updated my lj profile. I used to have a whole big section about my faith in God and what a devout Christian I was. I don't need that anymore. I haven't been to church regularly in years. I still monthly auto-give to the United Methodist Committee on Relief, the humanitarian organization tied to the Methodist church, because they do very good work. ( Read more... )

This is so not hard to figure out. In fact if you asked me to come up with the perfect formula to enable under-the-radar perverts I don't think I could do any better than the following ( Read more... )

In church last week we got to a story in the book of Acts that starts at the end of chapter 4:

32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace ( Read more... )

We finally found it: the worst movie on Netflix! Actually my friend (and ironically enough, filmmaker) Lee found it... but here goes. I guess I should say this entry contains spoilers, except that word implies that if you don't read this entry, you might enjoy the movie, which you won't ( Read more... )

One of my favorite books ever is Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences by John Allen Paulos and it has one bit I always think about regarding medical quackery ( Read more... )

I hate to bring this up, but Christmas is a religious holiday ( Read more... )

I threw up in my mouth a little bit over lunch hearing news reports about protesters praying for the supreme court to rule against Obama's healthcare legislationHow does THAT make you a good Christian? I mean I'm not saying the health care bill is perfect... it's huge, it's complicated, I'm a little concerned about what it'll do to my HSA if my ( Read more... )

Was talking with some neighbor ladies about what churches we go to, and why we avoid certain churches or denominations, and it came up that I go to one of the most liberal hippie churches in the city. Several around the table had a stance that they would not attend a church that didn't allow women to be leaders, and I agreed with that. But my ( Read more... )

easter, who must secretly have the same extended family I do, reminded me that it's this time of year when we get facebook statuses and email forwards from the isolationists reminding us that Christmas is about CHRIST and anyone who tries to water it down by saying "Happy Holidays!" or not putting a nativity scene on their desk at work is a HEATHEN. No ( Read more... )

Lately I've been listening to a Christian radio station. I think my presets got deleted and it found its way on there, seriously aside from NPR those other five are a complete toss-up, I just find random stations that aren't playing commercials ( Read more... )