9 Days, 130 Miles, 2 Gun-totin’ Good Ol’ Boys, 1 Clear Insight into Liberal Evangelicalism
Day 2, On the Banks of the Jessup River, 6 miles north of Piseco, NY. I had been making almost record time all day. It was only 3:00 PM and…
“NOT WITH MY MONEY!”: Reflections on why nobody wants to pay for toilet paper
It's truly amazing the trouble a little box can cause. The little box I'm thing looked like this symbol ⌂ and beside it was an innocuous word: outreach. But oh…
Ich bin ein Evangelical…so what should I do?
I spent several eye opening hours in the library this week doing some personal research and tracking down sources for teaching projects. For a while I'd been looking for a…
Unexceptional Christians
After three weeks the raging flames of national pride have finally abated. Not only does life in Quebec deprive the American sojourner of his precious Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi -…
St. Augustine was a Jackass
I worry about condemning hypocrites because someday I may want to be one myself. The media loves a good story of a politician professing one thing and practicing another. Throw…
Justice or Peace…Must we choose?
This past week we watched as President Obama spoke to the Muslim world and raised, yet again, the prospect of peace in the Middle East. Many of us are praying…
New Nominee, Old Question: Can we find a Liberal-Evangelical response?
My late grandfather was a wonderful Christian servant and brilliant social engineer. All five of his children and his many grandchildren rave about him, with only one glaring exception. His…
Tick, Tick…Tick…….
Here it comes! Get ready! Tick, Tick, Tick! Tick!..Tick!!..Tick!!!. If you've ever been on a roller coaster you know the building feelings of suspense that accompany those Ticks or Clicks.…
Drifting toward Liberalism?
Inevitably here at Le Blog I end up mixing politics and religion. My hope is that the mixture is not so much substantive, as it is illustrative. I think that…
APOSTASY! Could it be for you?
There are peculiar stories/myths about the great philosopher Baruch Spinoza leaving Judaism. Instead of simply drifting away, he respected the tradition enough to participate in a ceremony that removed him…