Rays of light

Still in Margate. Not my first choice to spend a day but the plan is to decompress a little before the Chunnel to Paris this weekend. In the meantime, there’s been some happy developments across the pond:

The insane Fred Phelps clan went to picket the University of Chicago and didn’t quite get the reaction they expected:

I knew there was a reason I love frat boys! Incidents like this, explains Christian writer Michael Spencer, is why he sees the Evangelical movement collapsing within the next decade. One can only hope! I really enjoyed this insightful comment from the Beliefnet blog:

“I’m utterly dismayed by the number of people who have adopted the label “Christian” for its tribal association, and not for any spiritual succor beyond belonging to a power structure.”

And the scales shall fall from their eyes! Speaking of eyes, here’s the UK magazine I will definitely be searching for at the WH Smith in the rail station:

Gethin Jones AND the Pet Shop Boys? Somebody in England loves me! Let’s hope the French feel the same way…

A former editor of the late, lamented fab magazine, Scott has been writing for Xtra since 2007 on a variety of topics in news pieces, interviews, blogs, reviews and humour pieces. He lives on the Danforth with his boyfriend of 12 years, a manic Jack Russell Terrier, a well-stocked mini-bar and a shelf of toy Daleks.

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