Crystal Cathedral

Poor Catholic Parish in Santa Ana Reduced to Hanging a Banner Outside Its Church to Beg for New Air Conditioning

Early next month, the Catholic Diocese of Orange will officially pass the baton from current bishop Tod D. Brown to the incoming guy, Kevin W. Vann. Once Brownie leaves, expect the MSM to paint hosannas of the guy--mentioning the sex-abuse scandal, sure, but His Excellency bought the Crystal Cathedr ... More >>

Catholic Diocese of Orange Bishop/Pedophile Protector Tod D. Brown to Retire--HOORAY!!!

Just got word that tomorrow, Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown is going to announce his retirement, and his successor will also be named.HELL YA! ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!This represents only the second good thing Brown has done in his 14 years heading Orange County Catholics--the first, of course, bei ... More >>

Crystal Cathedral Gets New Name, God Doesn't Really Care

So the big news in Godburg over the weekend was that the Crystal Cathedral, the once-hallowed home of Schuller family shenanigans, has officially been renamed Christ Cathedral. Why it took months to drop three letters and add two others is anyone's guess, but as a "Wheel of Fortune" fan, I've seen ... More >>

Taqueria Two Guys Cheeses It

[Hole In the Wall] This Santa Ana Mexican restaurant loves its cheese, damn the authenticity

Schuller Coleman's Church Becomes Travelling Road Show

​Hope Center of Christ, the "let's flee from Crystal Cathedral and not look back lest we turn into a pillar of salt" church founded by Robert Schuller's daughter, Sheila Schuller Coleman, held a service Sunday at its first temporary tabernacle -- an AMC movie theater at the Outlets at Orange.The f ... More >>

Funny Anonymous Pedo-Apologist OC Catholic Rant of the Day!

​Every couple of months, I get a non-sequitor gloat from a local Catholic who's always too cowardly to sign their name--best guess is Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown, but could easily be notorious outer of sex-abuse victims Matt Cunningham. This yellow belly won't even send me an email--inst ... More >>

Trinity of Schullers Out at Crystal Cathedral

​Sheila Schuller Coleman's announcement Sunday that she was stepping down as senior pastor from the Crystal Cathedral brought to a close a weekend in which her family appears to have severed ties with the iconic Garden Grove-based megachurch. She made the announcement during Sunday services, ... More >>

Donations Down, Reruns Up at Crystal Cathedral

​Crystal Cathedral may want to consider sowing a financial seed into the Trinity Broadcasting Network. After all, the TV ministry's holy hucksters promise that those who do will reap financial fruit.The house that Robert Schuller built apparently was built on shifting sands, as donations to Crysta ... More >>

Schuller Shakeup at Crystal Cathedral: Reverend Robert's Daughter 'Temporarily' off board

​The Crystal Cathedral announced in a statement Wednesday that Senior Pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman is temporarily leaving the board of directors. "The leadership changes to the Board of Directors for Crystal Cathedral Ministries are temporary and we believe that they will be good for the Cr ... More >>

Sources: Fix Already in on Crystal Cathedral Renaming--Bishop Brown Wants "Transfiguration" in Name

​Not even a week has passed since Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown asked the county's 1.2 million Catholics to submit ideas with a Christological angle to rename the recently purchased Crystal Cathedral, and the game is already over.Yes, Papists: Brownie is using ustedes, making you think you have owner ... More >>

5 New "Christological" Crystal Cathedral Names

​While the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange is allowing Crystal Cathedral ministry to stay there for another three years before completely taking over, Bishop Tod Brown is seeking a new name now, with submissions accepted through Feb. 20 at rcbo.org/cathedral-name. Brown asks only that the name be ... More >>

Will Saddleback Church Snap Up Albert Pujols, Christianity's Biggest Free Agent?

Warren and Pujols: A Murderer's Row for Christ?​Going off what Coker posted yesterday about Christians looking toward new Anaheim Angels slugger Albert Pujols to bring a bunch of Papist Mexis in la naranja toward Christ, the question then becomes: what local church will Pujols sign up for as his n ... More >>

Does the Vatican Think the Crystal Cathedral is Fugly?

