Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy ( Read more... )

I'm off Facebook. Again. Let's see how long this lasts. Facebook isn't good for me. I get draw into discussion far too easily which waste far too much time. And really, at the end of the day, no one cares about my opinion anyway ( Read more... )

Although the observation of Advent is not a tradition I was raised with, I have been trying to do this for the past few years as a family now that we have Alexander. This year, Alexander is four and is very much in the "absorbent mind" phase so I think this will be an especially important Advent. He's also wrestling with ideas about good and evil ( Read more... )

I had not seen this essay before, but it gave me a big laugh this morning, so I will share. The excerpt if from "The Holy War: Mac vs. DOS" by Umberto Eco (yes, the "Name of the Rose" guy):

The fact is that the world is divided between users of the Macintosh computer and users of MS-DOS compatible computers. I am firmly of the opinion that the ( Read more... )

From my friend, larmer:

A friend on LJ mused the question (came upon him while shovelling snow) and I thought that you might have an answer. "Regardless, out of nowhere, I suddenly wondered if the concept of a "Christian Bodhisattva" makes any sense." Your thoughts please?Following are are some thoughts on the matter. (Warning, it runs a little long ( Read more... )

Help me LJ friends (and FB friends who will see this as a "Note"):

What does "Religion" mean ( Read more... )

Today was Good Friday. I went to church this morning. Last year's service was traditional and about 40 minutes long. This year's was a little different and was close to two hours. The entire harmonized account of the Passion was read aloud, with music - a couple specials, but mostly congregational singing - between each "movement" of the story ( Read more... )

Atheistic Journalist Supports Evangelism in Africa

"Matthew Parris is a newspaper columnist for The Times of London and a self-described atheist. Surprisingly, though, in a December 2008 column he wrote an article titled "As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God." Parris admits that saying this runs counter to his beliefs, but he cannot ( Read more... )

( in which I lament a situation that occurred today at work today and how I see it reflecting on our society at large and my own personal spiritual state )

The yesterday's book meme, (interestingly first brought to my attention by both quicktongue and fpb who have never met, who live on separate continents, but whose conversation about books and history I would love to eavesdrop on) included a title that caused a bit of discussion on fpb's page and prompted him to link to an article that I will excerpt part of here ( Read more... )