Jesus Christ

Woody Guthrie has plenty to say, 100 years after his birth

Four Catholic Masses for Hearing Gorgeous Traditional Christmas Music in St. Louis

Image via​Say what you will about the Catholic faith: It has inspired, over the centuries, some haunting and beautiful Christmas melodies, and our city's faithful know how to do them justice. Here are four masses for tasting the tradition:    St. Margaret of Scotland [map]Best mass for m ... More >>

St. Louis Stage Capsules

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

The End Is Now

Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the local theater scene

10 Things to Do This Saturday if You Don't Celebrate Christmas

RFT layout editor Kholood Eid contributed to this post. image via​In case you've been living under a rock, you probably know that this Saturday is Christmas Day, a time for joy and family and celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. But what if you are joyless or family-less or see no reason to ... More >>

Welcome Christmas: Camel Takes a Tumble at Florida Pageant Rehearsal

'Tis that marvelous season when live animals appear in churches to help re-enact the birth of Baby Jesus. Behold what happened last night during a Christmas pageant rehearsal at the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach, Florida, when a camel named Lula Bell practiced kneeling in adoration before ... More >>

Top Seven Sacri-Delicious Edible Nativity Scenes!

Truth be told, Gut Check slept through a few sessions of Sunday school. But wasn't there something in the Bible about not making graven images? What about making the Baby Jesus out of food and eating him?Because a lot of people are doing that. A Concerned Canadian asked the Saskatoon Star Phoenix a ... More >>

It's a Small Gingerbread World at Plaza Frontenac

Robin Wheeler"It's a Small World," by St. Charles West High School​Who wants to go to the mall right now? It's noisy, crowded, and filled with garishness in the name of Baby Jesus that sucks the joy right out of the season. Except for Plaza Frontenac for the next few days. Since November 20 ... More >>

Home Is Where the Bar Is

Robin Wheeler"It's a Small World," by St. Charles West High School​Who wants to go to the mall right now? It's noisy, crowded, and filled with garishness in the name of Baby Jesus that sucks the joy right out of the season. Except for Plaza Frontenac for the next few days. Since November 20 ... More >>

Home Is Where the Bar Is

Robin Wheeler"It's a Small World," by St. Charles West High School​Who wants to go to the mall right now? It's noisy, crowded, and filled with garishness in the name of Baby Jesus that sucks the joy right out of the season. Except for Plaza Frontenac for the next few days. Since November 20 ... More >>

Are You Ready to Meet 40,000 Members of the Church of God in Christ?

image viaCOGIC Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake.​If you're not, gird your loins: Early this morning those 40,000 members descended upon our fair city for their annual Holy Convocation. This is good news for the city's restaurants since the church members have just completed 30 days of fasting ... More >>

Real Jesus Much Better Wordsmith than St. Louis Reenactor

Neal Thompson, aka Jesus Christ​I first came across Neal Thompson back in 2008 when he showed up at a meeting in Meacham Park the day after resident Charles "Cookie" Thornton went on a rampage, killing six people at Kirkwood's City Hall. A hundred or so people were gathered inside a community cent ... More >>

Don't Believe in God? There's a Billboard For That.

St. Louis' atheists will now receive a bit of positive reinforcement as they cruise west down I-64 near Vandeventer Ave, thanks to this brand new billboard:Jesus Christ are billboards distracting or what?​The sign was bought and paid for by the Greater St. Louis Coalition of Reason at a cost of $6 ... More >>

Onward Christian Soilder, Says Arms Manufacturer In Coded Bible Verses

Barack Obama took a lot of flack on the campaign trail in '08 for suggesting that Midwesterners "cling to guns or religion." Now, thanks to one Michigan arms manufacturer, it's now possible to actually embrace both at the same time. Trijicon, a company based in Wixom, Michigan, produces combat rif ... More >>

Throwback of the House: Apricot Salad Ruins Teeth, Christmas

On Christmas Eve, work was the last thing on my mind. My husband, daughter and I were in Sedalia, Missouri, with my parents, bracing for the incoming snowpocalypse and preparing for the next day's food orgy to honor Baby Jesus.Robin Wheeler​My mom, Maxine, held a yellowed index card with a hand-w ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 12.17

​ New York University library inherits Gourmet's collection of 3500 cookbooks. (New York Times)British group aims to feed 5,000 with misfit produce. (BBC)Cleveland restaurant to give lifetime 25% discount to patrons with grilled cheese tattoos. (Fox 8)A bed of cheeses for Baby Jesus. (Madiso ... More >>

Nativity Scene Featuring St. Louis Cops and Politicians is Noticeably Void of Wise Men

The anonymous moderators over at the police discussion board St. Louis Cop Talk have an amusing painting on the site's homepage. Below is a copied image of the doctored artwork. We here at Daily RFT believe we have decoded everyone in this oh-so-special nativity scene. Question is: Can you ... More >>

