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  • Call to…Puppetry? (Call To Action's Closing Liturgy) [Not on a full stomach alert]

    05/07/2008 10:33:54 AM PDT · by NYer · 63 replies · 932+ views
    Charlotte was both ^ | May 7, 2008 | Amy Welborn
    Last week, the West Coast Call to Action had its conference in San Jose. This blogs links to a video of the Closing Liturgy. Here’s a direct link to the video.Playing “spot the liturgical abuse” is not the point. Nor is snarking at the average age of the participants. (Just heading off the predictable commentary at the pass here. Let’s go deeper.)What I am just not grasping, despite my pretty strong powers of empathy, is the gestalt at work here.Why does everyone think the giant liturgical puppets are so awesome?This has got to be one of the oddest things...
  • The Newest Eagle Has Landed

    04/18/2005 6:56:12 AM PDT · by Cincinatus · 14 replies · 726+ views
    The Washington comPost ^ | April 18, 2005 | Debbi Wilgoren
    His name is Screech, but he doesn't utter a sound, at least not yet. He was hatched yesterday at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, emerging from a giant egg a few yards behind second base shortly before the Washington Nationals took the field against the Arizona Diamondbacks.