Christianity

Beer meets confession at Theology on Tap

A priest walks into a bar. This isn't beginning of a joke. On Monday night, Reverend John Riley walked into Katie Mullen's Irish Restaurant and Pub for the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver's monthly Theology on Tap gathering. On loan from the Archdiocese of Arlington, Virginia, Reverend Riley, a ... More >>

The Book of Mormon is coming back to Denver! Read on for the details

Remember The Book of Mormon? The musical from Coloradans and Broadway darlings Matt Stone and Trey Parker flew through here just last summer, electrifying Denver audiences, or at least the folks who were lucky to snag its fast-disappearing tickets. But if you missed it the first time around, here's ... More >>

Why do immigrants have better lives than me?

Lamb of God

Monday, December 10, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Lobbyist Leo Boyle invested in The Book of Mormon -- manna from heaven!

The Book of Mormon was the brainchild of two Coloradans, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, who first burst on the national scene with South Park. But other locals also got lucky with the musical. Longtime Denver lobbyist Leo Boyle actually invested in it. "It's one of the few things I've done right in my ... More >>

The Book of Mormon really is that good

John Elway caught The Book of Mormon...on Broadway

John Elway has plenty of fans. But two of them could soon rival Number 7 on the Colorado celebrity scale. When they met with the local press to discuss The Book of Mormon , creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said that if there was anyone they wanted to see the show, it was John Elway.

It's here! The Book of Mormon launches tonight

This GIF pretty much summarizes how we feel about The Book of Mormon hitting home tonight. Although the fourteen-times-over Tony winner has already made a splash on Broadway -- and sold out in Denver -- it finally reaches the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at 7:30 p.m. for the first performance in a ru ... More >>

The Book of Mormon: Twenty reasons you've got to see it, courtesy the cast and crew

If you are one of the lucky people who snagged a ticket to The Book of Mormon's first stop on its national tour before the Denver run sold out in under four hours, pat yourself on the back. If not, get in line now -- or at least get ready. As we announced yesterday, the Mormon producers have establi ... More >>

Focus on the Family defends gay "cure" after past supporter rejects it

Update:In an interview on view below, One Colorado executive director Brad Clark predicted that Dr. Robert Spitzer's repudiation of his own 2001 study, which suggested that gays could be "cured," wouldn't dissuade Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family from continuing to support so-called repara ... More >>

Nanni Moretti takes on the Vatican in We Have a Pope

Photo: It looks like the wait for Book of Mormon tickets was worth it

Javid RezvaniFrom left to right, Edith Hulings, 22, Emily Westfall, 22, Gina Pierotti, 27, and Allison Haraminau, 30, were excited to be off on their different ways, knowing that they had each secured their tickets to see The Book of Mormon.The online rush to buy tickets for The Book of Mormon nearl ... More >>

Rick Santorum blessed by Focus on the Family founder James Dobson pre-South Carolina vote

Even though Rick Santorum kinda won the Iowa caucuses, he's a long shot to pass Mitt Romney and become the Republican pick for president. His last chance appears to be a strong showing in South Carolina tomorrow -- one that'll require evangelicals to get behind him (and not sinful Newt Gingrich). To ... More >>

Let the spiritual move you at patheos.com

Reader: Seeing The Book of Mormon and South Park doesn't make you an LDS Church expert

​Our post about the I'm a Mormon billboard campaign in Denver has spurred some intriguing theological back and forth. Here's the take of a reader who places what she sees as discrimination against Mormons in a historical context, using the name of someone who's already history.

Al Franken destroys Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery at same-sex marriage hearing

​It's good to know that Focus on the Family is still around to provide unintentional comedy when that organization's narrow-minded rhetoric slams head-first into reality. Case in point: On Wednesday during a Senate same-sex marriage hearing, Focus on the Family, represented by senior lobbyist ... More >>

For what it's worth, The Book of Mormon gets nominated for more awards

​At this point, it's safe to say that Denver locals Trey Parker and Matt Stone's The Book of Mormon is like the Titanic of musicals this year, and by Titanic we mean not the opulent ship sunk of hubris, but rather the James Cameron romantic epic from 1997 that swept every single award to the e ... More >>

Hometown pride: The Book of Mormon will open its tour in Denver

​By every conceivable definition, Trey Parker and Matt Stone's The Book of Mormon has been am unqualified success; in fact, considering the sold-out houses, the glowing reviews and the preposterous amount of Tony Award nominations the musical has garnered, it might even be the most successful ... More >>

Reader: If serial rapist's boss not liable, why blame Catholic Church for lay minister's abuse?

