligent conversation. He created man and he introduced himself as Adam and they got along famously. read more
By: Doug Rainbow | 2010-05-31 | Writing & Speaking Jack ''O Tens So yesterday I was sittin'' on the deck of my boat, the Jack O'' Tens, anchored off the Port of New Orleans. It''s a nice 80 foot yacht, I guess you''d call it, and it''ll go like hell. read more
By: Marshall Gibson | 2010-06-03 | Satire Jesus wearily opened the chrome-laden door of the road-side diner. His boots smeared mud across the linoleum floor as he trudged to the nearest stool at the bar. He slung off his dusty cloak, draping it over the stool before taking his seat. Fluorescent lighting flickered above him. read more
By: Dwight Turner | 2010-06-04 | Writing & Speaking ago while a junior in college. The paper was for a Sociology of Religion class and my mind quickly read more