The title of this post has nothing to do with Christmas financial woes. Nor has it anything to do with my daughters wedding in less than 3 weeks. Nothing will be said of our human brokenness and certainly this isn’t about my team placing 9th in our fantasy football league (out of 10 teams) this [...]

This Christmas morning I am thinking about Jesus and what a tremendous occasion in history His birth is. For practical purposes, we know this is actually a lightly disguised pagan tradition clothed in Christianity. But that is true of many things ‘religious’, not just Christmas and not just Christianity.
Putting precise timing requirements aside, [...]

This is something that has been showing up all over the ‘blogosphere’ the last day or so. I felt that it was worth viewing and possibly discussing here. It’s a flash movie of the history of major world religions (in 90 seconds). It’s quite fascinating.

Original Reference: Maps of War

I am taking a break right now from taking down the Christmas decorations. I had made good progress on getting them all up early last week, and then the storm hit on Thursday, knocking out our power (until lastnight) and knocking out my Christmas spirit. In all seriousness, it is totally gone. [...]

There are over a hundred gifts in our family room right now. None of them are for members of our family, although we purchased a few. They are all for people we have never met. People we know from work or our faith fellowship gave the gifts. Some people gave because [...]

The notion of ‘turning in your keys’ is often difficult to find ease with. Surrender is a process that is sometimes wonderful but more often rugged and unwelcome.
But I forget, it is only the beginning. Yes, Jesus went to the cross, but THEN He rose again and began to provide never-yet-experienced gifts
I am [...]

This afternoon I was lucky enough to have the television tuned to CNN when a story featuring Jay Bakker was broadcast. The name may sound familiar because he is the son of televangelist Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker. The CNN story was about a new documentary to be shown on the Sundance Channel ‘One Punk [...]

The American Express Credit Card, of which I do not have, has the motto “Membership Has It’s Privileges.” My understanding is that having one of their cards and using it regularly has a way of rewarding your life, i.e. accumulating bonus points for shopping, travel, among other things. Simply put life is better knowing [...]

Some people say you have to have the right theology to enter the kingdom of heaven. But as I said to a pastor friend the other day, I don’t think there is going to be a theology quiz at the pearly gates.

Jesus said our righteousness had to exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees [...]

Just finished a glimpse at an article in which potential presidential candidate Barak is dismissed by a conservative christian leader as lacking credibility in supporting efforts to assist people living with AIDS because he also supports abortion rights. (If you missed it, Saddleback church Pastor Rick Warren had invited him to speak at a [...]