Posts from the ‘Religion’ category

Ash Wednesday

Following is my annual Ash Wednesday post from a piece that I wrote eight years ago now that we should keep in mind today: [On Ash…

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“Catholics For Obama” Play The Mormon Card In Ohio

Desperate and disgusting are the only two words that come to mind. The Obama supporter then launched into her “canned response” and started reading from her…

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Dem Fmr. Mayor Of Boston / Clinton Ambassador Ray Flynn Heading Up Catholics For Romney

Democratic former Mayor of Boston Ray Flynn, who served as Bill Clinton’s Ambassador to the Holy See (The Vatican), is listed on the Romney campaign’s Catholic…

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Luke Torian’s Thirty Pieces Of Silver

When Rev. / Del. Luke Torian had the opportunity to weigh in on HB1, the “personhood” legislation before the House of Delegates, how did he vote?…

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…And then they came for me.

It was all easy to dismiss when Obama and his band of merry liberals came for rich people, or banks, or small businesses, or countless others…

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In preparation for Resurrection Day (also known as Easter *grinz*)

You know, technology can be a pain and it can be dangerous – but it can also be a blessing. I was listening to my Christian…

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Happy Passover!

OK, so the holiday really started a few nights ago.  Anyway, Happy Passover to those who celebrate. Here is a set of descriptions of the holiday,…

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Beannacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig

On this St. Patrick’s Day, Pat McNamara has an excellent article on what it means here in America.

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Reflections on Ash Wednesday

Following is my annual Ash Wednesday post from a piece that I wrote six years ago now that we should keep in mind today: [On Ash Wednesday…

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Forgiveness: It Ain’t for Sissies

The past few weeks, I’ve had the honor of team teaching in my Adult Bible study at church and we’ve been going through the Tale of…

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Merry Christmas From Virginia Virtucon

From all of us here at Virginia Virtucon… MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

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A cure for the Monday morning blues…

Well, it’s been a long time since I did a “Songs from my iPod” post – possibly because I haven’t HAD an iPod for about 2…

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The perils of fighting Wahhabism

Yet another moderate Muslim speaks – Abdul Rahman al-Rashid used his position as manager of the Al-Arabiyya television network to lodge his objections to Park51 (a.k.a.,…

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V.O.I.C.E. Admits Their Funds Don’t Go To Feeding The Hungry Or Housing The Homeless

We’ve been hearing more in the news lately about V.O.I.C.E. — Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement, so I decided to do some research myself.  My church, St.…

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Pat Robertson Re-writing Charlie Daniels

Pat Robertson appears to be re-writing Charlie Daniel’s classic tune “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”  Apparently In Pat Robertson’s version the Devil wasn’t just looking…

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Obama is not operating on all cylinders

In declaring that it is time for Middle East peace “without preconditions,” President Obama used his speech to the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday to fire a…

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“… the things that are unseen are eternal.”

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary…

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Heart and home

Hello, all, and thanks for checking out my inaugural post here at Virginia Virtucon. I want to thank Riley – again! – for his very kind…

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Does PWC Have Its Own Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker Scandal Brewing?

…and he is running for office as a Democrat to boot! So much for Jesus throwing the money changers out of the Temple and the Word…

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