A Tale of Two Politicians, and of Redemption
Injustice smells. There is a nauseating odor to it: toxic, enraging, sad. And when we see someone who cheated and betrayed, someone who let us down, it is hard to […]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
What Makes a Movie Christian?
What makes a piece of art or music or cinematography ‘Christian’? Sometimes the ‘Christian’ label is slapped onto all sorts of things, from cookies to car insurance, simply because the […]
Why Church Control must be Crucified
The Church is about controlling people. The overbearing Pastor dominates the congregation, playing lead role and telling the others what to do. Some people avoid the Church like the plague, […]
Housekeeping and Its Glories
For me there is something satisfying about giving your house a good scrub and then sitting down in the midst of organization and cleanliness to enjoy a good book and […]
The Losers Who Keep on Winning
We love winners. The only time that we sometimes start to like losers is when they start to win – then we call them underdogs. But sometimes, we like that […]
There’s one born every minute…
Jesus was a sucker. Hear me out. According to the Gospel of Matthew he said “Give to everyone to asks and do not refuse the one who wants to borrow […]
The Texture of Reality
A touch. A fingertip feeling pulsing muscles and skin – the same fingertip that had felt the temperature of a glass of milk, that had flowed through curtains and childrens’ […]
Taking Offense
A major stumbling block for those who reject Christianity is those parts of the Bible which seem to justify actions that we consider to be culturally backward, confusing, and irrelevant […]
