Periodically (weekly I believe) there’s a chat on Twitter about science fiction called appropriately enough, SciFiChat. The whole think is conducted by making sure that everyone involved includes the hashtag #scifichat in their tweets. This ensures that everyone can see what’s being said even if you don’t follow everyone involved. You can see most, if [...]

So in a fit of… something last night I tweeted “Christians spend WAY too much time on “dos and don’ts”.” Nothing prompted it in particular. I’d like to blame the Holy Spirit for it, but he/she/it couldn’t be reached for comment. I suspect that part of the Trinity just sits back and looks at my [...]

A post from the Pugnacious Irishman and some posts by http://www.stufffundieslike.com/ on Facebook made me go digging for this post. I don’t ordinarily repost old content but I’m rather fond of this one. Communicate, when necessary use words. Just make sure that you choose them and the order you put them in, carefully. This post [...]

“God loves a cheerful giver” is one of those aphorisms that we often hear, but unlike some of them (“God helps those that help themselves.” for instance) this one is actually in the Bible. Second Corinthians chapter nine, verse seven says “Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not [...]

For those of you that have paid any mind to my podcasting posts you’ll remember the name Nathan Lowell. He’s perhaps one of podcasting’s most prolific authors and has recently gotten a book deal under way for the first of his Share series. I’m not here this time solely to pimp his podcast (I’ve done [...]

It’s amazing who God will use and for what. We’ve been going through Genesis in church and in our small group and learnign a thing or two about the patriarchs. This past Sunday we began looking at Abraham. Abram (as he was originally known) grew up a pagan. He likely believed in many gods and [...]

One of the things I love about the parables that Jesus used is that they are so often like those lenticular images. You know the ones, you look at them from a slightly different perspective and they present you with a new and completely different picture. Yeah, those. Now you have to be somewhat careful [...]

My Sainted Mother once told me (I’m sure of this though I don’t remember the precise instance) that if I didn’t have anything nice to say that I shouldn’t say anything at all. Of course Mom also said that there was a Santa Clause and a Tooth Fairy so she’s not exactly batting a thousand. [...]

Sid asked that I drop a post on Dominionism and never one to turn down a reasonable request I figured I’d take a stab. I started out by taking a look in every blogger’s best friend, Wikipedia. According to that vast treasure trove of interesting (and occasionally accurate) information, this particular worldview derives its name [...]

I tweeted this blog post which answers the question, “What’s the Second Worst Religious Idea of the Decade?”. Gonna make you click to see, but suffice to say I agree with the sentiment if not the precise numbering. In any event, Sid (always good for a barb) posited that it might be Evangelism. Both Mer [...]