Joe Territo captures my thoughts fairly accurately:
I’m starting to question my own, somewhat recent decision to vote for Kerry. Can somebody who is running what appears to be such a weak campaign possibly be a strong and effective president? I am starting to buy into the Republican argument that even though I don’t agree with […]

emergent like slime drops this one on us:
A survey has been conducted in Newcastle, UK, about how practising Christians are viewed by their work colleagues. They were fairly much liked, actually, but their top three perceived characteristics were as follows:
1. They go to church
2. They don’t have much time to socialise with […]

Jesus came to a people in the Middle East who felt they were oppressed by the unquestioned world power at the time. He was a dynamic leader and rallied people around himself, disenfranchised people with nothing to lose who had a desire for revolution; those in power eliminated him and put his followers on the […]

From Christianity Today:
By Jonathan David Taylor
Lance Loud was dying and in need of a cat.
Tyler and I alone realized this. The only question left was: Where do two broke college students find a cat?
I was a freshman at Biola University. Since Biola requires students to be involved in a ministry, I chose the most uncomfortable […]

From today’s Bruderhof Daily Dig:
Our lives as we live them seem like lives that anticipate questions that never will be asked. It seems as if we are getting ourselves ready for the question “How much did you earn during your lifetime?” or “How many friends did you make?” or “How much progress did you make […]

I was home for lunch today and Gretchen was talking to her mom on the phone. My mother-in-law is a frequent reader (though never a commenter - maybe this will change that) of this blog, and while I was briefly on the phone today she was talking smack about me not posting anything recently. […]

I’ve been dealing with a lot of power issues at church lately. Depressing stuff. People who use their leadership platform as a means to create followers (clones), as a means to get their way, as a means to feel important and superior, always at the expense of another. Power is never solitary. […]