Over the last week I’ve experienced two things which reinforced the fact that I’m actually called to this ministry – despite my constant feelings of being woefully inadequate. The first came when one person from our community stepped way out of her comfort-zone, stood up in front of a large crowd, and exercised her wonderful…
Category: Thoughts
Just my general thoughts on things.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone. We had a fairly decent Christmas Eve worship last night (positive critiques aside – you’re helping to plan next year Mel!), after that we came home and crashed. We get a lot of invites from the various open houses that people host each Christmas eve, but we never go. Mostly because by…
Making Connections
In college I remember a conversation I had with a good friend (alas, Chuckles, where are you?) shortly before graduation. For some reason a group of us were talking about our first encounters with people we had become friends with and “Chuck” (her name was Charla, long story) said, “Oh man, I thought you were…
A Response to DA Carson and Technology
I’m responding to this post over at the Internet Monk. My thoughts got long-winded so I went the trackback route. Dr. Carson brings up some good points. The dearth of trivial information on the ‘net is staggering – as is the problem that in a democratic medium EVERYONE can post their opinion on their own…
Apparently People Didn’t get the Memo
It’s doesn’t seem to matter to folks that a wide swath of people voted for President-Elect Obama in the presidential election – some folks seem to have seen it as a mandate on who can and cannot participate publically in his inauguration. The announcement of Rick Warren as the pastor giving the invocation is creating…
Godless Holiday Tree
West Chester did a good thing a couple of years ago and pre-empted the growing trend of suing towns to take down overtly religious holiday displays. They created a “free speech” zone for displays. For the second year in a row the Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia has set up a “Godless Holiday Tree,” which…
