Christianity

Ste. Genevieve County Jail Inmates Will Receive Newspapers Behind Bars After ACLU Dispute

Missouri inmates have a right to get married behind bars -- and they also have a right to receive newspapers. So says the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, which has a record of advocating for the incarcerated and has announced a settlement in a recent dispute regarding newspaper s ... More >>

Win Tickets to See Animal Collective and Dan Deacon at the Pageant

Electro-pop artist Dan Deacon and experimental psych-rockers Animal Collective will play the Pageant next Wednesday, and we've got two tickets!

ACLU: St. Genevieve Sheriff Cut Off Newspapers to Inmates After One Penned Letter to Editor

If you're an inmate in St. Genevieve County jail, and you want to keep your newspaper subscription, you'd better not write a letter to the editor that mentions the sheriff or calls out local Christians.  Stanley Schell wrote such a letter, and immediately thereafter, the sheriff -- citing secur ... More >>

Randy Blythe is Free! Win Tickets to See Lamb of God at the Pageant

Update: You've got two more days to enter this thing. There are two ways to win -- the first is by coming up with a new Randy Blythe slogan for us. And today I'm adding a second. Tell us your favorite Halloween song and a pair of tickets could be yours. It can be campy, kiddie, creepy or fit some ot ... More >>

Dan Deacon Wants to "Kill Monsanto"

Dan Deacon will play the Firebird this Sunday. It will be a good time; in this week's print issue RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba gets you up to speed: "The solo performer built a reputation making tongue-in-cheek electro pop and treating his shows like enormous games of Simon Says." But Deacon has mo ... More >>

Rev. Larry Rice Intends to Sue the City Over Integrity Village Condemnation

The New Life Evangelistic Center has sent out a press release announcing that Reverend Larry Rice will file a federal lawsuit against both the City of St. Louis and St. Louis Public Safety Director Eddie Roth for shutting down his tent city, Integrity Village.

Exit the King

Springfield Asks Feds to Shut Down Larry Rice's Day Shelter

​Claiming to be fed up with handling complaints leveled at Larry Rice's Veteran's Coming Home Center, Springfield City Manager Greg Burris has formally requested on behalf of Springfield civic leaders that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rescind the deed to the center.The move wou ... More >>

Raven On: His new Crow's Nest will leave you misty-eyed for Mike McLaughlin's old Bleeding Deacon

Jimmy Hippchen of The Crow's Nest

This is part one of Mabel Suen's Chef's Choice profile of Jimmy Hippchen of The Crow's Nest. Part two, a Q&A, will be posted tomorrow, and part three, a recipe from Hippchen, will be posted on Thursday.Mabel SuenChef Jimmy Hippchen in The Crow's Nest's "prep dungeon."​Jimmy Hippchen started hi ... More >>

Father, Can You Hear Me?

Jeff Robtoy of the Bleeding Deacon Public House, Part 2

This is part two of Chrissy Wilmes' Chef's Choice profile of Jeff Robtoy of the Bleeding Deacon Public House (4123 Chippewa Street; 314-772-1813) in south St. Louis. To read part one, click here. Part three, a recipe from Robtoy, will be published tomorrow. Chrissy WilmesCara Murphy and Jeff Robtoy ... More >>

Jeff Robtoy of the Bleeding Deacon Public House

This is part one of Chrissy Wilmes' Chef's Choice profile of chef Jeff Robtoy of the Bleeding Deacon in south St. Louis. Part two, a Q&A with Robtoy, will be published tomorrow. Look for part three, a recipe from Robtoy, on Thursday. Chrissy WilmesJeff Robtoy, executive chef at the Bleeding Deacon ... More >>

Photos: Dan Deacon at the Gargoyle, Friday, March 4

On Friday night, crowds braved some dodgy weather to check out Dan Deacon at the Gargoyle. The beat scientist bewitched a packed house, as RFT intern Scott Layne discovered. Here's a full slideshow of photos from the night, and some samples below. How was the show? Chime in below! Scott Layne​ ... More >>

Latest Possible Cause of Food Poisoning? The Body of Christ

Wash those hands!​From Newsday, via Gawker, comes a twist to the usual food-poisoning story: exposure to hepatitis A during the communion portion of a Catholic mass in Long Island.Department and church officials did not name the source of the virus, but said that people who attended services [on ... More >>

Swing Vote: Readers weigh in on candidate Ed Martin's past and the Beautiful Kind's sexcapades

Abortion activists have a new target: men

You Don't Know Jack: A reader begs us to leave the Arch as it is, while Larry Conners imparts how he takes his drink

Gnostics: Be Happy St. Louis, Even While We Ignore You

​Of course it's a given that the Gnostics have the coolest-sounding name of any fringe group in the history of Christianity (though they just narrowly beat out the Albigensians). Back in the early, early days, around the second century CE, they did close readings of Jesus's teachings, looking for ... More >>

Ryan "Burns" Wilmsmeier, Bleeding Deacon Bartender, Mixes...A Manhattan!!

Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This is part one of Alissa Nelson's two-part profile of Bleeding Deacon bartender Ryan Wilmsmeier. Part two, featuring a Q&A with Wilmsmeier, will be posted here tomorrow. Alissa Nelson​How ... More >>

Classical Music Returns to the St. Louis Airwaves -- Kind Of...

Beethoven may smile again, thanks to KWMU​Fans of Classic 99.1 (KFUO-FM) officially lost their beloved classical-music outpost in early May, when the FCC approved the sale of the station to Joy FM. The latter is "a listener-supported station that plays Christian music and broadcasts simultaneo ... More >>

David Bazan wrestles with tough questions on his solo debut

Does the Holiday Spirit Involve Shoplifting?

The Associated Press reported yesterday:Parish priest Tim Jones says it's OK to shoplift at times as long as you don't take more than you need - but British police, retailers and clergy disagree. Jones says people in desperate need may at times be justified shoplifting items from large chain stores ... More >>

Beethoven Rolls Over; St. Louis to Lose Only Classical Music Station

​After 61 years on the airwaves, a last-ditch effort to save Classic 99.1 (KFUO-FM) was all for naught. Yesterday the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod announced the sale of the classical music station to Christian music broadcaster Joy FM. The church owns the rights to KFUO and began quietly negotia ... More >>

Ask a Mexican!: Dios Mio: Does Jesus approve of illegal immigration?

Do They Have A Time Machine?

Last time we checked in on the saga of the San Luis Apartments in the Central West End, a St. Louis circuit court judge had just ruled that the Archdiocese could demolish the building to construct a parking lot and that local preservationist groups had no right to stop them.Seems like a pretty clear ... More >>

Saint Louis Cries When You Touch Yourself

Throwback of the House: Friday Franks Make Jesus Cry

Todd Ehlers, Wikimedia CommonsRobin Wheeler writes for the blog Poppy Mom. After years of making and eating fancy food, Robin is sick of it all. She's returning to the basics: recipes that haven't surfaced in three decades. She reports on the results for Gut Check every Tuesday.I'm not Catholic, bu ... More >>

Blood, Sweet (Potatoes) and Beers: The Bleeding Deacon elevates "bar food" to new heights and gives south city a pub transfusion

Another Homeless Rally Planned Without the Participation of Larry Rice

  A group of homeless St. Louis residents and advocates plan to march on City Hall and the social service agency St. Patrick Center this morning. Not expected to take part in the protest is the Rev. Larry Rice, director of the downtown homeless shelter New Life Evangelistic Center and a frequen ... More >>

U.S. Rep. Carnahan Target of Graffiti

Church Ladies Be Damned!

The Show Must GO

It's the best of times and the worst of times for St. Louis theater companies

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Loose Fur

Born Again in the U.S.A.(Drag City)

Week of December 29, 2005

"Missouri is a giant Baptist trailer park and the city of St. Louis is its meth lab.”

Hell of a House

For sale: three-bedroom Colonial in charming neighborhood. Hardwood floors. Lots of personality. And, oh yeah: Satan slept here.

Letters

Week of March 24, 2004

Homeless Holy Wars

The defiant Reverend Larry Rice infuriates big developers and city leaders over a proposed shelter in a downtown federal building

Letters

Week of February 4, 2004

Habitat for Inhumanity

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters undermine both the Catholic Church and the popular image of Ireland

Dander Up

Week of November 20, 2002

Rock Me Amadeus

Opera Theatre of St. Louis opens its season with purple serpents and golden hippos

Songs of Shame

Slay and Rigali arias soured by lack of decisive action and bully-boy politics

Battle Lines

Two plays struggle with equality, but only one succeeds in making the fight seem real

Tori Amos with Rufus Wainwright

Saturday, Oct. 27; Fox Theatre

Garrison Keillor

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Special-Event Concert

The Sacred & the Profane

Father Lawrence Biondi is praised for revamping the campus of St. Louis University and boosting its endowment. But the enemies he's made along the way claim that behind the fountains, statues and donations stands a Jesuit bully who's more interested in th

News of the Weird

Breaking Down the Wall

A quiet revolution is taking place as religious groups begin ministering to the poor using government money -- and succeeding where government couldn't. But eternal vigilance may be the real price.