So, you know, I didn't actually know what "bespoke" meant until just now, and in "Let's Kill Hitler," ( which just in case everyone hasn't seen it yet, I'll put a cut here )

I still want to start a more public blog.  In fact, it seems to me that the drama of the past month and a half were (at least partially) attempts to distract me from starting a blog.  So now I know I really should ( Read more... )

My little brother's in town, and all of us got together for lunch today after church.  Somehow we got on the subject of Rob Bell and his new book, Love Wins (which isn't out yet), mainly because Daniel and Lisa have really enjoyed Bell's series of devotions (the Nooma videos), but were put off by the interview Bell gave for Good Morning America.  I ( Read more... )

When I get my hands on something that I really want, something I think I'm really going to enjoy, I do this throaty laugh thing as I anticipate the pleasure of experiencing whatever it is I've got.

Yesterday I got a package from Amazon.  It had the Season Five soundtrack to Doctor Who, the latest Newsboys CD (Born Again), and A.W. Tozer's ( Read more... )

Thought for the day: I don't have to know the road if I can see the next step ( Read more... )

Am working on a Christianity vs. Fantasy essay.  "On Fairy Stories" is going to be a major player.  Any other suggestions?

Not too long ago, I was helping lead a Bible study on the Apostle Paul's first letter to the Corinthians.  One study focused on 1 Corinthians 13, the famous "love chapter" quoted so often at weddings.  Which is sad, actually, because Paul wasn't even talking about marriage when he wrote that part, and the whole of it is supposed to be applied to ( Read more... )

So I sit down to write my weekly thinky thought, right, and I've got this whole fabulous idea (or potentially fabulous idea, as it appeared in my head yesterday, or thereabouts), and then, out of nowhere, a whole other thought occurs, and I write down the beginning of it so I don't forget, and suddenly ( Read more... )

You know, of all the Christian holidays, Palm Sunday strikes me as being a bit weird.  I mean, yes, I know it's the start of Holy Week, and the beginning of the end of Jesus' pre-death ministry, but I don't quite get why churches celebrate it with such enthusiasm.  Yes, Jesus was riding into Jerusalem in a happy impromptu processional, with people ( Read more... )