A committee in the Episcopal Church (EC) met July 4 to begin the process of revising the denomination’s Book of Common Prayer. (Because nothing celebrates Independence Day like a church committee meeting). According to the Episcopal News Service, the committee heard fervent testimony from individuals who believe it is time for the EC to produce an inclusive-language revision “to correct the overwhelming use of masculine language to refer both to God and to human beings.…
Last week the editors of GQ.com published a piece called “21 Books You Don’t Have To Read.” They wrote the blog in response to the long-held idea that some books are “great books” which everyone should read. But they excised these 21 books from their list of great books because, the editors sniffled, “Some are racist and some are sexist, but most are just really, really boring.” For the moment, we will pretend like we…