“. . . you can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”Anne Lamott

Frederica Mathewes-Green has written an interesting article on the sufferings of Jesus. (via fluidfaith) Most of us have yet to see Mel Gibsons “The Passion,” but weve gained one sure impression: its bloody. “I wanted to bring you there,” Gibson told Peter J. Boyer in September 15s New Yorker magazine. “I wanted to be true […]

Let me be clear: I have no problem with The Passion of Christ. I have no doubt that Gibson has made an emotionally devastating and spiritually transforming movie. Before I write my next thought, I need to make a disclosure. I have a cynical nature. I might even go so far as to call it […]

Last night I read the article in Newsweek about the death of Jesus and the controversy surrounding Mel’s movie. Here’s an excerpt from a paragraph early in the piece: The fight about God, meanwhile, has been good for Mammon: Gibson has made what is likely to be the most watched Passion play in history. Prerelease […]

It has been said that Christianity started in Israel, then was taken to Greece and turned into a philosophy. Then it was taken to Rome where it was made into an institution. Later, it was taken to Europe where it became a culture, and then it was brought to America where it was made into […]

I’m calling my series of sermons from Proverbs “Living in Between the Miracles: Ancient Wisdom for Everyday Life.” This comes from a line in the opening message when I was introducing the series. Miracles are cool and we love it when they happen, but what about the days, weeks, years, and decades that pass in […]

Here’s a great line from Randy Harris: “The only thing holding some churches together is lack of communication.”

Today’s my birthday. Our staff is going to P. F. Changs for lunch to celebrate. Tonight Heather is cooking me a special meal. Caleb wished me happy birthday this morning and then when I left for work he asked his mommy why daddy has to go to work on his birthday.

John Stossel unveils the Top 10 Media-Fed Myths. 10. Getting cold can give you a cold.9. We have less free time than we used to.8. American families need two incomes.7. Money can buy happiness.6. Republicans shrink the government.5. The rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes. 4. Chemicals are killing us.3. Guns are bad.2. […]

In the West, we apologize for interrupting the man who is busy doing something. In the East, they apologize for interrupting the man who is sitting there doing nothing. Source unknown