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April 5, 2012
Taqueria Two Guys Cheeses It
[Hole In the Wall] This Santa Ana Mexican restaurant loves its cheese, damn the authenticity
Blogs
March 21, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
March 13, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
March 12, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
March 6, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
February 9, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
December 9, 2011
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 >>
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November 22, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
November 15, 2011
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 >>
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October 27, 2011
Bishop Tod D. Brown Fails OC Catholics Again by Failing to Buy Crystal Cathedral
Brownie: The Hour of No Power--againThe 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 >>
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October 4, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
August 11, 2011
[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 >>
Blogs
July 6, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
July 6, 2011
Diocese of Orange Exploring Purchase of Crystal Cathedral, Just Like We Said A Month and a Half Ago
Brownie: The Hour of No PowerRemember 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 >>
Blogs
July 5, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
May 30, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
May 14, 2011
Does the Diocese of Orange Want to Buy Out the Crystal Cathedral?
Save me, Brownie!If there's one thing people should know about the Catholic Diocese of Orange, it's that the crazier the rumor, the more likely it's true. Men of the cloth abusing boys and girls? Of course! Bishops covering up said abuse? That's religion! Siccing attack dogs on abuse victims? Dam ... More >>
News
April 14, 2011
Robert Schuller's Glass House of God
[Moxley Confidential] Picking through the shards of the bankrupt televangelism empire.
Blogs
March 17, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
March 16, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
November 19, 2010
[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 >>
Blogs
October 27, 2010
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.
Blogs
October 18, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
July 19, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
April 10, 2009
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 >>
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April 9, 2009
The Glory of Easter
Crystal Cathedral
Blogs
February 18, 2009
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 >>
Calendar
December 25, 2008
The Glory of Christmas
The Crystal Cathedral
Culture
December 18, 2008
Crystal Cathedral's 'Glory of Christmas' Delivers Baby Jesus, Flying Angels and Camel Poop
The Crystal Cathedral
Blogs
August 15, 2008
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 >>
Blogs
March 18, 2008
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 >>
Blogs
December 20, 2007
"The Glory of Christmas": A Review by Outsiders
We here in Orange County are so jaded by the Crystal Cathedral's Glory of Christmas spectacular that we frequently forget how stupendous the production is. Leave it to the holy geniuses over at the Wittenburg Door to remind us of our jewel. Under the title, "And They Laid Him in a Manger, Somewhere ... More >>
Blogs
November 26, 2007
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 >>
Features
October 19, 2006
10 Years Best
Cover commentary from the past 10 years
Columns
January 5, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
I didn't get what I wanted for Christmas, and now you're gonna pay!
Columns
December 22, 2005
Commie Girl
Of Fullerton bars and gaygaygay holiday spectaculars
Features
October 20, 2005
Garden Grove
Of Fullerton bars and gaygaygay holiday spectaculars
Features
August 4, 2005
Church du Soleil
The Rev. Schuller's daughter puts on a show. Very cool puppets rule
Culture
August 4, 2005
Church du Soleil
The Rev. Schuller's daughter puts on a show. Very cool puppets rule
Columns
March 25, 2004
Eight Days
The Rev. Schuller's daughter puts on a show. Very cool puppets rule
Columns
May 15, 2003
Diary of a Mad County
The Rev. Schuller's daughter puts on a show. Very cool puppets rule
News
May 23, 2002
Das Boot!
Crystal Cathedral evicts preacher with neo-Nazi ties
News
April 11, 2002
To Protect and Swerve
Garden Grove police say their chaplain, a man with ties to neo-Nazis, is no problem
Features
February 21, 2002
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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August 16, 2001
New Music
Reverend Robert H. Schuller relies on a man with ties to Neo-Nazis to build religious understanding
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January 7, 1999
The Year in Eats
Reverend Robert H. Schuller relies on a man with ties to Neo-Nazis to build religious understanding
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