I just got a sample of a booklet entitled, “About Being Baptist” in the mail. I read the book and thought, “Wow, I’m a pretty awful baptist.” Or, as my friend and mentor Frank would say, “You’re NYTB (Not Your Typical Baptist).” I pretty much knew that already (when you have friends who are Catholic…
Category: Thoughts
Just my general thoughts on things.
Nice Afternoon…
With our school district going to half-days this week has played havok with my schedule, but I’ve managed to get down most of what I wanted to accomplish this week so I’m not really sweating it all the much. Today I put down some thoughts for Sunday’s sermon and then modified a lesson from my…
Oh the Harmony…
A friend of my wife’s recently handed her a series of books, insisting the she and I would love them. As she handed them over to my wife she said, “As I read them I just couldn’t help but think of you and Wes.” This both fascinated and shocked me. It shocked me because, while…
Milk out of my nose funny…
I think perhaps it’s because I’ve met many people who think this way for reai, but this line from Stephen Colbert’s recent speech at Princeton (done in character) made me want to spew milk out of my nose. Alas, I had no milk to spew. Colbert, inspiration for Ben & Jerry’s AmeriCone Dream, continued dousing…
Please, stop forwarding me!
I got another one of “those” forwards this morning. I keep telling people that I neither agree with, nor appreciate, them. What are “those” forwards? They usually take three forms: Fear-mongering racism Idolatrous confusion of the USA with Christianity. All of the above. The one I got this morning was particularly painful to read, and…
Throw rational thought to the wind…
OK, let’s all watch this video and remind ourselves that this is what Churches look like to folks when we start gunning for each other. It’s a classic example that when we’re “right” the “other” is “inadequate” and “wrong” and therefor doesn’t have to be treated with dignity and respect. Watch, and learn how not…
