There’s no getting rid of that Baldwin dude. And by that I mean Stephen, the Jesus-addled Baldwin, not to be confused with Alec, the anger-management Baldwin, or Daniel, the tortured crackhead Baldwin, nor yet Billy, the disturbingly normal black sheep of the Baldwin family.

Stephen has left behind the acting career that spanned projects such as Oscar winning film, “The Usual Suspects”, and the somewhat less lauded, “Biodome”, to become an evangelical youth minister. And he has cannily used the medium of “extreme” sports like skateboarding, BMX and motocross to get his message across:

“I’m here to reach the youth culture of America that’s dying everyday spiritually,” Baldwin says. “They’re overdosing, they’re committing suicide, they’re doing this and that. And the thing that transformed me was coming into the understanding the things of God and the spirit of God. And I want to share that with people — and I want to share it in a fun way.”

In as much as the precursor to the imminent Apocalypse can be fun:

“Jesus is coming back and if you really know what that means, and if you are experiencing and understanding what that’s all about, that’s pretty urgent,” Baldwin says. “Fires are burning all over America. This is biblical stuff.” He points to three major recent tragedies — 9/11, the tsunami in eastern Asia, and Hurricane Katrina — as signs that Jesus is returning.”

As charming and patently good natured as Stephen is, a man is only as good as his word, and unfortunately, it looks like Stephen’s going to welch on his promise of moving to Canada if Obama won the election. Read More »