Happy New Year!
The Christian year begins on Sunday, December 2nd this year, with the beginning of Advent—so for western Christians, now is the time to take stock of the year past and […]
Monthly Archives: November 2012
James Bond’s relationship advice
In an interview this week to Time magazine, director Sam Mendes disclosed part of his work behind the lasted James Bond movie, Skyfall. Skyfall is the all-time highest grossing 007 […]
Gold that is as clear as glass
Some things in the Bible make no sense whatsoever. Take this bit from the very end of the Bible, Revelation 21:18, describing the new place which Jesus will make for […]
Citizens of a Wild Kingdom
Our church recently spent a month with Job. The book of Job is, of course, famous for its treatment of the problem of evil and God’s justice in the face […]
And the victory goes to…
Barack Obama is a victor. No doubt both exhausted and elated, he has won the American presidential race for a second time. I used to work for a direct sales […]
Anthropologie and Its Graces
Every month my roommates and I receive in our mail a catalogue from the company Anthropologie. This is a bit strange considering that I live with a bunch of guys […]
Thank God we have bodies
Matter is good; God created it.
Saved Together
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to go through Lesslie Newbigin’s The Gospel in a Pluralist Society with a group of university students. It was a very helpful exercise, in […]
Wondering Fair 