Time to hit the ground running fast and furious today. Here are my predictions and thoughts for 2010.
(These are almost all guaranteed to be wrong, but it is worth a shot. You know how Paul in his letters would sometimes say, now this is a word from me, God didn’t tell me this, well have [...]
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Mondays are for New Years Ramblings
January 4, 2010President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize?!?!
October 9, 2009Wow! That is all I could say this morning reading that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. To say that the award feels a bit premature is an understatement. Do they have a category for most likely to succeed or something because it seems as if they awarded him presumptively. President Obama has [...]
Recession Lessons for Churches
September 29, 2009What has the recession taught churches that evidently scripture couldn’t? There is an interesting article today about the way the recession has deeply impacted religious institutions in our country. Churches, schools, synagogues, all of us have been hit hard over the past two years. So what has this world wide economic collapse taught us?
Well if [...]
The Right to Free Speech and the Right to Remain Silent
September 16, 2009The best way for us to celebrate our freedom as Americans is often through silence instead of speaking.
Nothing defines America more than our right to free speech. We have an ingrained sense of entitlement when it comes to speech. This is one of the most beautiful things about our country. Certainly there are limits (hate [...]
Sen. Edward Kennedy on Atonement
September 3, 2009The late Sen. Edward Kennedy has a memoir that is being released in a couple of weeks. This posthumous self accounting of his life delves into some interesting territory around his brothers, the tragedies he has lived through, and the lessons that only a life lived on the edge can give someone like the late [...]
When Term Papers Come Back to Bite You
September 1, 2009I am concerned today. When I was a sophomore in college, for my European history class I wrote a paper defending the actions of Maximilien Robespierre in the French Revolution. I portrayed Robespierre as a misguided idealist who is somewhat misunderstood. Mainly I wrote the paper in this light for fun. I wanted to see [...]
Mondays are for Wii Sports Resort Ramblings
August 24, 2009Why I married better than my wife
This weekend was my wife and I’s 11th wedding anniversary. I was such a child when I got married. I think the naive ignorance of it all for both Gretchen and I have such a great marriage. We have grown up as adults together. But I would be remiss [...]
Tuesdays are for GI Joe Ramblings…
August 11, 2009Ka$h for Klunkers
Is anyone else amused and amazed by the Ka$h for Klunkers program? I love the program because of how helpful/unhelpful/brilliant/idiotic it is. There are so many beautiful levels to this thing. On the one hand I think it is great, we are encouraging people towards fuel efficiency in a way that is actually [...]
Mondays are for going back to NC ramblings..
July 27, 2009Vacation is only 48 hours away and I am eagerly anticipating it. As a pastor you think that Easter or Advent are going to be the seasons that do you in, and each year they present their challenges, but summer always seems to be insane for me. It seems like I am always shuttling between [...]
The Skewed Sexual Ethics of Evangelicals
July 22, 2009On the Out of Ur blog this week there has been two really good posts I wanted to highlight and reflect on. Both are really good posts and I encourage you to read them. I am simply going to ramble and rant about them for a while because they got me fired up this week.
First [...]
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