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A classic episode of The Simpsons told the story of Bart and Homer taking instruction to become Catholic. Liam Neeson, as I recall, was the voice of the priest who taught them. And Homer cheated on the final exam by writing “transubstantiation” on his arm. But thanks to the modern miracle that is YouTube, we…

Well now, who’da thunk? This little story ran a couple weeks ago and didn’t get much national attention. The subject is “pulpit plagiarism”: when preachers borrow, lift or even buy a sermon and pass it off as their own. It popped up in my Google news summary, and I’m sure it will leave some people…

I’ve come across some remarkable and moving stories about how men chose to become deacons — or, rather, how God chose them. It’s the ordination season, after all, and it makes good copy. Take, for example, this little gem from Charleston, South Carolina, about a new deacon named Paul Mahefky: “There were guys who said…

Not long ago I read about a woman whose life would have been great material for the National Enquirer. Or, at least, Page Six. She had led a colorful life when she was young. She’d had several lovers – some of them famous – and lived with a couple of other men for long periods…
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