Duck Dynasty Blog #1: Til Duck Do Us Part
Welcome to the first entry in a regular blog on the A&E series Duck Dynasty. This show about a bearded redneck…
A Punk Prayer
With our recent move to L. A. and my participation in the Act One Producers and Executives Program, I have embarked on something…
A Religious Pilgrimage…Of Sorts
We spent the long 4th of July weekend down in Santa Ana, CA, visiting friends. It was a great weekend with plenty of…
Bert and Ernie Are Gay—Get Over It
This week, the New Yorker came out with a cover that has already caused an uproar on the level of the of the…
Dying in the Glass Closet
Prior to gay liberation, gay people, unable to come out, had little choice but to build magnificent closets. Mad King Ludwig built fairy-tale…
Survive and Advance or Survive and Die
Last night was a great night of television with two of the best series serving up two of their strongest “episodes.” ESPN’s sports…
Christians Gone Wild!
Three recent examples of conservative Christians in the news: of course, these are “newsmaker” Christians—people who have their own publicists and media machines.…
Are you Bro Life?
Sometimes it takes absurdity to point out an absurdity. Especially when that absurdity is unexamined prejudice. Mine came four years ago with the…
Even Vampires Debate Biblical Inerrancy
I’ve been an unapologetic fan of True Blood from the start. Hell, I even flew transatlantic to deliver a paper on the series…