Muslim and a Christian?

 The Rev. Ann Redding of Seattle Washington, an Episcopalian priest (priestess?), has made the shocking claim that she is both a Muslim and a Christian. Many of those who are either Muslim or Christian will ask, “How can you be a Christian and be a Muslim at the same time?” Indeed, Hisham Farajallah, president of the Islamic Center of Washington, said, “I don’t know how that works,” and Kurt Fredrickson of Fuller seminary said, “I don’t think it’s possible to be both just like you can’t be a Republican and a Democrat.” We were hoping for an answer from Folly herself on how it could be possible to be a Christian and a Muslim at the same time. She has not given us a satifactory answer yet. She was having a problem with getting past the “Jesus Christ is the Son of God and Redeemer of sinful humanity” clause within Christianity. When she figures it out we’ll let you know. On the upside of it all, Rev. Ann gets more holidays than the rest of us.