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

The anonymous moderators over at the police discussion board St. Louis Cop Talk have an amusing painting on the site's homepage. Below is a copied image of the doctored artwork. We here at Daily RFT believe we have decoded everyone in this oh-so-special nativity scene. Question is: Can you ... More >>

Belly Full: Ranoush brings Syrian cuisine (and belly dancers) to the Loop

The anonymous moderators over at the police discussion board St. Louis Cop Talk have an amusing painting on the site's homepage. Below is a copied image of the doctored artwork. We here at Daily RFT believe we have decoded everyone in this oh-so-special nativity scene. Question is: Can you ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: What's in a Name?: The Mexican explains the science of made-up Mexican monikers

The anonymous moderators over at the police discussion board St. Louis Cop Talk have an amusing painting on the site's homepage. Below is a copied image of the doctored artwork. We here at Daily RFT believe we have decoded everyone in this oh-so-special nativity scene. Question is: Can you ... More >>

Learn Your Lessons Well

The anonymous moderators over at the police discussion board St. Louis Cop Talk have an amusing painting on the site's homepage. Below is a copied image of the doctored artwork. We here at Daily RFT believe we have decoded everyone in this oh-so-special nativity scene. Question is: Can you ... More >>

Pirates Killed by Manatees: Film at Eleven!

You know how every year, just as the baseball season is about to start, you begin sort of making up your predictions, getting them all straight in your head? No need to lie and say you don't do it; we all do. Some of us write them down, some of us discuss them incessantly with our friends (or, if we ... More >>

Staffers Get Forked at ToastedRav.com

flickr.com/photos/dyobmitMedia conglomerate Bonneville International Corporation took a bite out of its St. Louis lifestyle Web site ToastedRav.com this week, laying off four of the site's seven employees. Those let go were Margo Hughes, Audrey Holaday, Mike Merenda and Melody Cissell Meiners. As yo ... More >>

Bob Schneider at Lucas School House in St. Louis November 5

flickr.com/photos/dyobmitMedia conglomerate Bonneville International Corporation took a bite out of its St. Louis lifestyle Web site ToastedRav.com this week, laying off four of the site's seven employees. Those let go were Margo Hughes, Audrey Holaday, Mike Merenda and Melody Cissell Meiners. As yo ... More >>

Billy Joe Shaver interview: The Lost Tapes

flickr.com/photos/dyobmitMedia conglomerate Bonneville International Corporation took a bite out of its St. Louis lifestyle Web site ToastedRav.com this week, laying off four of the site's seven employees. Those let go were Margo Hughes, Audrey Holaday, Mike Merenda and Melody Cissell Meiners. As yo ... More >>

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster

7 p.m. Tuesday, July 17. Pop’s, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

The Tokin' Opposition

7 p.m. Tuesday, July 17. Pop’s, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

Trial by Fryer

HotCity presents a challenging Last Days of Judas Iscariot

Jesus Wept

Anybody got a good anagram for "crap"?

Jesus Saves

Sarah Silverman speaks the unspeakable. And funny? Oh hell, yes.

Letters to the Editor

Week of October 5, 2005

An Open Letter

Thanks for everything, Art Chantry -- we can't wait for this week's retrospective show!

Toke One for the Team

New Line's Reefer Madness

Blessed Are the Cheese Makers

Monty Python's Brian returns, bearing cinematic salvation

Rock On and On and On and On

Make Sweet Meat proud in the KSHE 95 March Bandness: Tournament of Rock; plus, give us your juiciest Berger Bite, check out some cranky public art and a Branson Idol hopeful -- and don't pack heat in Dierbergs

Various Artists

Maybe This Christmas Too? (Nettwerk America)

A Change That Refreshes

Fontbonne's version of Godspell thrills utterly

Tom Landry Is Dead

Week of February 13, 2002

The Best of "Street Talk" for 2000

Week of December 27, 2000

Fox Schools Prepare for Holy War

Published the week of September 13-19, 2000

Why Would You Buy Life Insurance If You Don't Really Have a Life?

Published the week of Aug. 23-29, 2000

Letters to the Editor

Published the week of March 15

Roman Holiday

Before you get to heaven, you gotta raise a little hell

Billy Club

A simple, happy message helped him become the nation's favorite preacher. Thanks to a Popsicle-slick PR machine and a talent for dodging tough questions, we've forgotten what Billy Graham is really all about.

CHECK THAT CHARTER

The city school board files suit to block the opening of St. Louis' first charter school

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT

Christian rock combines the Lord's message with the devil's beat. Sometimes the result is exhilaration. Sometimes it's god-awful confusion.

This Week

Christian rock combines the Lord's message with the devil's beat. Sometimes the result is exhilaration. Sometimes it's god-awful confusion.

News of the Weird

Christian rock combines the Lord's message with the devil's beat. Sometimes the result is exhilaration. Sometimes it's god-awful confusion.

The Tragic Christian

Father James Carney left St. Louis to work with the poor in Honduras, putting him at odds with both church and state. Fifteen years after his mysterious death, a new CIA report raises more questions than answers.