By Brett Younger GCB does not stand for “Good Christian Baptists.” ABC’s new, unfunny and uninteresting sitcom was named “Good Christian Bitches” just long enough to get attention for offending the easily offended. The consistently irritating title became “Good Christian…
Skipping Christmas
By Brett Younger For centuries, Christians have celebrated the birth of Jesus by coming to church to sing, pray, remember, give thanks and recommit our lives to Christ. What were we thinking? This year, with Christmas falling on Sunday, many…
Counting the days
By Brett Younger When I was in the seventh grade a white-suited evangelist guaranteed that Jesus would be back in less than five years. Every 13-year-old boy at church that night had the same thought: “I will never get to…
Finding a Bible that fits
By Brett Younger I wandered into the Bible section at a Borders’ going-out-of-business sale and thought, “I need more choices.” Fortunately, the publishers are looking out for me. On Ash Wednesday, new translations of the New International Version (the most…
Replacing Sarah Palin
By Brett Younger Remember how sad you felt when WJM-TV was sold and Mary Tyler Moore had to find a new job, Hawkeye came home from Korea or “The Sopranos” faded to black? Many are feeling the same kind of…