Album Title Speech

Here’s a game to play with a friend or unsuspecting co-worker. The way it works is you pick someone and ONLY communicate with them using album titles from bands or artists. Its real fun when you talk with someone who knows its going on and can play back.
But I tried it today with my son, [...]

Donald Miller’s DNC Prayer

Here it is…
“Father God,
This week, as the world looks on, help the leaders in this room create a civil dialogue about our future.
We need you, God, as individuals and also as a nation.
We need you to protect us from our enemies, but also from ourselves, because we are easily tempted toward apathy.
Give us a passion [...]

Worth Repeating

I was perusing old messages from my church and came across this nugget from lead pastor/rock-star Mark Connelly that really stuck with me:
There’s this myth floating around in Christianland about what spiritual maturity is. Some people seem to think ‘really being fed’ is about someone rooting out the most obscure observations from the bible. They [...]

Definition of Terms

I am most for my use of the word, “Republichristian.” If you frequent my blog, you have either laughed at or been offended by this word in the past… or at least you’ve noticed it. Necessity was the mother of its invention because there was a time when I would go off on long rants [...]

Happiness is…

What if…

…you were FORCED to choose a book of the Bible to be removed from the Holy Canon, which one would you pick and why?
My answer: Revelation.
I love Revelation for its imagery and overall message of Christ’s eternal reign. But unfortunately, it is easily the most misunderstood book in the Bible.
Thats my vote, whats yours?

40 days of McCain and Obama

I haven’t watched it yet, but if you did, what were your impressions of the McCain and Obama “forum” at Saddleback with Superpastor, Rick Warren?

No human is “illegal”

… because God says we are created in His image, and the Declaration of Independence says that all men are created equal. So then why, in this “God-fearing” nation is THIS allowed to happen?
As Christians, why is it so easy for us to ignore volumes of Scripture about caring for aliens?
As Christians, why do we [...]