Chaput.​Melanie Asmar's post about Katia Birge, who claims to have been abused by a lay minister, kicked off a fiery debate about whether or not the Archdiocese of Denver, led by Archbishop Charles Chaput, bears any responsibility for this alleged crime. Among the most passionate items was pen ... More >>

Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad wins NRB award (and continuing publicity) for Focus on the Family

Tim & mom.​The 2010 Super Bowl ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mom is the gift that keeps on giving for Focus on the Family. Next month at their convention in Nashville, the National Religious Broadcasters will reportedly name it the year's best -- and why not? The commercial, on view below, ce ... More >>

O Scum all ye faithful: Christianity gets the punk-rock treatment at this Denver church

James Dobson's goodbye -- and why Focus on the Family doesn't see him as competition

Dr. James Dobson has a new focus.​On Friday, Dr. James Dobson delivered his final broadcast for Focus on the Family. But Focus spokesman Gary Schneeberger waited until today to comment to the public at large about Dobson's long-in-the-works departure from the Colorado Springs-based organizatio ... More >>

For Christ's sake: Local Evangelicals plan Civic Center Park rally for immigration reform

A Flickr photo​Jeff Johnsen, the executive director of Mile High Ministries, a collaboration of urban churches in Denver, thinks its time that Evangelical Christians spoke up about immigration. "The way we've worked out our social concern is caring for the poor: helping the homeless, feeding ... More >>

What would Jesus toke? Marijuana and Christianity in Colorado

Could the THC Ministry's Reverend Marks become the next James Dobson?​With medical marijuana taking the state by storm, it was inevitable that Christianity would be added to the mix. That time will apparently come later today: At a state capitol rally, Reverend James Marks of the THC Ministry ... More >>

Last Night: Evangelicals at the Hi-Dive

Evangelicals​ Evangelicals, Holiday Shores, Candy Claws Monday, November 9 The Hi-Dive Better Than: (Sorry about this) The Broncos offense Maybe it's a low blow, but Josh Jones of Evangelicals was responsible for tingling more spines than Brandon Marshall on Monday night, despite the fact th ... More >>

Focus on the Family launches more anti-gay tirades

Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery and Stuart Shepard. James Dobson's February decision to step down as chairman of Focus on the Family doesn't mean the organization is abandoning its ideological agenda. Indeed, his minions are as busy as ever attacking governmental actions that don't represent Focu ... More >>

Focus on the Family's nightmare scenario about an Obama victory

Light Rock

Denver Catholic Register Cuts Back on Publication Schedule

Mathew Murray Shooting God’s Plan?

Saints Preserve Us

Why is Mitt Romney such an ingrate toward Mexicans?

Vlog the Impaler Celebrates Ramahankwantetmas

Evangelicals

Wednesday, December 6, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

On Call

Mike Jones wasn't the only one to get regular visits from "Art."

Devils in Disguise

Evil is a chilling documentary portrait of a pedophile priest and his pious protectors.

Teen Angles

Young Christians learn that they have nothing to apologize for.

A House Divided

When Reverend Benjamin Reynolds opened his church to gays, some called it a sin. He calls it a mission from God.

They Are the Voice

Advocate Skateboards is on a mission from God.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of August 12, 2004

Joshua Needs Saving

Bringing the Savior to a small town doesn't guarantee salvation.

War and Remembrance

Father Jim Sunderland chose to spend his life as a middleman -- between killers and God.

Blood Feud

The Post's Dean Singleton joins a newspaper marriage even more strained than Denver's.

Off Limits

Making Book on Bill Owens

Questions about the religious right are this GOP candidate's cross to bear--or is that bare?

Out of Focus

Demons continue to haunt the injured ironworker who held up Focus on the Family--as well as his victims.

The Princess and the Peons

King James's Version

James Dobson issues gender "guidelines" for the country's most popular Bible.

Playing the Anglicans

COME TO JESUS

THE LOVE THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME...IN KEVIN TEBEDO'S PRESENCE.

CHURCH PLEADS THE FIRST

THE ARCHDIOCESE GETS AN EX-TEACHER'S SUIT THROWN OUT ON CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS.