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Purgatory
Theology, culture, ethics, social issues... welcome to our serious debate space. |
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Hell
Is Mel Gibson one bead short of a full rosary? Here's the place for rants and vitriol. |
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Pippa's Progress |
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Times have changed since John Bunyan sent Pilgrim up the Hill Difficulty and into the Slough of Despond towards the Celestial City. That's why Simon Parke's new book, Pippa's Progress, has recast Pilgrim as Pippa and sent her through the temptations of today's world, with a little help from Glossy Mags, Shaw Thynge and Dee Straction. |
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New Archbishop
The newly announced Archbishop of Canterbury has succeeded in his quest to find the one ring to rule them all. |
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Global warm-up
The death of ecosystems is hardly laugh-a-minute stuff, but comedian Paul Kerensa performs a set on climate change. |
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Hicco Homo
Church officials in Zaragoza, Spain, can now drown their sorrows over the "restored" Jesus fresco with a new wine. |
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Boogity boogity boogity, amen |
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FruitTube latest: Pastor Joe Nelms thanks the Lord for his "smokin' hot wife" before a NASCAR race in Nashville, Tennessee. |
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Who cares about online sacraments?
Over the summer, we ran a survey on how people feel about online sacraments. Mark Howe looks at the results. |
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Warm regards
Concerned about climate change, All Humankind fires off a letter to God suggesting how he could improve the situation. |
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Digital bread and wine?
Why are church leaders wary of the idea of online church? Mark Howe looks at online communion. |
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Beards only need apply
The Bearded Wonder of Canterbury is stepping down, but which among England's hairiest bishops stands a chance of replacing him? |
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On the Camino trail
Follow Augustine the Aleut, one of our most seasoned Mystery Worshippers, as he walks the Camino pilgrimage route in Spain. |
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Dear John
Blogger Emily Birkinshaw wrote the Archbishop of York a letter asking why he wrote a column in Rupert Murdoch's new Sun on Sunday. |
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Da Jesus Book, fo real
A new digital Bible in Hawaii Pidgin shows the pioneering work being done in putting the Good Book onto smartphones, says Mark Howe. |
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What would Jesus occupy?
What happened when Occupy Wall Street went head to head with the richest Anglican church in the world? Becky Garrison reports. |
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In the footsteps of St Paul's
Do you know a church which is as brilliant as St Paul's Cathedral at welcoming people to church? Send us your pictures and stories! |
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Da Jesus Book, fo real
A new digital Bible in Hawaii Pidgin shows the pioneering work being done in putting the Good Book onto smartphones, says Mark Howe. |
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New miracle face
When a Canadian man went for a scan on an area of his body in the trousers dept, he didn't know a miracle was about to happen. |
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Turning the IT clock back 30 years
As the adrenaline subsides after the death of Steve Jobs, Mark Howe takes a critical look at his work. |
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St Paul's loses the plot
St Paul's could have seen the protesters as a new congregation. But instead they shut and got in the lawyers, says Simon Jenkins. |
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Milton Jones joins Roll on Christmas
Award-winning comedian Milton Jones will narrate Roll on Christmas our retelling of the nativity story as an animated farce on Facebook. |
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Glad to be gray
Becky Garrison surveys the shades of gray of evangelical opinion on LGBT rights, from God Hates Fags to Welcoming and Affirming Baptists. |
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The kingdom of Jobs is within you
The day Steve Jobs died, Simon Jenkins went in search of shrines outside London's Apple stores. |
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IKEA confessional box
Isn't it time you ditched your Gothic horror of a confessional box and updated to the IKEA model? Yes, it's our latest Gadget for God. |
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Signs and blunders
Things that go wrong in church, part 3,000. Seen or heard something accidentally funny in church? Let us know. |
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Crisps and smoke
The Mystery Worshipper goes to Santa Teresa church in Mijas, Spain, and encounters crisps, sweets and smoke. |
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Going for God
How many of us take seriously the biblical command to "go"? Here's a great new gadget that gets to the bottom of the issue. |
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Rob Bell born again
Controversial author Rob Bell has been born again, but not in a way that will please our right-wing brethren. |
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Why Pastor Jones is wrong
Pastor Jones of Gainesville, Florida, he of Qur'an burning infamy, demonstrates that his message is idiotic whichever way he puts it. |
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King Jimmy for ever
The King James Bible is celebrating its fourth century, but some Christians are rejoicing in it just a bit too much. |
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An app goes to confession
Want to confess your sins, even the things you didn't think were sins? There's an app for that. And the Catholic Church has approved it. |
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