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Heaven’s gonna burn your eyes.
I've concluded that my well-being is entirely up to me; I am done hoping or expecting anything from God, it just isn't worth it.
Don’t get any big ideas.
Just finished my final paper for graduate school and the moment wasn't met with quite the pomp & circumstance I had envisioned. Fortunately, this is the last year they're letting students walk and then take summer courses as I just did. You walk, you leave, don't let the door hit yer ass on the way out. Much better system. That isn't to say my last classes were ...
Do Christians hate justice?
Whenever I encounter personal or systemic injustice my least favorite response is of the ilk: 'we are depraved', 'we are all hypocrites', or 'we live by grace'. As the language suggests, this self-effacing and perverse hamartiology comes from within the Christian community and it makes me ill (just imagine city council excusing unjust behavior by calling all humanity ...
George Bailey Syndrome.
You imagine an adult life of consequence and meaning, marked by tangible results that bear your name and provide you status and permanence... or in the word's of George Bailey: to build skyscrapers a hundred stories high and bridges a mile long. But then you wake up, pre-midlife, working in the humanities, teaching, writing, software, at the church, doing music; the ...
One of the reasons why I’m still single.
My parents have occasionally suggested I sign up for one of the many online matchmaking services, but I can't seem to get the gumption; something about consumer-dating just doesn't jive. Of course, I know several fine couples who met online and it is certainly wise to start with someone whom you share interests and beliefs. I am finding though, that my access to ...
God the idealist.
Finally saw Ridley Scott's 'Kingdom of Heaven' last night; an interesting story/concept that projected blandly on the screen. I hear the Director's Cut is a far better film and I may just carve out 3 hours for it someday. And I've concluded that Orlando Bloom is not a leading man--neither Scott, Peterson nor Crowe could suck enough gravitas out of him. The most ...
Two of my favorite people, in the same room.
Nation
They will know we are Christians by our clever use of synonyms.
It is an odd trend I've noticed for us Christians to call ourselves "Christ-followers". It seems rather cheeky, counterproductive, and if I daresay prideful; a cool-guy attempt at sidestepping the tragedies of our heritage and the crap of our present. In my research (I had an edifying peek at the Passion website where it is the vernacular), I didn't uncover any ...
Always take the express baby, always.
My housemate and I shared a bus ride to work this morning. We chatted up the idea that a decline in our economic power, the bankruptcy of Social Security, and high housing and energy costs among other things would actually improve our standard of living, for such circumstances require us to live close to one another, consume less, carpool, walk to the market and ...
God, thank you for the parking spot, and the tsunami.
About as close to a statement of faith I can muster these days: The Rev. Tom Honey on God the Almighty TED Talks