Seeking a New Foundation
For the last few months, the church that Jessica and I go to has been without a pastor, and the congregation itself has taken to the job giving the sermon.1 Yesterday, I gave the reflection. It was a...
View ArticleI Will Make No Apologies For Love
Since The Minimettas arrived, I have been writing a great deal. Nearly every day, I spend a bit of time in the evening, or take a break during the day in a coffee shop, and write. Many times it is just...
View ArticleGiving as… Listening
Because it’s Christmas, and because this time of gift-giving is so difficult in so many ways, I wanted to take a moment to detail more about what gift-giving is to me. The focus of it being that gifts...
View ArticleI don’t jaywalk, because I’m an Indian
Every once in a while, I’m lucky enough to be reminded about the beautiful variety in life. The differences of opinion that set you off-center, shake you out of routine, and cause you to pause to look...
View ArticleToday is the Spring Equinox
A post from my friend Anne Key: Today is the Spring Equinox, and we are at the height of the season, at Mid-Spring. The first half of Spring, from the beginning of February until today, has been a time...
View ArticleBen Hur and The Devaluing Of Jesus
As a child, I thought the movie Ben Hur was a story about how rockin’ cool it would be to row in a Roman ship, then become an awesome gladiator, and be able to kill people by running them over in a...
View ArticleThe Last Airhead: Christians vs. Buddhists!
Alright, I tried, but I can’t let this one go. Apparently, someone wants to use The Last Airbender as a way to “explain the difference between Buddhist and Christian worldviews,” and specifically to...
View ArticleMosques in New York
I’ve been really angry lately because of the muslims trying to take over New York City, especially after they killed so many innocent Americans. And there’s the key issue: this argument is completely...
View ArticleEmbrace your inner bigot
I recently wrote a post about the upheaval regarding the Muslim Cultural Center in New York. Despite the fact that the post was long and even, at times, inflammatory, it illustrated a point....
View ArticleWhen Fast means Slow
It’s an adjective: To move fast. We use it all the time, especially as our beloved modern technology increases the pace of information and change. It’s an adjective. But it’s also a noun. A Fast. And...
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