Sheep&Goats

Kaleo Church San Diego Reader Review
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It was bound to happen.  I spent a season as a columnist writing a weekly column called the Sheep & Goats for the San Diego Reader, which 'reviews' churches and other places of worship.  This last Sunday, Matthew Lickona came...
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Goodmanson.com – 500th Post
Welcome to Goodmanson.com .  If you are new(er) here, I began this blog in July of 2004 and today I've posted for the 500th time.  I got out my calculator and discovered that over these 825 days, I've made a...
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New Sheep & Goats Writer
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As some have asked, I am no longer writing the Sheep & Goats column for the San Diego Reader. The new writer is Matthew Lickona, author of Swimming with Scapulars - True Confessions of a Young Catholic. You can see...
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Publisher-activist Jim Holman
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This week's World Magazine includes an article on my former boss (when I wrote a weekly column at the San Diego Reader), Roe v. Wade: Counterculture clash. The article details Holman's activism for the pro-life movement while he publishes a...
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Would the REAL church please stand up – Confusion in the Kingdom of God
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[This is a reflection on my San Diego Reader Column where I visited a different church each week for 2005 and part of 2004.] One theme that developed as I spoke with different pastors/priests for a variety of denominations and...
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Last San Diego Reader 'Sheep & Goats' Article
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Last week was my last San Diego Reader article for the Sheep & Goats column. Beginning in 2006, I am no longer writing the column. It's been a great season over 2004-2005 to visit different places of faith and interview...
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XXXchurch
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(This is an article written for my weekly San Diego Reader column on spirituality and places of worship.) Wally the Wiener, a 15-foot inflatable penis, stands erect behind XXXchurch's "Erotica LA" booth. Wally is just one of XXXchurch's attempts to...
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Kehillas Torah
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(This is an article written for my weekly San Diego Reader column on spirituality and places of worship.) "If someone at our synagogue becomes religious, don't blame me. I just teach the Torah," said Rabbi Baruch Lederman of Kehillas Torah....
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Holy Spirit Catholic Church
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"[When I'm taking the Eucharist], I'm consuming Jesus' body, if you view it with eyes of faith," said Eileen Carton, a volunteer at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. "How else can you get that close to God? When I take Eucharist,...
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Calvary Chapel San Diego
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"I was stoned when I accepted Christ," said Jared Lee, a volunteer at Calvary Chapel San Diego. "When my parents got divorced, I started getting into the drug scene. I would smoke an ounce of weed in three days and...
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