Meditation service at Temple Buddhist Center
Temple Buddhist Center, located within Unity Temple on the Plaza, led by Janet Taylor, offers a meditation service every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. The room was quieter than any church service I’ve attended...
View ArticleFrance votes to criminalize Burqas: a human rights issue?
In a 335-1 vote last week, France’s lower house of parliament approved a bill that bans burqas and niqabs, veils that conceal most of the face, in all public places. The wording of the bill...
View ArticleWhat do Loose Park, biscuits, and the pyramids share in common? (Photos)
For a long time, I’ve enjoyed Loose Park, one of KC’s largest public parks, located on the west side of Wornall and south of 51st St, but it was just recently that I noticed the sign...
View ArticleNear ground zero may be the perfect place for a mosque
A community of Muslims in New York wants to relocate their center to a location 10 blocks from their current center, which would place it just 2 block from ground zero of the 9/11 World Trade Center...
View ArticleFlorida pastor Terry Jones cancels Quran burning, but he has served his purpose
The good news is that Terry Jones and his church will not be burning Qurans this weekend. He said he’s already accomplished his mission of exposing Islam’s radical side, so no need for the additional...
View ArticleNew exhibit at Nelson-Atkins examines European colonists "Through African Eyes"
What: Special Exhibit "Through African Eyes"Where: Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtWhen: September 25, 2010- January 9, 2011Like most of us, I grew up with a Eurocentric education. What little I learned of...
View ArticleSecretariat: over-Disneyfied or just right?
“It’s not whether they think you won; it’s whether you think you won. You run your race.” (Christopher Chenery, Penny’s father) Yes, it was Disney. Yes, it was full of cliché...
View ArticleTouring the new Mormon Temple in Kansas City
nicewhite If I had to describe the new Mormon Tabernacle in Kansas City, MO, in two words, those are they. It was very nice and very white. In case you were not one of the 80,000 people...
View ArticleNotre Dame sues Obama: Is their religion a faith or an excuse?
Notre Dame is leading the charge in suing the Obama administration over the health care mandate requiring that employers' health care insurance cover birth control. They claim that the mandate...
View ArticleAtheist pastor to speak in Kansas City
“If I were in there [church on Sunday morning], I know what I’d be doing. And that would be standing up and proclaiming something I not longer believe in.” On March 26, 2012, Teresa MacBain...
View ArticleSecrets of a Gay Mormon Felon adds spice to KC Fringe Fest
The title of the play is intriguing, true, and, at $5, it’s one of the less expensive shows at Fringe Fest this year. This all drew me in, but I must admit that I was skeptical about how...
View ArticleBoycott is easy but not enough
Chick-fil-A donates millions of dollars of profits to organizations that actively fight against marriage equality. This is not new news. Their decision to be so forthright and outspoken about it is...
View ArticleBashing Todd Akin doesn't fix the GOP
Yes, it was an incredibly stupid remark made from an obviously ill informed person who displayed little critical thinking skills. Missouri congressman Todd Akin has a long way to go in his...
View ArticleDisturbing house of worship now a crime in Missouri
Amid the excitement of the GOP convention and the impending hurricane, one little news item slipped by nearly unnoticed:In Missouri it is now a crime, punishable by up to six months of jail, to...
View ArticleMr. & Mrs. Jesus?
The discovery of this really old scrap of papyrus is reigniting a debate almost as old as the papyrus itself. Was Jesus married? (And then all the auxiliary questions- did he have children? Would he...
View ArticleDeath row warden speaks out against death penalty
What would you expect a warden from death row to look like?He was not the man I expected. Soft-spoken, yet strong and confident, Dr. Allen Ault shared with us his thoughts on the death penalty. His...
View ArticleHobby Lobby is not a church
The newest cause that has some evangelical Christians up in arms is the battle Hobby Lobby, the arts and crafts chain store with 9 locations in Kansas City and 525 locations total, CEO David Green is...
View ArticleUnvaccincated, unmasked nurse fired
A hospital nurse in Springfield, Missouri was fired because she refused to wear a surgical mask which they had required her to wear as she had refused to have a flu shot. Carla Brock argued that the...
View ArticleThe farmers Chrysler ignored
I wanted to love the Ram Truck Farmer commercial, I really did, but the first viewing disturbed me, and the second infuriated me. It’s not what was in the commercial. It’s what was blatantly...
View ArticleStomping on Jesus and academic freedom
As a lesson in the importance of context in communication, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) professor DeAndres Poole, based on an assignment from an approved textbook, asked students to write the...
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