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Happy Halloween!

1 Comment 31 October 2008

Kara and I went all out for Halloween this year. She’s been reading Dracula recently so naturally she went as a vampire princess. I finally pulled off the zombie costume I’ve been thinking about doing for a few years now. We spent the night in Allentown, NJ where I pastor. Allentown is serious about Halloween, [...]

God Stuff, Music

Songs from Jacob’s Well

2 Comments 29 October 2008

Last week Kara was in Kansas City for the 2008 Emergent Conversation - "Reclaiming Paul." The event was hosted at Jacob's Well and she brought back a gift for me - the newly released album from the worship band. Songs From Jacob's Well by Mike Crawford and his Secret Siblings has brightened by week.

Politics

An Open Letter to James Dobson

9 Comments 28 October 2008

This is a letter that I sent to Focus on the Family in response to a fictional story they sent out to Evangelicals attacking Senator Obama. Dr Dobson, I recently read the fictional letter Focus on the Family published from a make-believe Christian in the year 2012. The tone and content of this letter saddened me greatly. I grew up in rural New Mexico listening to Focus on the Family in the car with my mom. I came to faith in Christ while I was a teenager in the Church of the Nazarene, a denomination we both belong to. I respected Focus on the Family.

God Stuff

Faith in College: The Lockbox

No Comments 26 October 2008

I just read an interesting article by Meredith Miller about what happens to Christian students when they enter college. Research being done suggests that students losing their faith is less of a danger than locking up their faith and not engaging the world with it. An important read for youth workers. Check out her article [...]

Politics

A History of Electoral College Maps

1 Comment 26 October 2008

If you’re a political junkie like myself, you might be interested in this website showing the history of every American Presidential election. Especially interesting is the divide between the north and the south (with the south going Democratic) that began in 1860 (Lincoln) and kept popping up year after year (especially 1924) all the way [...]

Film

High Plains Drifter (1973)

No Comments 24 October 2008

A couple years ago I read an excellent book called How Movies Helped Save My Soul that has affected my Netflix Queue ever since. One such film was High Plains Drifter. HPD was just the third film Clint Eastwood directed and it foreshadows a long line dark films to come.