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Steven Waldman
Ironic Christmas Ornaments (‘Mission Accomplished’ Edition)
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swaldman
Nothing says Christmas like this ornament of George W. Bush in his flight suit at the Mission Accomplished event. I think I got it at the 2004 Republican National Convention. Email me your favorites!
Rick Warren Is Still Learning How to Be Billy Graham
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swaldman
Rev. Tony Jones offers some good advice for Rick Warren: if you aspire to be like Billy Graham — a widely respected pastor to the presidents — you have to hold your tongue. “The evangelical intelligencia liked (not loved) Billy Graham because, though he wasn’t a theologian, he usually spoke carefully (anti-semitic comments in Nixon’s…
How Christian Will Rick Warren’s Prayer Be?
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swaldman
Now that Rick Warren has been selected to deliver the invocation (and a firestorm has ensued), there’s another important question: what kind of prayer will he deliver? Billy Graham, who has done quite a few of these, would usually close “in the name” of the Prince of Peace or some other allusion to Jesus. In…
Rick Warren on Loving Muslims and Melissa Etheridge (Report by Juan Cole)
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swaldman
Juan Cole, a liberal Islam scholar, has a fascinating account of last night’s Muslim Public Affairs Council event — featuring Rick Warren reaching out to Muslims…at the same event as Melissa Etheridge, the singer who is lesbian and was prevented from getting married by the passage of Prop 8 in California. Cole reports that Warren…
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