So, in my last post for 2006, I figured I’d weigh in on the Jan 1 (and beyond) bowls. Most of these games I could care less about, but I’m going to pick a winner regardless, since I’ll probably watch as many of them as possible (because it’s college football and it’s on TV). [...]
Sometime after 10pm last night, I turned on one of the news channels and found out that Saddam had been executed. CNN even had it’s slogan up – “Death of a Dictator”. So, I checked out the websites, and it’s somewhat humorous how different news sites report the news.
At MSNBC, it was pretty [...]
Okay, here’s my final selection from Shane Claiborne’s The Irresistible Revolution. I found this interesting in light of discussions over at Scott Freeman’s place in recent months on the issue of non-violence.
Claiborne tells the story of visiting a hospital in Iraq where children were being treated for injuries they suffered due to the war. [...]
I believe all people are made in the image of God and that I should always be aware of that in how I view other people. They, like me, are His children and should be treated as such. I am not always good at doing that, but I’m trying to do better.
However, sometimes [...]
I posted a few times last year from Erwin McManus’ book Seizing Your Divine Moment, mostly from his discussion about risk and safety. McManus challenged the popular notion that the safest place for a Christian is “in the middle of God’s will”, suggesting that indeed the opposite is true, that it is a place [...]
Once again, this year did not contain the one sports story I look forward to the most each year – Duke wins the national championship in college basketball. However, there were a few bright spots here and there. Here are a few of the things that were of interest to me in 2006:
Just a few things on this Friday before Festivus…
Early Christmas presents
While growing up, nearly every Christmas my siblings and I would always plead with our parents to open just one Christmas present early. We already opened some presents early anyway – on Christmas Eve. I had 3 siblings, and we would open our [...]
Missing Baby Jesus returns from year-long trip with photos from his journey.
As we prepare to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace, I thought I would post the following from Shane Claiborne’s book The Irresistible Revolution. In his chapter where he records the details of his visit to Iraq, he writes the following:
I was invited to worship services nearly every day while in Iraq. [...]
I’ve never heard of Debbie Schlussel, but if her column quoted here is an accurate represenation of her thinking, then I don’t need to hear anything else from her. Or this guy, either.