A BLOG POST: Why I no longer want to be ‘that guy’
A friend emailed me this article yesterday. The article’s title is this: Rick Warren Tweets, Retracts False Conservative Talking Point My reply to my friend was this: Get behind me Satan. And then I added a smiley face. I was being funny. But also a little serious. I wrote that because I sometimes feel [...]
A BLOG POST: God, I need $200 (the politics of prayer)
I wrote the following essay 18 months ago, at a time when Jessica and I were struggling to make ends meet. This is part 1. Part 2 will post tomorrow. It’s Tuesday morning and I am sprawled out in the middle of my living room floor preparing to supplicate with God. I’m alone. My wife, [...]
A BLOG POST: What I Believe (and what i know)
I believe in the message of Jesus. (But I know I contradict that message all the time.) I believe that message asks me to love my neighbor. (But I know that I forget the first name of the Asian lady who lives in the condo right next to mine. I think its Sherry or Shirley [...]
A BLOG POST: The aftermath of ‘not guilty’ (questions I’ve been thinking about)
So yesterday, a jury of twelve came back with a “not guilty” verdict on murder charges for Casey Anthony. For me, the most surprising part of yesterday’s news was how quickly the jury was able to reach a unanimous decision. Only eleven hours! And for a “not guilty” verdict! Statistically, fast jury decisions usually side [...]
Elias and the pool
Me + 2 = This
My 'gift'
Once again I’m helping lead a World Vision blogger trip. This time, we will be traveling to Bolivia (for those who failed geography, Bolivia is in South America). The bloggers who will be joining me on this trip will be… Rachel Held Evans Elizabeth Esther Nish Weiseth Joy Bennett Chad Holtz Jana Melpolder Deb Wolf [...]
My ‘gift’
Once again I’m helping lead a World Vision blogger trip. This time, we will be traveling to Bolivia (for those who failed geography, Bolivia is in South America). The bloggers who will be joining me on this trip will be… Rachel Held Evans Elizabeth Esther Nish Weiseth Joy Bennett Chad Holtz Jana Melpolder Deb Wolf [...]
My boy.
Some old words about fear…
Some of you may have seen/heard this before. But considering the topic and May 21′s rapture prediction, I thought the subject matter was sort of timely. For those of you who haven’t seen this, I hope you enjoy.
My greatest career mistake involves a former Christian superstar (shirtless)
Now before you judge me, let me explain. Or try to explain… When I started working at Crosswalk.com, a friend of mine was working at EMI Christian music group and in charge of securing “reviews” for the cover of Carman’s awful boxing movie. Because the movie was bad, she was having trouble securing positive quotes. [...]
Rob Bell’s answer to my question…
Remember when I said that I had asked Rob Bell a question last week when he was here in Nashville? Well somebody got video of Rob’s answer… My question was: “Rob, we’ve focused a lot of time and attention of the criticism, controversy, and negative aspects of this book release, can you share one good [...]
What Christian Fundamentalism Leaves Behind: An Angry Blog Post
One of the questions that I get quite often is this: Are you angry? The answer to that question changes. Today the answer is no, I’m not angry. Two days ago the answer would have been eh, maybe a little. And I have days–sometimes just moments–when the answer is yes. Or YES. Anger is such [...]
‘Good Days’ (Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 in my own words)
Sometimes I like taking scripture and retelling the story or rewriting the prose using my own words. This morning I was reading King Solomon’s familiar words in Ecclesiastes 3. I decided to write it down using my own… Good Days Seasons exists for all things, good days for every experience under God’s watch. Days for [...]
Maybe I need new PR
Google Alerts brought this to my attention, one blogger’s list of Twitter accounts that he/she thought people should follow. And guess what? I was one of them. Nice, huh? I thought so too! And for a split second I was thrilled and humbled and honored (and all those other things that Christians pretend try to [...]
