Ted Haggard

Gary Busey steals the show from Ted Haggard on Celebrity Wife Swap

Heading into the airing of tonight's episode of Celebrity Wife Swap on ABC, the talk around here focused almost exclusively on Pastor Ted Haggard, who had to leave his mega New Life Church in Colorado Springs five years ago after "the scandal." But when the show aired at 8 p.m. Colorado time, "The ... More >>

Colorado Springs lives it up with new logo and slogan

Ted Haggard​When you think of Colorado Springs, what do you think of? Pikes Peak? The Garden of the Gods? The Broadmoor? The Air Force Academy? Ted Haggard? Yesterday, while Visit Denver's annual meeting was learning that National Geographic Traveler will feature Denver next year as soon as th ... More >>

Ted Haggard on Celebrity Wife Swap: What five reality shows will he sign up with next?

Ted Haggard.​Disgraced pastor turned media whore Ted Haggard has agreed to appear on Celebrity Wife Swap -- and will trade significant others with Gary Busey. And no, this isn't a post from The Onion. Having failed with his own reality-show attempt, Hag's apparently now open to all comers, as ... More >>

Ted Haggard's new video: Martha Stewart & Michael Vick got restored -- so why not me?

Video below.​Ted Haggard's recent profile in GQ magazine finds him seeking attention by getting graphic about his encounters with male escort Mike Jones -- hence his claim that masturbation isn't "sex sex" and speculation that a younger Ted might see himself as bisexual. But some of the commen ... More >>

Ted Haggard in GQ: Masturbation by male escort isn't "sex sex," he'd be bisexual if younger

Ted Haggard.​The problem Ted Haggard is facing in his continuing effort to rehabilitate his image enough to become a national media star again is that the very thing he doesn't want to talk about -- his dalliance with male escort Mike Jones -- is pretty much the only thing that intrigues repor ... More >>

Reader: Ted Haggard's humanity is comparable to the Apostle Paul's

Ted Haggard.​Word has it that Ted Haggard's TLC special, Scandalous, could lead to a regular reality series for the comeback-seeking pastor, who made national headlines for his dalliance with male escort Mike Jones. But a reader commenting on a June post about attendance at his new church thi ... More >>

Ted Haggard reality show on the way? Praise the Lord and pass the collection plate!

Ted Haggard.​Let's end our Denver blog post collections for the week with this triumvirate, shall we? 5280's Michael de Yoanna muses about the prospect for a Ted Haggard reality series on TLC. Maybe Kate Gosselin and her kids could join his congregation! Denver Stiffs' Jeffrey Morton offers ... More >>

How does our Hall of Shame 2010 compare to previous years? Read them and weep.

Remember this shameful character from 2007?​Names like Josh McDaniels, Scott McInnis and Jamie Paulin-Ramirez made us cringe this year, committing dastardly deeds or generally making fools of themselves and the Centennial State. And as such, they've been inducted into our Hall of Shame 2010 ( ... More >>

Tim Tebow: Rolling Stone piece praising him attacked for implying CO Springs hates gays

Tim Tebow and mom for FOTF.​Among the most commented pieces on the Colorado Springs Gazette's website in recent days has been an editorial spurred by a Westword post, "Tim Tebow: Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi Reluctantly Predicts Big Things for 'Kid Jesus.'" Not that Gazette editorialist Wayne ... More >>

Ted Haggard "over-repented" quote taking on a life of its own

Ted Haggard.​Back on July 24, Ted Haggard, as part of his continuing rehabilitation campaign built around the launch of his new church, told the Wall Street Journal that he "over-repented" when apologizing for his extra-marital shenanigans with male escort Mike Jones. A week-plus later, the qu ... More >>

Mike Jones on why priests (and ministers like Ted Haggard) hire male prostitutes

Mike Jones.​While Ted Haggard has moved on to his second act as the founding minister of St. James, his new church in Colorado Springs, Mike Jones, the male escort who outed the meth- and male-seeking New Life preacher in the fall of 2006, is still working off the same script. Jones weighs in ... More >>

Ted Haggard's new church moving to Pikes Peak Center: Too big too soon?

The main room at the Pikes Peak Center.​Comeback pastor Ted Haggard's new St. James church has been alternately praised for its feel-good message and derided as an empty infomercial due to the frequent presence of film crews recording his every prayer for a potential documentary. Which leaves ... More >>

Ted Haggard's new church: Christian comeback or empty infomercial?

Ready for his closeup?​Massage fan Ted Haggard's attempted comeback with St. James Church is such a made-for-TV enterprise that it makes sense his pulpit performances are getting regular reviews. Thus far, however, there's wide disagreement among critics about whether the services strike the r ... More >>

Ted Haggard: Is he only pretending to be straight to get back in evangelicals' good graces?

Ted Haggard announcing St. James.​Colorado Springs preacher Ted Haggard's new church, St. James, didn't set attendance records on Sunday. But his attempt to rise again after a fall precipitated by his dalliance with male escort Mike Jones has made him a figure of fascination the world over. C ... More >>

Ted Haggard's new church attendance on the low end of his predictions

Ted Haggard pimping his church to Joy Behar.​Ted Haggard announced the launch of a new church last week with the help of a Los Angeles PR firm that's gotten him some high profile platforms from which to pitch the project. Included among them was his appearance alongside long-suffering wife Ga ... More >>

Ted Haggard: The top 10 hymns for his new church

Ted Haggard, as seen on Channel 4: Is he ready to sing?​Yesterday, Ted Haggard held a news conference in Colorado Springs to announce that he's founding a new church while being trailed by a production crew, just in case anyone might like to air a documentary or reality show about it. Of cour ... More >>

Ted Haggard: Is reality TV in his future?

Is Ted Haggard ready for his closeup?​Update, 11:25 a.m.: Ted Haggard has made his announcement. It involves a launch party for his new church and a possible documentary. Details below the original item, published at 8:36 a.m. Today at 10:30 a.m., embattled Colorado Springs evangelist Ted Hag ... More >>

Ted Haggard's new church unlikely to feature massages -- damn it!

"Let's start off with a lesson about forgiveness."​Every day, we pluck choice posts from Denver blogs. Here are three ripe ones. 5280's Michael de Yoanna hips us to disgraced Colorado Springs pastor Ted Haggard's new church, dubbed St. James -- presumably because the name New Life Church was ... More >>

Ted Haggard's lies and sad eyes in wife Gayle Haggard's new book

Will Gayle Haggard's book stay on the bookstore shelves?​Today's Denver Post previews Why I Stayed: The Choices I Made in My Darkest Hour, a memoir by Gayle Haggard, wife of Colorado Springs evangelist and former male-escort fan Ted Haggard. Her conclusion: ""Love is powerful enough to erase a ... More >>

Top 10 Colorado sex acts of the decade

A Flickr photo.​ Everybody loves a good, home-grown sex scandal. Especially scandals that involve Evangelical Christians, bestiality, horny moms and naughty schoolteachers. (Not all at once, sadly.) Colorado has played host to its fair share of salaciousness this past decade. Here, we look ba ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Top Ten Turkeys for 2009

​There's still a month to go before the year ends -- plenty of time for more people to join the elite flock of fuck-ups for 2009 (and for Josh McDaniels to get back on the list, after his last-second reprieve with yesterday's win). Still, there's been no shortage of Colorado turkeys this year ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Ted Haggard and Norman Rockwell

​"It's a Norman Rockwell scene," Ted Haggard told the reporters gathered outside his Colorado Spring home last night, where the New Life Church founder and disgraced minister was about to start his first, off-the-record prayer meeting. "It's a 'Kumbaya' moment." A Norman Rockwell scene? Only ... More >>

Fast-track this: Five untapped Colorado energy sources

Thar she blows: The Penry-Huttner Geothermal Project.​The Department of the Interior just designated six renewable energy projects, including a 400-megawatt solar tower, as "fast-track" developments deserving of the highest priority. All six of the projects happen to be in California. Hard t ... More >>

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Wake-Up Call: Stand by your man -- even if he's Ted Haggard

Don't forget: Today, Ted Haggard and his wife, Gayle, appear on Divorce Court, to discuss how revelations of Haggard's extra-curricular (and intra-sex) activities affected the marriage. On the show, the disgraced former New Life pastor says he wanted his wife to divorce him, but she refused, eve ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: The dudes of Haggard

"This is part of Ted's journey," Gayle Haggard told a reporter. "It's made him a better man. I see what has happened as a divine rescue." Of the Haggards' bank account, if nothing else. Three years ago Ted Haggard, then pastor of the New Life Church and head of the National Association of Evange ... More >>

Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: Ted Haggard's insurance policies, part three

Like a good neighbor, Ted Haggard is there... and this time he's back as a "traveling insurance salesman," pitching his policies from motel rooms with these slick brochures... -- Kenny Be  

Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: Ted Haggard's insurance policies, part two

Like a good neighbor, Ted Haggard is there... and this time he's back as a "traveling insurance salesman," pitching his policies from motel rooms with these slick brochures... -- Kenny Be

New Life Church shooting victim speaks out prior to Ted Haggard media tour

Amid all the revelations connected with Ted Haggard's attempted resurrection on HBO and Oprah, the accusations of payoffs involving yet another young man lusted after by the former pastor ("Watch the KRDO report featuring Ted Haggard's latest accuser"), and assorted other sordidness, a greater ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 28 edition

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Watch the KRDO report featuring Ted Haggard's latest accuser

Suddenly, Ted Haggard is everywhere again. Yesterday, the disgraced former pastor of Colorado Springs' New Life Church, who left that post following revelations of homosexual conduct unveiled by onetime male escort Mike Jones (who's made a new video lambasting the church), was named in headlines a ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 27 edition

Look busy! The Boss is coming! Today in Backbeat Online: • Bruce Springsteen due at the Pepsi Center. • Spools of Dark Thread not dead yet. • Mighty 4 Colorado hip-hop event set for May 16. • ManeLine featured on Rebel Radio mixtape. • Trace Bundy gets nod from Acoustic Magazine. Today ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 26 edition

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Ted Haggard's molestation sermon: watch it here

Report: Ted Haggard Finally Admits to Sexual Contact With Mike Jones

Stage Fright

Mike Jones looked buff in the buff, but when the naked truth about a Denver ordinance was exposed, the nudity had to exit stage left.

Jesus Loves Irony

Jonesing

New Life Church has gotten a makeover since Ted Haggard left — as Mike Jones reports from the inside.

Me and Mr. Jones

Blow jobs are short. Scandals are not.

Life Swap

More newspaper reporters are taking the leap to TV -- a move some print pros still see as consorting with the enemy.

Lots of Yuk

If counseling didn’t do it, these late-night gabfests should set Ted Haggard straight.

Year in Review: The Great Pretenders

Welcome to the 2006 Hall of Shame.

Letters to the Editor

"Though there were times when your paper annoyed me and even grated on my nerves, the positive outweighed the negative."

Sin City

Colorado Springs has a message for James Dobson: Let Ted moo!

Watch Your Step

More Messages: Hey, Hey, Paula

On Call

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

The Message

Prophetable