​Sure, so Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown thinks he scored a coup by purchasing the Crystal Cathedral from the Schuller clan. But the move isn't being universally celebrated by conservative Catholics, many whom long derided the Crystal Cathedral as the antithesis of Catholic church beauty an ... More >>

Crystal Cathedral Bidding War Won by Catholic Diocese

​A $59 million hail Mary by Chapman University did not overcome the hail Marys of parishoners, clergy and a certain bishop as a bankruptcy judge decided Thursday afternoon that the Crystal Cathedral will be sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange for $57.5 million.By siding with the Crystal C ... More >>

Local Catholics Already Gloating About Crystal Cathedral Purchase, Despite Coming Closure of Diocese of Orange Parishes

Brownie: Begin the deluge!​So the big news today, as Clockwork Coker posted earlier, is that the Diocese of Orange bought the Crystal Cathedral, a development we correctly predicted months ago, and long before any other media outlets. Sure, that's a bit of gloating, but it's nothing like the pedo- ... More >>

5 Ways the Catholic Diocese or Chapman University Can Sweeten Their Offers to Buy Crystal Cathedral

​A bankruptcy judge has said he'll make a decision Thursday on who the winning bidder is for Crystal Cathedral, Orange County's original Protestant megachurch that was completed in Garden Grove in 1980 and is now $46 million in debt.Bidding seems to have come down to two other Orange County instit ... More >>

Bishop Tod D. Brown Fails OC Catholics Again by Failing to Buy Crystal Cathedral

Brownie: The Hour of No Power--again​The local and national media are tripping over themselves in reporting how the Crystal Cathedral's board of directors has approved Chapman University's offer to purchase the iconic church's Garden Grove facilities for $50 million. All the reports are also makin ... More >>

Has the Robert H. Schuller Family Been Running a Crystal Ponzi Scheme Cathedral?

​We posted an item earlier this morning about two Orange County men who stole nearly $10 million from investors in separate Ponzi schemes. Now, we must ask, what is it if not a Ponzi scheme the Robert H. Schuller family has been running, at least based on the lawsuit brought by unpaid creditors of ... More >>

[UPDATED with Creditor Blowback:] New Bidder for Crystal Cathedral: Crystal Cathedral

​UPDATE, AUG. 11, 12:22 P.M.: Crystal Cathedral's former chief financial officer, Fred Southard, strolled into a recent bankruptcy hearing in federal court in Santa Ana and shook his head. It just won't work, he commented to assembled reporters about the Robert H. Schuller family plan to turn to c ... More >>

Crystal Cathedral Mess Gets on Which Way, L.A.?

​As Clockwork Coker reported yesterday, my (and Patty's and Chasen's) alma mater, Chapman University, want to buy the Crystal Cathedral--a beautiful proposal, given that the Rev. Robert Schuller set in motion the paranoid conservative politics that Chapman University now pride themselves on. It's ... More >>

Diocese of Orange Exploring Purchase of Crystal Cathedral, Just Like We Said A Month and a Half Ago

Brownie: The Hour of No Power​Remember how I wrote this May that insiders with the Catholic Diocese of Orange were trying to convince Bishop Tod D. Brown to buy the financially ailing Crystal Cathedral so that His Excellency wouldn't have to waste over $100 million on a new cathedral? Because it'd ... More >>

Chapman University Wants to Buy Crystal Cathedral for $46 Million

​Chapman University in Orange has submitted a $46 million bid to buy the Crystal Cathedral property and facilities in Garden Grove.The university's Board of Trustees authorized the proposal at its June 27 regularly scheduled meeting, something that was made public today in a filing made by the C ... More >>

5 Churches That Should Buy Crystal Cathedral

Would you buy a church from these guys?​Drowning in debt, Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral is reportedly being put up for sale. The American Independent surmises the mega-church's dire financial straits demonstrate conservatism is on the wane behind the Orange Curtain. But rather than wallow in ... More >>

Robert Schuller's Glass House of God

[Moxley Confidential] Picking through the shards of the bankrupt televangelism empire.

