Archive for March, 2010

Bitter Release – A Short Story

Well in an effort to see if my stuff is worth buying I have published a version of my short story “Bitter Release” through Smashwords. Smashwords is a website that allows authors to take their work and convert it into a wide variety of electronic formats and sell it. Smashwords gets a cut [...]

The Reformation

(The following is a bit ranty. You’ve been warned.)
So in case you haven’t heard, there’s a bill that’s been passed recently that may have some implications on the future of our country. I haven’t read it. I don’t know if it will drive our country into the ground or lift us up [...]

Church of Law vs. Church of Love

So I finished the Stealing Jesus book a while back. It was … interesting. Bawer had the ability to both push my buttons and make me think. I was alternately pumping and raising my fist throughout.
The basic premise of the book was this: there are two churches in America. [...]

Spiritual Stew: Episode 14 – Anti-Intellectualism

Episode 14 of Spiritual Stew!!!
Things mentioned:
Conversation with Dan Sawyer
Creation
Abortion
Science
Rabbit trails (ht to http://www.thejenanddaveshow.com)
Conversation with Brad
Promo for http://www.jtindie.com/ played.

Social Justice

This is one of those posts where I’m hoping that you, my wonderful readers, will comment at great length on your blogs and or in the comments below. I’m trying to figure out what the buzzword/catchphrase “social justice” means in terms of Christianity. Why?
Well maybe you heard about what Glen Beck said:
I’m begging [...]

Baptism and Circumcision

In the Presbyterian Church we practice the baptism of infants. It was a bit of a change to me given my Baptist/Methodist background. Once I thought about it a bit and saw how it went down though I was largely okay with it. It’s basically almost identical to a baby dedication similar [...]

Anathema

This is my stab at Alan Knox’s Scripture as We Live It series, wherein he takes a piece of scripture and shows how we most often live it out. Apologies to Alan if this falls flat.
But though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach unto you any gospel thing other than that which [...]