… will be told in detail in Mike Jones’ new book I Had To Say Something: The Art of Ted Haggard’s Fall. (Did anyone else catch the double meaning in the subtitle?) For the past few months (a very quick turnaround time), Jones has been working on this book which includes a section on his visit to New Life Church, what exactly happened when he met with Haggard all those times, and the anguish he went through when deciding whether… Read more
Christopher Hitchens has a brother!? And (wait for it…) they often disagree about things. How they can handle discussing three different opinions (one from Peter and probably two from Christopher), I don’t know. Anyway, Peter Hitchens has an article in today’s Daily Mail (UK) where he talks about his brother’s book God is Not Great. He gives a little background: Christopher is an atheist. I am a believer. He once said in public: “The real difference between Peter and myself… Read more
The Chicago Sun-Times’ religion writer Cathleen Falsani ran a terrific article on Nica Lalli and her new book Nothing: Something to Believe In. If you haven’t read her book yet, go do it now. It’s awesome. And if you’re in Chicago, Nica will be doing a book reading/signing at the Barnes & Noble at 1441 W. Webster on Thursday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m. Hope to see you there! ***UPDATE: On her blog, Cathleen Falsani has the full transcript of… Read more
Last week, I mentioned that Detroit Free Press religion writer David Crumm made his suggestions for the Top 10 Books for Spiritual Summer Reading. I Sold My Soul on eBay was on that list. Crumm ran a follow-up column today where he talks about some of the reader comments he received about the list. Here’s the beginning of that column: LAST WEEK: Our Top 10 Books for Spiritual Summer Reading drew lots of reader comments. Some readers thanked us for… Read more
The Secular Coalition for America has released the scorecard for the 110th Congress. It will be updated through 2008, but even the unfinished scorecard tells us a lot. It denotes how House and Senate members are voting on various bills dealing with religious freedom and secular government (such as expansion of stem cell research, tax benefits for enrolling in religious schools, responsible sex education instead of abstinence-only sex-ed, etc.) To see how your state’s Representatives are doing, click here. To… Read more
