Posts Tagged ‘Christianity’

Athiests in our Foxholes

I prefer to drive. I get bored sitting shotgun and succumb to doing anything to amuse myself from fiddling with the radio, tweaking the seat controls in every possible combination, to finally staring into the privacy of other vehicles as we pass in an exaggerated, fully invested childish look like I...

February 28th, 2012 | Essays, Featured | Read More

There’s a Monster in Room 301

(Editor’s Note: This is part one in a two-part series) A few months back, I had traveled to Boston. Upon flying into Logan International, I took a cab from the airport and happened to get into a guy named Tony’s cab. At first, I didn’t think anything of it. Honestly, I had a million of other...

February 23rd, 2012 | Featured | Read More

Root & Fruit

I recently started a garden. I’ve been growing tomatoes, peppers, green beans and squash. Well, I’ve been trying to grow those things. I thought I should probably have some idea how to produce my own food just in case the manure continues to hit the fan here in the good ol’ U....

October 23rd, 2011 | Essays, Featured, Meditations | Read More

Naming Rites

An animal enters a whole new world when it gets a name. An animal without a name is one of many – just an indistinguishable part of a set. But when an animal is named, it becomes part of, connected to, the one who gave it a name. In wars, the enemy rarely holds an individual name. We usually...

October 4th, 2011 | Blog, Featured | Read More

I Love Them Whores

“I love them whores, they never judge you. What can you say when you’re a whore?” - Jane’s Addiction I’ve been thinking about whores, church and Jesus lately (not necessarily in that order). There’s a story in the Bible about a prostitute who just had to get some time...

September 7th, 2011 | Essays, Featured | Read More

The Kids in America

Rob Bell. Mark Driscoll. Don Miller. Rachel Held Evans. These are just a few of the names of those who’ve been the direct targets of what author Karen Spears Zacharias described as ‘internet gang rape’. (Editor’s Note: It should mentioned Karen was also victim of this phenomenon.) In the...

August 18th, 2011 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Living A Better Love Reality – Part I: For The Guys

Right off the bat, let me say this will not be a list of things you as a man can do for, to, or with, the woman in your life in order to have a better relationship with her. It will not be habits, gestures or practices you can exercise which will please your wife or girlfriend. This is because it will...

August 15th, 2011 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Why I Don’t Blame You For Thinking The Bible Is Stupid

Some people do funny things with their Bibles. Apart from using them occasionally to cover stains on the back seat of the car, or place between Rob Bell’s latest book and the coffee table to stop a portal to hell from being scorched into it’s surface (if hell really exists, that is), the Bible...

July 15th, 2011 | Essays, Featured | Read More

Why Christians Are Not The Boss Of Marriage

I’ve been doing some thinking about marriage lately, in light of the recent decision by New York state in the U.S. to legalise homosexual marriage, as reported by the New York Times. I myself am married. I committed this act when I was all of nineteen years old. The person I married was just eighteen,...

July 7th, 2011 | Social Justice | Read More

The Big Picture for Presbyterians (And Others)

In early May 2011, a majority of the 173 presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church (USA) had approved a change to the ordination standards. The amendment will remove the constitutional requirement that all ministers, elders, and deacons live in “fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a...

June 23rd, 2011 | Columns, The Purpose-Driven Centrist | Read More