Archive for the ‘theology’ Category

YIP 2015: The Other Stuff

As much as I’d like to be that guy who sets goals and powers through to the finish…I’m not that guy. I get distracted. I have too many interests and no control of when one or the other (or something new) might rear its beautiful head. So I’d like to think that I’ll be able [...]

February 8, 2015  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Books, photography, theology, Year in Preview  No Comments

Bono on religion

I’ve seen this in several places on the web, being talked about by several people. But in the unlikely event you haven’t seen it already, I present it here for your edification. This excerpt and all the ones I’ve seen online are from the book Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas. I assume that talk [...]

August 1, 2013  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: culture, stuff to think about, theology  No Comments

Midweek Humor

I want to say the Presbyterians have better theology, but I’m not sure they won the argument…

July 11, 2012   Posted in: christian culture, humor, theology  2 Comments

What Obama Didn’t Say

President Obama’s statement today on homosexual marriage has been making the rounds on all the news and talk programs. The conservative talkers particularly have been dissecting every phrase (even individual words here and there) to criticize the president, or question his sincerity or elucidate a presumed inconsistency or weakness or hypocrisy. (Overlooked in all of [...]

May 10, 2012  Tags: , ,   Posted in: politics, theology, what are you drunk?  No Comments

Stuff smart people argue about

I like to read stuff smart people write. I like to pretend that I have a clue what they are talking about. If I could find a conversation about these subjects, I would interject some quote from one of the articles to make myself look smart too. But I don’t know anyone personally who talks [...]

March 22, 2012  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: christian culture, language, stuff to think about, theology  No Comments