Brendan Kirby
Brendan Kirby is an author at Religion News Service.
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COMMENTARY: Something fishy about cruises for Christ
By Brendan Kirby — May 18, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Last week, I received an advertisement in the mail inviting me to participate in a program sponsored by a Christian travel agency. For $3,000, I could”feast my eyes and feed my soul,”vacationing with other true believers on”wholesome”gospel-oriented cruises. NOTE: These tours are only open to those who want to avoid […]
COMMENTARY: Father of the bride
By Brendan Kirby — May 7, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Eds: Robert Kirby is a Mormon humorist and columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune. Check RNS Online for his photo.) (RNS)-My Mormon ancestors were polygamists, but lately I’ve been wondering how they could afford to get married more than once. I just finished marrying off my daughter, and it cost […]
COMMENTARY: HUMOR: A cranky commentary on the rites of spring
By Brendan Kirby — April 10, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Robert Kirby is a Mormon humorist and regular columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune.) (RNS)-Now that Easter Sunday has come and gone, I can’t resist asking an impertinent question. Why on this holiest of days do Christians choose to behave like pagans? The resurrection of Jesus is a central event […]
COMMENTARY: Give me that on-line religion
By Brendan Kirby — March 26, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Robert Kirby is a Mormon humorist and regular columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune.) (RNS)-I just received my copy of Christian Computing, a magazine devoted to helping Christians funnel the spirit of God through their computers. Reading through Christian Computing, it’s plain that religious folk are making the leap into […]
COMMENTARY: And on the sixth day, God installed the drywall
By Brendan Kirby — March 13, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Robert Kirby is a Mormon humorist and regular columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune.) (RNS)-I’m building a family room in my basement. Thus far, it’s cost me three months, $5,000, a thumbnail, and every speck of my pride. I’ll bet God didn’t have this much trouble creating the world. Then […]
Where’s my miracle?
By Brendan Kirby — January 13, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service EDITORS: Robert Kirby is a Christian humorist. (RNS)-Forgive me if I ramble. I’m in a lot of pain right now, physically and spiritually. I had a hernia operation last week and it shook my faith. A few months ago I developed a small abdominal bulge where no bulge had previously […]
COMMENTARY: Oh brother, you’re really in trouble now
By Brendan Kirby — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Robert Kirby is a Mormon humorist and columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune.) (UNDATED) Mormons and members of other religious sects frequently refer to each other as”brother”and”sister.”If you subscribe to the idea that God is our father, it follows that we’re all his children and therefore related. When I go […]
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