Monday, April 14, 2014

Easter Eggs? Easter Bunnies? What is up with that??

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So many of our holidays have strange elements. Easter is no different. I am not talking about new shoes or a new Easter hat. I am talking ab...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Why can't we laugh at ourselves anymore?

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Stephen Colbert has to close down a satirical foundation called: Ching Chong Ding Dong Foundation of Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever. ...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Why is common ground so uncommon?

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There is very little dialogue these days. There is even less healthy public dialogue. What we have is a culture where talking heads speak to...
Monday, March 17, 2014

What would the Shark Tank say about my new church?

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I usually blog about current events and topics that are interesting to me. I want to blog about something a little more personal today. I wa...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Hollywood and the Bible...It is a strange marriage

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In the next few weeks we will have the opportunity to see at least three movies with biblical themes. "Son of God" has been out...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Faith, Food, Fitness, and Focus

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Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. For several years I have taken on the spiritual discipline of Lent. It is the idea that we "give up" ce...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

A Baptist Seminary in Lebanon?

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I had the chance to meet a man named Nabil Costa last week. He works for the Arabic Baptist Theological Seminary in Lebanon. His is an incre...