So, I was walking to the bank this morning to drop off some stuff. It's about a 6-block walk from my office. On the way, I ran into three Franciscan nuns who were visiting Durango from Santa Fe. While waiting for the Walk/Don't Walk light to change, we struck up a bit of a conversation that lasted for the five remaining blocks to the bank. We didn' ( Read more... )

So, I'm on a list to get this daily little email from John Fischer called "Catch of the Day." John Fischer is a Christian with whom I seem to have a lot in common in terms of how we see the faith and how we think the faith should be. This particular "Catch" struck a chord with me, given that I am also a person who has seriously attempted suicide, ( Read more... )

So, I woke up this morning to the realization that I've been a Protestant Christian (as opposed to the Catholic Christianity with which I was raised) for almost exactly four years now ( Read more... )

( Gross! )

So I was thinking today on the drive in to work about why people do or do not believe in God. According to various sources on either side of the "debate," there are different main reasons why people believe or not. Creationist sources will tell you that people don't believe because they whole-heartedly embrace the concept of evolution, which ( Read more... )

Time to air a probably-unpopular opinion. In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings (and my prayers go out to anyone at all involved in that whole horrible situation), you just KNOW what's going to happen next: People will start yelling about outlawing guns again in order to prevent something like this from ever happening again, just like they did ( Read more... )

Well, it's a Lenten Friday again...and I missed last week. Totally spaced it. And after all the noise I made about it two weeks ago! Wow, I'm such a good Christian, aren't I? *rolls eyes* So, I shall try to make up for it. Or not.

( Not-really-Christian ramblings about forgiveness follows. Does contain two Scripture references, though, so if you're allergic, stay away. Also contains TMI. Of course, having said that, y'all will now flock to read it because I know you're all voyeurs at heart. ;) And the acronym 'TMI' in a post is like a flame to a moth, isn't it? ;) )

Well, actually this is something that I've been thinking about for a while now, so it's not so idle. I'm just now thinking about maybe actually doing something about it, is all ( Read more... )

OK, so I'm finally getting around to responding to what ravenclaw_devi posted here. Rather than do an in-depth blow-by-blow response (Which isn't really necessary because, for the most part, I agreed with what she said), I want to address a few of her points specifically. So, here we go.

( Cut for extreme length, general disorganization, and various rambling thoughts. I suggest you get some ice cream before you embark... ;) )

So on my way back to the office from running some errands and grabbing lunch, this guy blows a stop sign. I was far enough away that I could stop easily, but he definitely blew the thing. I saw that his car had Arizona license plates on it, though, so I was willing to cut him some slack since he was an out-of-stater. And I noticed, also, that he ( Read more... )