Holiness Reeducation

Greg, Loren and I are headed to a pastor's retreat in Maryland with Brian Mclaren and about 50 other pastors for the next couple of days. Should be awesome. I will definitely blog about our conversations when I return.  Peace- Greg 

This morning I was reading an article about tithing and it got me riled up again. It takes very little to get me riled up on the subject of tithing, so I thought I would rant a little bit today. I forget that most people didn’t grow up in a church and home where tithing [...]

Well, It is official, there has been a turtle sighting. Last week Gretchen had an ultrasound and come this August there will be another Arthur man in this world. We are excited, debating names, and trying to prepare Sophie for a life with a little brother. I was the last shot for our line of [...]

About a week and a half ago I had the opportunity to see the movie V is for Vendetta. I went into the movie without too many expectations aside from vivid imagery and action/violence. Well, those small expectation were met and then some. The movie, which is based off of an old comic or graphic [...]

This one has been around for a while, but never ceases to be funny. My buddy Loren has a funny post about who is tougher Jack Bauer or Chuck Norris. Here is the list for Chuck's case. To measure Jack Bauer's case go to this site  Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer. But he is so [...]

I have been continuing to try and understand the adamant stance of so many Evangelicals and other Christians against more lenient and seemingly humane immigration laws. In this article it mentions the widening break between those in the church who embrace our call to love and care for immigrants in this country and our desire [...]

Alright, what is wrong with Christians these days. This article is about a youth minister who became so irrate during a dodgeball game he actually assaulted a kid. I am trying to imagine him explaining this to his boss. “I’m sorry boss I thought we were playing kickball, and I just missed.” “I was trying [...]

Parishoners at this Church of the Nazarene were tired of their church being broken into. So they started sleeping there with baseball bats. This article tells about what happened next. I guess we should be thankful, if this church was in Texas they probably would have been packing some firearms instead of baseball bats. I [...]

There is now a website that will sell you a Bush fish. This is an Ichthus, an ancient Christian symbol now relegated to the trunks of cars everywhere, with Bush’s name in the middle. How could someone make or sell these fish and not see it as total blasphemy. It is the definition of blasphemy. [...]

We are on the verge of the 2nd glorious weekend of March Madness and I have yet to talk about it, unbelievable. Here are some thoughts from the games thus far. The old adage about not trusting the upset Conference tournament winners has proved right once again. Syracuse, Xavier, and Kansas all dropped by the [...]