Much of the distress we experience as Christians comes not as the result of sin, but because we are ignorant of the laws of our own nature. For instance, the only test we should use to determine whether or not…
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Vulnerability
Remember how Aphrodite gets struck by an arrow and Zeus says, who cares, you’ll never die anyway? And then when people get killed, throughout the book, Homer makes a big deal about it, and goes back to the person’s childhood…
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Awaiting Burial
…any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them… is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial. -MLK …saw this while reading…
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Fantasy Christian Men
I just read a fantastic post over at Parchment and Pen about Fantasy Christian Men that struck a chord with me this morning: I think there are many men like me. I am going to call us, “Fantasy Christian Men.”…
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A Rational Animal
When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and I get discouraged, I love and I hate, I feel bad about feeling good, I feel guilty about not feeling…
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People Aren’t Confused
People aren’t confused by the Gospel. They’re confused by us. Jesus is the only way to God, but we are not the only way to Jesus. This world doesn’t need my tie, my hoodie, my denomination or my interpretation of…
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From The Coffers
For six years (1999-2005), I maintained a blog that was, for a portion of its existence, highly personal and unfiltered. A bit too long after this became inappropriate for both my personal and professional lives, I archived the site and…
I Don’t Care How Good You Are At Programming
I don’t care how good you are at programming, finding bugs, whatever. If you’re rude, or if you speak poorly to people who don’t understand your… quirks… you will wind up being shunted to the side. No one wants to…
If a baby could Twitter
If a baby could Twitter – The Boston Globe I can HIT the rattle with my HAND! Whoopee! 10:15 a.m. from bouncy chair I have never been so bored in my life. 10:16 a.m. from bouncy chair I don’t want…
The Task of an American Writer
The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out of a window at the rain, but to describe four hundred people under the lights reaching for a…
