Satan’s Christmas?

Ah… Halloween. The thorn in the side of every good-willed Christian parent. To celebrate or not? Participate in the prevailing culture or a Christian alternative equivalent? Let your kids dress up? What costumes are appropriate and which are not? Those are the questions Christian parents must wrestle with every year. (Not to mention how to [...]

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By the powers vested in me…

Recent events have me questioning marriage. No, not my own marriage. Really it’s the marriage of marriage that has me questioning – that is, the marriage between state and church in American marriages.
In America, couples desiring to get married have to obtain a marriage license from the state. They then have to be married by [...]

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Why Christians should watch “Religulous”

Last night, Heidi and I watched Bill Maher’s scathing documentary on religion, Religulous. Maher travels around the globe interviewing mostly religious extremists and bombarding them with questions meant to poke fun at the ridiculousness of their beliefs. The documentary is irreverent, foul, sacrilegious and blasphemous. And here are some reasons Christians should watch it.
1. Maher [...]

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Where is our Freedom?

I didn’t really pay much attention to the Daniel Hauser case until he fled with his mom to avoid court-ordered chemotherapy. The story was already the buzz around the state, but it became national headlines when Daniel and his mom were on the lam. I couldn’t believe the attention the story was getting. Everything short [...]

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Postmodern Rurality

I think globalization is the driving force behind postmodernism. Globalization is powered by the media which is both driven by and catered to a new urban world. This new “global village” that we live in means that ironically people living in Minneapolis have more in common with people living around the world in Tokyo than [...]

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What is Postmodernism?

I had a couple different conversations last week that brought up something I had written years earlier about postmodernism. I have never talked about this on this blog or in Cushing (it’s kind of been my secret double life), but I will here to lay the foundation for a subsequent post on “postmodernism & rurality.”

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Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate

This is an interesting report: Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate.
I think this is bad news for denominationalism and organized religion, but a promising trend for the Jesus Movement. The more people question what they’ve been told, the more they are open to the Truth.

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Free Refills

Yesterday I went to Dairy Queen to use the Wi-Fi and bought the obligatory medium coke for $1.49. As I was leaving, I went up to the counter and asked for a refill. Here’s how the conversation went:
Me: Can I get a refill?
Clerk #1: We don’t do refills.
Me: You don’t do refills?
Clerk #1: No. Not [...]

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The Politics of Belief

I just finished reading an article in Time about Mitt Romney, the governor from Massachusetts who is seeking the Republican nomination for office. Romney is an adept, poised, seasoned politician who is gaining momentum and credibility with each passing day. Romney is also a Mormon.
It seems that now in order to win the Republican nod for president [...]

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Free Advertising

It seems the people over at Pastor Resources found my “review” of The Bible Experience at my old blog and linked to it as a “pastor’s review.” Oh well. I should have known, I guess.

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