I've added a fascinating new blog to the blogroll. This one belongs to Discoshaman, an American church-planter living in the Ukraine who, in his own words, "is impossible to capture in only a few words. Debonair, athletic and devastatingly handsome do an even poorer job than most adjectives. Presbyterian, Republican, expat and cheeky strike nearer the mark."

Among Discoshaman's observations:

...the Episcopal Church has just elected its first openly gay Bishop. Undoubtedly mascara is running down stubbly-cheeks all over South Beach and the Castro District as they sob with joy for this historic first.

And also:

In one of those schadenfreude-laden ironies of life, Bishop John Spong, author of "Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism" and "Christianity Must Change--Or Die" saw his congregation die at TWICE the national rate. Newark has lost 80% of its members in thirty years. He's DEFINITELY the man on a white horse that Christianity needs to save it. The Jack Kevorkian of church growth.

Good stuff.