“Where they make a desert, they call it peace.” — Tacitus
For the past few years, I’ve given up something for Lent. I wouldn’t say I’ve enjoyed it, but I’ve appreciated what I’ve learned about myself.
In different years, I’ve given up coffee and meat and alcohol.
This year, it’s politics.
No reading political stories or emails.
No [...]
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Giving up politics for Lent
February 18th, 2010
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Time to steal the Baby Jesus: Thoughts on Preparing for Christmas
December 8th, 2009
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Christmas prep 2009 has begun. Most of us have begun our Christmas decorating and shopping. Here in Colorado Springs, the snow has been falling non-stop for the last 48 hours. It’s a Norman Rockwell painting of Costco outside my office.
The first real snow of December always pushes my mind further toward Christmas. [...]
Let them wear pants (and why trust beats rules)
June 17th, 2009
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I’ve had a number of friends who have worked with Focus on the Family. They all had one thing in common: they hated the dress code. Men wore ties, women wore dresses or skirts. No casual Friday. That changed this week as Focus said goodbye to the ties and said yes to pants [...]
Finish The Shack and my next travel read
June 2nd, 2009
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I finished The Shack a few days ago. Before I go into what I thought, a brief word about “agreeing with everything.” To say I don’t agree with everything found in the book would be an overly obvious statement. This sort of statement could be applied to nearly anything. Dig hard enough and you’ll find [...]
Tony Jones (or rather John Case) on the Defense of Truth
April 20th, 2009
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Tony Jones told this story last month. I’ve been thinking about it ever since. Specifically, this part from when he was speaking at Houghton College.
Here is a question I got, verbatim: “How can you defend Brian McLaren when he rejects the atonement.” A Houghton theology prof, John Case, answered in my stead, with some anger [...]
