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 [...]

Just saw a quote on Twitter from Stanley Hauerwas:
“Before Constantine it took courage to be a christian. After Constantine it took courage to be a pagan.”

What concerns me a little is the tone of this statement.  And it’s funny, because I don’t know the context, so I can’t say anything about Hauerwas’ tone in its [...]

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, [...]

Here’s to all you fans of the prosperity gospel. Big suits, big cars, fancy glasses shaped like stars.
God wants you to have it all.
Doesn’t He?
Let’s ask St. Augustine:
But what sort of pastors are they who not only fail to prepare the sheep for temptations, but even promise them worldly happiness?
God himself made [...]

In the movie Fight Club, Brad Pitt’s character Tyler Durden says something that adequately conveys the sense of life that The Human Condition was created to meet.
This is what he says about today’s world:
Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t [...]