I’ve been busy again this week and haven’t posted yet. I’ve spent some of my would-be posting time modifying a new template I found so that I could replace my old one. I grow tired of templates pretty quick, and have been trying to find time to locate a [...]

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I’m just getting started with Craig Borlase’s new book, God’s Gravity: The Upside-Down Life of Selfless Faith. Borlase challenges us to move away from a self-absorbed “me-first” faith and towards a life of sacrifice and social justice. I hope to post more from this book as I [...]

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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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I’m always interested in seeing what outsiders think of Christians. I touched on this a little in some posts last year (here and here). I believe it is beneficial to hear what others - particularly those who know the Bible, or at least the teachings of Jesus - have to say about how [...]

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I’ve purchased and read several books from Relevant Books over the last few years. A couple of months ago I added the book God’s Gravity : The Upside-Down Life of Selfless Faith to my list to look into further, and it’s scheduled to be released this coming week.
I came across this within the last couple [...]

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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 read another chapter of Boyd’s book last night. Here’s a quote:
Our central job is not to solve the world’s problems. Our job is to draw our entire life from Christ and manifest that life to others. Nothing could be simpler - and nothing could be more challenging. Perhaps this partly explains why we have [...]

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I’m not sure why I’m writing about faith and politics again. I’m not much of a political animal, and others write about it much better than I ever will, but nevertheless, I came across this article earlier this week - My Problem With Christianism - by Andrew Sullivan. In the article, Sullivan, who is a [...]

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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 saw this story over at Radical Congruency, regarding a man named Cory Maye in Mississippi. Maye had no criminal record, but is now on death row for killing an intruder who broke down the door of his home. He lived in a duplex, and the police had a drug-related warrant for his neighbor, but [...]

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