Staying busy again this week, little time to post. This may be it for the week. However, you can now see some of what I’m reading when I have a little time here and there in my “Recent Reads” section in the sidebar. Here’s a few other things…

Faith & politics
In the first [...]

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I’ve loved everything I’ve read by Mark Buchanan. His book Your God Is Too Safe is one of my favorites. I recently mentioned wanting to read soon his last book, The Rest of God. Just a couple of weeks ago, his most recent book, Hidden in Plain Sight, was released. A [...]

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Christian nation?
I’ve encountered a number of blogs this week that have been discussing the idea of the U.S. as a Christian nation (or not.) Usually, the discussion originated because of a New York Times article from earlier this week about the Woodland Hills church in St. Paul, Minnesota and it’s pastor, [...]

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Our teaching pastors began a series at our church last week called “Beginnings“, in which they’re teaching through the opening chapters of Genesis. The message yesterday was delivered by Tim Lundy on the beginnings of man, woman and marriage.
Today, as I scanned through some news sites, I found this article regarding President Bush’s remarks in [...]

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I ran across this article by Tom Gilroy after having read this post over at Greg Kendall-Ball’s site. I would suggest reading Greg’s post and the comments that followed, as, most likely, it is all more interesting than anything I write about it. However, I do want to offer my own thoughts on it as [...]

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I just began reading The Myth of a Christian Nation : How the Quest for Political Power is Destroying the Church by Gregory Boyd, and am enjoying it so far. I wanted to share one quote that I read tonight. In the book, Boyd begins by contrasting what he calls “the kingdom of the world” [...]

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I went over to my daughter’s school this morning for chapel, as it was “Awards Day” and she was receiving an award. So, I went over the see her accept it. As I’ve noticed before when I attended her chapel, they always say the Pledge of Allegiance at some point during chapel. I’m still not [...]

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I wanted to point to a few posts on rev-ed’s blog. I don’t know him, but came across these posts from somewhere else, and thought they were worth reading and sharing. It seems the subject of God/Christianity and America has come up a lot in recent years, and I’m not sure I care for a [...]

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Last month I posted about the upcoming Derek Webb album Mockingbird. It was released on December 26 and I have listened to it several times now. I promised more comments once I’d heard it, so here’s what I think about it. 
One thing Webb has done on his first two solo albums is write lyrics that [...]

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I heard this story yesterday. I’m sure there similar stories around the country right now. A couple posed as hurricane victims and not only managed to get $2000 of aid from FEMA, but even went as far as to move in with a couple near Little Rock who was offering homeless victims a place to [...]

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