What I Walked Away With After Seeing Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.”
Some friends and I saw “Alice in Wonderland” last night.  I’ll see just about anything in 3D right now.  But let me go on the record: I really have a hard time liking anything Tim Burton does.  Just not a fan.  The exceptions [...]

My wife and I are going through the Bible together, starting at the beginning.  As we’re doing this, I thought it would be interesting to post any questions or reflections here.  I started doing this a while back, but here I’ll be including both mine and my wife’s reflections. 
We don’t hold back: if we find [...]

First off, I think Deepak Chopra gives me my Wendy’s breakfast order every morning. 
Well.  Probably not THE Deepak Chopra.  But this guy looks just like him. 
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The myriad disagreements between Christians struck me this morning during my drive through the cold drizzle of this gray Saturday.  
This was probably because I passed my old Lutheran [...]

I am completely unschooled when it comes to medical care and the current healthcare debacle.   I am somewhat neutral amid the propogation and opposition of Obama’s healthcare plan.   His plan, inasmuch as it’s portrayed in mainstream media (and who can trust mainstream media about anything anymore?) makes it sound largely like socialized medicine.  You have [...]

“This place really drags a person down.”
A co-worker, and friend, said that to me today. And I couldn’t have put it better. I’ve thought about a lot of jobs, and agree with him when it concerns this one.
To all of you who have a job that you love, or who work for yourself, or [...]

Obedience is a wonderful point of focus for Christians these days. For we do not obey God out of a spirit of fear, but one of liberation.
Scripture reveals to us that salvation comes by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, and that obedience is a product of salvation – not the cause.
Herein lies the [...]

Sometimes I feel like I’m too harsh on some things. But then I go back, and review what I can of the assesments I’ve made, and still feel pretty justified in their making.
I guess what really gets under my skin a lot are these psuedo-mystic Christians. They think that if they are in constant [...]

The other day God gave me the opportunity to see someone who I really hated for about three years. I hadn’t seen this person for probably about a year, and seeing him again immediately brought up all this anger and bitterness, and, really, ill-wishing.

Before I could take a moment and think, “O.k., things [...]

Christianity has its own culture.
Because of this, Paul’s urge to make our calling sure is taking on a new sound for me today, because I am forced to ask myself, “Are you really a Christian, or are you just immersed in Christian culture?”
I think that is a question that we all need to ask ourselves.
See, [...]

There’s a lot about the nature of our God revealed in the first little bit of Nahum (and it’s a very small book, so it wouldn’t hurt to go read it real quick – honestly, took me about seven minutes or so).
The first bit deals with some attributes of God that we post-modern folks [...]