Early Bird “8″ – Engaging the Culture

To refresh, here is the challenge I gave myself last week. Seven days of getting up at 6 am and posting on the blog by 6:30. Well, it wasn’t an utter failure, but it wasn’t exactly a mind-blowing success. As you can see, I completely forgot to even post anything yesterday, hence the extra day [...]

Early Bird Day 6 – Religion

Okay, so maybe I should have made the Early Bird Challenge a “weekday only” challenge. Or maybe I shouldn’t have done the challenge over a weekend that Pam and I were traveling. Either way, I still posted every day, and that’s an accomplishment.
It was really good to hang out down in Kentucky this weekend. Brian’s [...]

Early Bird Day 5 – “Remember the Sabbath…”

Before you all start casting stones, remember the 4th Commandment.
I didn’t hit my blog deadline this morning. I was actually up around 6:00, but Pam is having some issues with her neck, so I was tending to that. Anyway, after that, I figured “it’s Sunday, I’m in a sweet hotel room in Kentucky, I’m going [...]

Party Time

I’m sitting in the dining area at work, taking a late lunch break. People are setting up for our annual “Holiday Gala.” It’s a big party. People get pretty dolled up for it. Right now I’m sitting at a table with a freshly pressed, clean white tablecloth. The salt and pepper shakers are perfectly centered. [...]

Faith, Reason, and also Sex

I came across two blog posts last night that I want to share. The first is from my brother-in-law’s blog, “Crummy Church Signs.” As the name indicates, he posts pictures of really bad church signs and critiques them. There are far too many of these in the world (enough to keep his blog going for [...]

A Brief Response to the Election

I went to sleep last night before the election was final. When I woke up this morning, I checked the news, then jumped on Facebook to read people’s reactions. They were certainly mixed, but there was one that said “Welcome to HELL!”
Hell? Really?
I’m not here to add to all the thousands and thousands of commentaries on [...]

“How to Fish”

I wrote another song this week. It’s different. I’m not much on “social commentary songs,” and I’m certainly no Bob Dylan, but this song just sort of came out. With election time coming to a close, I’ve been thinking a lot about government, the church, people in need, and how all those things tie together. 
The [...]

Blogged & Found

Through the awesome tag system here on WordPress, I came across a very cool blog. I don’t know too much about the guy, but he’s got some really interesting things to say about Christianity among other topics.
http://outsidethewalls.wordpress.com
Check out the post entitled “the politics of Jesus…”

Politicians, Poverty, and Prayer

Following last night’s presidential debate, I found myself thinking about the Church.
My first attempt at writing this post started by going on a rant about various political ideologies and the role of the government in dealing with issues like poverty and healthcare. Whether you feel that the government is too involved in these issues already [...]

Hard Truths

I just read a post by my friend Matthew on his blog tonight. It’s very well-written, and it really digs into the issues of poverty and the church.  You can check it out here.
Check out the links he provides. The statistics are unsettling to say the least, and it’s something that needs to be brought [...]