His alarm buzzes far before I would like to be awake on a Sunday morning. Bzzzzt. Bzzzzt. Bzzzzt. He tries to grab it quickly, but mornings are his Kryptonite. He can sleep and he does sleep and he would sleep … Continue reading →

Dear Readers; It’s Sunday…… time for another dose of religion! As I have said many times in the past, I don’t have any problem with religion as long as people remain sensible and conduct themselves in a civilized manner! It’s when someone goes overboard, like an Islamic terrorist, or that guy from Westboro Baptist Church, [...]

Rob Bell’s latest tour (since resigning from Mars Hill) kicked off in Toronto today. It’s hard to explain what happened – it was like he sewed together a collection of random stories he had been aching to tell – and somehow made it work. I’d rather not give the stories away, but here’s some quick [...]

Picture from the Associated Press.The Huffington Post had an interesting story on Rick Perry’s faith, on how he turned to christianity, and exploring the details behind this conversion.I don’t know if Perry will be nominated and win the presidency, but…

The CBC considers the government’s new office of religious freedom.
Other scholars are more…

Paul Dewar discusses the impact of his faith on his politics.
Dewar’s background is…

This past weekend my family and I packed our sleeping bags and suitcases and headed to a large camp a half an hour away for our church’s third annual Family Camp. The first one was two years ago and while … Continue reading →

A main focus of this blog is to consider and compare different political and ethical philosophies so as to promote better understanding of one’s own worldview and those of others. I frequently focus on progressivism/liberalism and libertarian con…

It’s beautiful where I hardly suspected. Behold, thou art fair, my love, behold, thou art fair, thou hast doves’ eyes. In each line I can smell the rise of love, the dusky glance in air, the longing, oh the longing. I can taste the need. My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my [...]

At a meetup of entrepreneurs in the city yesterday I was introduced to the phrase ‘burn the boats’. It’s a similar concept to my favorite scene in Gattaca Legend has it that when Cortes landed in Mexico in the 1500s, he ordered his men to burn the ships that had brought them there to remove [...]

Disturb us, O Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little; when we have arrived in safety because we sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, O Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess we have lost our thirst [...]

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Interesting video out of the Personal Democracy Forum 2011 by Jim Gilliam
Your thoughts?
h/t: Johnny Laird

* You can buy the bumper sticker here Taking the previous post on God’s Kryptonite a step further. I’ve got two kids. Let’s say one of them becomes sinful and rebellious (which would just never happen). But hypothetically, let’s just say for whatever reason one of my daughters lives a selfish and faithless life. At [...]

One of the defining characteristics I’ll hear Christians speaking of regarding their faith is that they worship a God of unconditional love and grace. Fantastic. And then they (including my past self) will say ‘salvation’ (heaven, eternity, life to the fullest, etc) is a gift of God… given by grace… it can’t be earned… all [...]

Harold Camping has made quite a splash recently with his latest doomsday prediction. It’s suppose to occur sometime before 6pm today – and that’s 6pm EST because that’s God’s favorite timezone of course. I wrote about being ‘left behind‘ a couple months ago – here’s some other great links as you prepare for the end. [...]

When I read stuff like this, I fill with despair and even fear.These men crave followers and attention so they offer cures for everything, but with next to no professional skill or credentials to deal with mental health problems. To make it worse, emot…

When I read stuff like this, I fill with despair and even fear.These men crave followers and attention so they offer cures for everything, but with next to no professional skill or credentials to deal with mental health problems. To make it worse, emotionally incapacitated people are taught not to question the Church’s authority, and to believe in miraculous cures that never occur. It’s

“Your actions will always follow your beliefs” – From Facing the Giants I recently watched the movie Facing the Giants about a football coach and football team that was muddling somewhere between hapless and mediocrety. The reason for their…

“You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to leave the shore.” – Andre Gide Filed under: Blogroll, Human Dynamics, Husbands, Leadership, Marriage, Motivational Quotes, Presentations, Richard Elmes, Sales Tagged: 2010, Andr…