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 [...]
Jesus in Wonderland
Of the System
“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 [...]
The Devil in Consumption
I see the devil every time I turn on the tv. I see him in pharmaceutical commercials, selling their drugs on fear, so that the patient will go to the doctor to get the pills. I see him on the news, always preaching the end of the world. I see him antagonizing [...]
Constantine’s Courage
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 [...]
Maybe Then
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, [...]
Punch Them in the Nose and Take Their Cookies
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 [...]
Working the Earth?
Sometimes I wonder about the amount of harm we’ve done to ourselves as human beings by making us all work in cubicles, office buildings and the like. And how manual labor outside is so demanding, but somehow so fulfilling, too. To breathe fresh air, feel the wind, smell the soil, our bodies working in [...]










Get more thoughts from James in his book, available