Who did Jesus come for, anyway?

Jesus didn’t come for a bunch of suburbanite, yuppie, right wing, judgmental [people].  Jesus came for the disenfranchised, people who lived by faith because that was all that they had.
 –Dude I overheard in a coffee shop talking postmodernism, Donald Miller, and Christianity
So who did Jesus come for, anyway?
Once a week I spend a significant amount [...]

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Archaeological Find of Note :: Significance for Reconstructing King Solomon

This article caught my attention today.  The LA Times reports that a copper smelting facility found in Jordan has been dated earlier than archaeologists initially believed, strengthening the case for the existence of King Solomon, whom the biblical narrative describes as the one who ruled at the height of the Israelite monarchy.  This article briefly [...]

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J.J. Heller :: Small

Cardboard cutouts on the floor 
People wish that you were more like what they wanted you to be
Eventually they won’t have much of you at all in their theology 
The walls are closing in on you
You cannot be contained at all
I don’t want to make you small
I don’t want to fit you in [...]

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Robert H. Schuller Pulls the Plug on Son, Robert A. Schuller :: Hour of Power Seeks New Face

In a somewhat surprising headliner at FoxNews.com, the Associated Press is reporting that Robert Schuller the elder is removing his son from the pulpit at the famed Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.  You can read the story here.
The Crystal Cathedral and the “Hour of Power” program are incredibly well known.  The church has an [...]

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Election 2008 :: Decided via Dance Off?

For what it is worth, this is a cool concept.

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World Series Pick :: Rays in 6

ESPN analysts weighed in today, so I thought I would as well.  While pick’em lines are generally meaningless (see the “expert” picks for the 2008 Super Bowl), they are fun.  Three out of the four sportswriters I highly respect in the column linked above went with the Phillies (Crasnick, Gammons, Stark, with Olney dissenting), but [...]

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“Probably No God” Ad Campaign to Appear on Buses in Britain

Check out this story from the BBC.  I disagree with the claim that God does not exist, as argued by Richard Dawkins and others mentioned in this brief.  I do not deny that Dawkins is an intellectual giant worthy of engagement–he is widely accomplished in his field, apt at writing in a popular style, and [...]

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Family Guy :: It’s Jesus Christ!

Jesus keeps showing up in culture.

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Back Home :: Pause, Work, Prayer, & Elbow Grease

This week Molly and I travelled to Fayetteville, Arkansas.  Molly took part in New Church Leadership Institute, a conference which is part of the Path1 Initiative of the United Methodist Church.  I took pictures, researched, wrote a portion of my thesis prospectus, spent time with my brother (a student at the University of Arkansas), got [...]

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Lawsuit Against God? Case Dismissed.

This article from the BBC notes that a lawsuit filed in the state of Nebraska against God has been dropped.  Here is an excerpt:

A US judge has thrown out a case against God, ruling that because the defendant has no address, legal papers cannot be served.
The suit was launched by Nebraska state senator Ernie Chambers, [...]

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