Archive for November, 2008

Spiritual Stew: Episode Eleven – Save Christmas

from ourselves. In episode eleven we talk about saving Christmas from Christians and how to put the Christ in Christmas.

Music from3rd Man, called Blind Spot.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

We’re at the beach visiting family and are thoroughly enjoying ourselves. We hope that you are likewise enjoying your own families.
It has been a challenging year, with its shares of ups and downs, but my basket of goodness overflows. I’m thankful for a good year with a job I [...]

Name Calling

Okay this is neither about politics nor religion, but since this problem most often comes up when these topics are discussed, I reckon it applies. If you disagree with someone on one of these topics or any other topic then that’s fine. I have no problem with honest disagreement. I do however [...]

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X Marks the Christ

So on twitter someone said that “Merry Xmas is wrong, tacky, and just plain dumb”. I understand that sentiment and held it myself for a while, but I learned something very interesting over the years and I thought I would share it with you. X has been used as a legitimate abbreviation for [...]

Before and After

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After:

Yep, Leigh took our chickens to the farm today. It was a one way trip for them. Today she made this lovely soup. Yes taking the first bite was a little weird, but you know what? It was miiighty tasty.
I think most people in this country would benefit from raising their [...]

Shortcuts

In theory you can microwave an instant chocolate cake in a coffee mug.

But as the experimenter said, it was “well, not the best cake I’ve ever had”. Some things aren’t worth taking shortcuts with and some are. I find that in most cases where a shortcut may save you something in the short [...]

Spiritual Stew: Episode Ten – Rabbit Trails

In episode ten we go all over the map talking about social networks, killing chickens, and motivation.

Music from3rd Man, called Blind Spot.

John Williams Acapella Tribute

Awesome!

YouTube – "Star Wars" – an a capella tribute to John Williams

Marriage – Legalize it?

Okay so I’m gonna weigh in on this. Californians have decided to define marriage in their constitution. Cliffred of The Jesus Geeks said that this was an instance of people standing up for righteousness. Now I have a few problems/questions.
Problem/Question 1 – Should we “stand up for righteousness” in other ways in our [...]