“They trust that nothing holy is free, and so their lives are paid. Money slots in the altar rails make a jukebox of the world, the mind paying its gnawed coins for the safety of ignorance.” -Wendell Berry Below are the images of the characters in our story. Although John Folmar and John Welkner likely wish they had… Read More »
The Mahaney girls present a united front when it comes to keeping CJ in the public eye! Father’s Day is coming up soon, therefore over at the Girl Blather blog they have taken a break from hawking their reclaimed barn wood signs in order to toss out a few breadcrumbs of wisdom to the peasant folk… Read More »
“The North American evangelical/fundamentalist brand of Christianity is the religious version of the American civil religion: consumerist individualism. Today’s “Stylites” are more often found in private jets, but they still have followers who conflate holiness with success American style – in other words, as measured by money, possessions, numbers, and (above all) celebrity status.” -Frank Schaeffer, “Patience With… Read More »