PROVIDENCE, R.I. — At some Episcopal Church services, hymns are out and U2 is in.Â
The Irish rock band’s songs blared from speakers at recent a “U2 Eucharist” service in Providence, R.I., where 130 worshipers were offered fluorescent glow sticks and earplugs.Â
In Episcopal parishes from California to Maine, believers are weaving U2’s biblically laced music into the denomination’s traditional liturgy.Â
The Rev. Robert Brooks said the Rhode Island service was meant to attract young people and those interested in social activism.
It included an offering for local charities and for The ONE Campaign, an AIDS relief and anti-poverty effort that’s backed by U2’s lead singer, Bono.
In February, Bono spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, which was attended by President George W. Bush and members of Congress. Link
And here is what I think is a better story about this.
April 4th, 2006
My friend Nathan over at Spera in Deo had a question regarding spiders, swallowing, and sleep.
I hope this or this is the answer you were looking for.
Myth: You unknowingly swallow an average of four live spiders in your sleep each year.
Fact: This very widespread urban legend has no basis in fact. It exists in various forms; another common version is that you swallow an average of 20 in your lifetime. (At 4 per year, that would make a very short lifetime of 5 years…) A correspondent in Pennsylvania had heard a version that involved swallowing a pound of spiders (while sleeping) in one’s lifetime. (That would be over 20,000 average spiders, for a lifetime of 5,000 years at the 4 per year rate).
For a sleeping person to swallow even one live spider would involve so many highly unlikely circumstances that for practical purposes we can rule out the possibility. No such case is on formal record anywhere in scientific or medical literature. Since this page first appeared, I have heard from one person who found a small harmless spider hiding in her ear (which is possible), another who claimed to have had one in her nose (but had no evidence that it wasn’t already in her hanky), and one who claimed that when she was a young child a spider leg was found by her lips. But not one person has claimed that a spider entered his or her mouth.
And by the way, I really really recommend his blog.
April 4th, 2006
The feisty Italian plumber is about to revolutionize the mailing industry in Japan when sets of 10-sheet Mario stamps find their way to Japan at the end of next month.
Read about it here.
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April 4th, 2006
What do you do when you have a bear in your tree?
Place a trampoline underneath it and then shoot the bear.
View the video here.Â
Thanks, Bone!
April 4th, 2006
Missouri has some pretty looking skies.
See them here.
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April 4th, 2006
Never hunt Spiders in the nude
The 56-year-old man was at a nudist colony near Bowral, about 60 miles southwest of Sydney, Sunday when he spotted what he believed to be a funnel web spider hole.
Ambulance workers, including a helicopter crew, were called to the scene after the man poured petrol down the hole and then lit a match in an attempt to kill the offending arachnid.
April 4th, 2006
Surely you didn’t fall for the one where Bill Gates was going to send you some cash just for forwarding an email?
Read the list here.
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April 4th, 2006
I didn’t know it would stop a mosquito and ant bites from itching.
More breast milk holistic uses here.
April 4th, 2006