Robert Schuller Reiterates Crystal Cathedral Loves the Gays, as It Always Has

​Poor Robert Schuller--in a way. The founder of the Crystal Cathedral, one of the architects of modern-day American Christianity, has seen his heir apparent split, donations to his church fall precipitously, and is now seeing his daughter try to swing the ministry to the homo-hating right by makin ... More >>

5 Ways to Avoid Being Outed at Crystal Cathedral

​Attention, Crystal Cathedral gay choir members (you know who you are): Just because you signed a covenant with the Garden Grove megachurch vowing you are not homosexual, you have not escaped the prying eyes of pious asswipes determined to out you (they know who they are).For heaven's sake, consid ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Crystal Cathedral's High Salaries Questioned in Bankruptcy Proceedings

​Update, November 19, 2:50 p.m.: Creditors in the Crystal Cathedral bankruptcy proceedings have filed court documents that question the high salary of yet another employee.This one is is paid to the son-in-law of the church's Chief Financial Officer Fred Southard, whose $132,019 housing allowance ... More >>

As the Crystal Cathedral Teeters on its Last Lifeline, Sheila Schuller Coleman Goes on 11-Day Cruise in Greece

​Here's one way to deal with the fact that your iconic megachurch is facing the biggest crisis in its history: Take a vacation. While the Crystal Cathedral has filed for bankruptcy, senior pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman is off on a 11-day cruise to Greece.

Crystal Cathedral Declares Bankruptcy--Why Robert Schuller Had it Coming

​The news is traveling across the wires right now that the Crystal Cathedral, that iconic Garden Grove congregation that started the modern-day megachurch movement, has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The best coverage of this story has happened in the pages of the Orange County Register, specific ... More >>

Robert H. Schuller Continues Speaking Engagements as his Crystal Cathedral Burns

​Much has been made of the problems of OC's original megachurch, the Crystal Cathedral, in the past year, and the Orange County Register's Deepa Bharath has done a great job documenting the splits between the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, his children and former congregants. While other local megachurc ... More >>

To Do This Weekend 4/10-4/12

Timber!, Daily until Sun., May 3Featuring Chad Eaton's storybook paintings of lumberjacks and Abe Lincoln look-a-likes strike a curious chord with the young and cultured.Hibbleton Art Gallery, 112 W. Wilshire Ave., Fullerton, CAEgg Hunt, Saturday, April 11, 9 a.m.The event will include an arts and ... More >>

The Glory of Easter

Crystal Cathedral

Orange County Register Readers Meet Their Nuttier Competition

*UPDATEDIt appears Orange County Register readers watch the Channel 4 news. Or, at least, some of the comments left on KNBC's online version of a breaking story about a man committing suicide this morning on the altar of Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove read as if they could have been lifted from o ... More >>

The Glory of Christmas

The Crystal Cathedral

Crystal Cathedral's 'Glory of Christmas' Delivers Baby Jesus, Flying Angels and Camel Poop

Warren Ain't no Schuller

The eyes of America fall upon Saddleback Church tomorrow, where recent Time cover boy Rick Warren plays Tim Russert while he interviews presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama. There is a lot of grousing amongst people for the outlandish admission fees Warren is charging, monies he claims ... More >>

To Do Tonight 3/18

Chris Williams Sextet, 8 p.m. See award-winning jazz vocalist Chris Williams perform at the prestigious Steamers Jazz Cafe. Steamers 138 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, CA, 92832 (714) 871-8800 Comedy Juice, 8 p.m. One of the most famous comedy shows in the country is now in Brea! Comedy Juice fe ... More >>

OC Pastors Jihadi Appeasers?

That's what the Michelle Malkins and Jonathan Constantines of the world will undoubtedly screech once this open letter of apology to Muslims by Christian pastors percolates through the blogosphere. The letter--which appeared Nov. 18 as a full-page ad in the New York Times--is an ecumenical overture ... More >>

10 Years Best

Cover commentary from the past 10 years

Diary of a Mad County

I didn't get what I wanted for Christmas, and now you're gonna pay!

Commie Girl

Of Fullerton bars and gaygaygay holiday spectaculars

Garden Grove

Church du Soleil

The Rev. Schuller's daughter puts on a show. Very cool puppets rule

Church du Soleil

The Rev. Schuller's daughter puts on a show. Very cool puppets rule

Eight Days

Diary of a Mad County

Das Boot!

Crystal Cathedral evicts preacher with neo-Nazi ties

To Protect and Swerve

Garden Grove police say their chaplain, a man with ties to neo-Nazis, is no problem

Hour of White Power

Reverend Robert H. Schuller relies on a man with ties to Neo-Nazis to build religious understanding

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