A happy Saturday to you all.
It’s a happy Saturday here as I watch and wait for T Bone Burnett tickets to go on sale. If any of you hear about the Seattle show’s ticket information, please let me know!
MATTINGLY ON T-BONE BURNETT AND FAITH
It turns out that GetReligion’s Terry Mattingly is a Burnett fan. He’s just posted an interesting remembrance of how he introduced Burnett’s music to a certain musician who became disillusioned with “Christian music”…
THEOLOGIANS HEART FREDERICK BUECHNER
Admirers of Pulitzer Prize-nominated novelist and acclaimed Presbyterian minister Frederick Buechner gathered at the Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday to honor the man the New York Times calls “the finest religious writer in America.”
Colbert was on Conan O’Brien last week to plug the movie “Strangers with Candy,” and during the interview he revealed that he teaches a Sunday school class. Interesting guy.
I have often wondered if he is really a Christian. Though he makes fun of being a Christian, I have never heard him Mock christ.
I sent Jeff the link to that interview just yesterday, as a matter of fact.
http://throwawayyourtv.com/2006/07/conan-obrian-interview-with-stephen.html
Was it.
Well, CR…in an interview he said:
TONY: You created The Daily Show religious-satire segment, “This Week in God.” How do you square your Catholicism with comedy?
SC: I love my Church, and I’m a Catholic who was raised by intellectuals, who were very devout. I was raised to believe that you could question the Church and still be a Catholic. What is worthy of satire is the misuse of religion for destructive or political gains. That’s totally different from the Word, the blood, the body and the Christ. His kingdom is not of this earth.
Yeah, anonomous quotes an interview that was on NPR, which is a really fascinating interview with Stephen. I think this is the link to it.
Thanks to both of you for that info, will make sure to check it out.