Change, Lament, Friday

I was recently listening to a Lenten sermon on lament and what is means in change, whether good or bad change about lamenting the loss of things that you are inevitably going to lose as part of the change.  Change seems to be barreling at me at light speed. I am going to be moving, [...]

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Cheeses

I have always loved that cheeses sounds like Jesus.
Some examples:

The Five Iron Frenzy Album: Cheeses…(of Nazareth)

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The wallflower of the world.

Technology, the global economy and the population are moving much faster than we can really comprehend.  The question that comes to my mind whenever this discussion comes up is where does that put the gospel in all of this? Do we need to move out messages to internet devices? Do we need to move from [...]

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OMidiG–the midi

The subject of today’s internet kitsch–the midi! You know you love the sweet sweet sound of some synthesized computer file that comes at you when you load the website. This is especially true if its Christian music.
My most found memory of the midi was my freshman year of college I took a logic class, as [...]

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OMGif

Today starts a series on what I like to call internet kitsch, those few things in our computing words that intrigue us but are ascetically not really that great. The first on the list the gif!
The gif has always been a point of either fascination or revile. I tend to love gifs. Nothing like taking [...]

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just who ARE you?

The term evangelical confuses even the sharpest anthropologists, sociologist, pollster, and even yes, the evangelicals themselves. A recent study put out with the aid of the fabulous religious researching mega-money the Lily Endowment shows that Americans are less religious overall and those that are religious are identifying themselves with non-denominational labels and evangelical labels more [...]

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Ideas, Boredom, Imitation

I am in the doldrums of a long paper, not anything that can’t be overcome but just something that is just sitting I feel, without any real wind. I don’t really have passion for the project, I don’t believe I am doing an innovative research and I don’t think all this work is going to [...]

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Doodling and Spiritual Disciplines

I recently did a short exercise of spiritual practice. During the exercise I was supposed to pray, open myself to God and meditate on some passages. I found myself doing these things and taking apart my pen.  I am addicted to Uniball Vision Elite Micro pens, they only break down to three parts. I have [...]

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Ash Wednesday!

Happy Ash Wednesday, er, wait, uh, somber Ash Wednesday? I like this day and the season of Lent. I live in a very Catholic town and this exemplifies the type of Lent observed here.

Take that McDonald’s Filet O’ Fish!!!  Oh Taco Bell, I will eat your meatless extravagance.  Nothing says Christian reflection like some lukewarm [...]

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David vs. Goliath

I watched two documentaries this week. A feat for me really because I really love documentaries but never find anyone to watch with me and when I watch alone I fall asleep.
Both films discuss a man following his dreams. A man accomplishing something that is on the edge and bigger than themselves.
What Would Jesus Buy: [...]

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