In a move that shocks nobody the Anglican church in Jamaica have inserted Reggae songs into their hymnal to be more contextual to their audience. On one hand I'm all for the move of taking popular cultural songs and making them worship songs, assuming it can be done. The words of a song make it 'Christian' not what some right-wing evangelical fundamentalist says. However, if all you can remember about Marley are the times you were high and his contempt for the church then maybe the church should have reconsidered.

One Love in Church

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Popular Christian rock band (Christian band by name not by sound) Switchfoot has parted ways with their record label Columbia following the release of their fourth album. No word on how the 'new freedom' will impact their 'music'.

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Since when does the Church of the Universe get to ordain Reverends? Haha, ah well, it appears their sacrament of smoking marijuana is too much for the government. Sick of being shut down the 'church' is launching a class action lawsuit against the state.

Key church beliefs:

Church members are required to use marijuana, which they call God's Tree of Life, as a sacrament in their lives and worship.

Looks like dbiddy finally has a home.

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Do ATM's Belong in Church?

For a while now I've cringed at the ATM in church, but times are changing no? Essentially, people are becoming more and more lazy, they can't plan their tithing, so they need a big flashy ATM in the church lobby to remind them to give. Time has release an interesting article on the phenomenon.

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Top 10 videos on Youtube as ranked by CTV.

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