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This is what would have happened, had God been a programmer….
(Joke on evolution and the creation of the world as told in computer terms.)

I’ve often wondered at what the next “big thing” would be? Not a tickle me elmo, or ipod , but the next new revolutionary idea to sweep the world. The problem, I believe, is that you can never quantify what will revolutionize the world. Furthermore, it seems there are relatively few innovations that revolutionize the [...]

I was reading this article at time the other day. The short story is that churches are installing ATM machines in their lobbies. They are doing this, it seems, for two reasons. First, under new IRS regulations donations under $250 dollars require “proof” for deduction. Secondly, it seems that Generation P (plastic) congregation members, those [...]

This is my sermon for last week, July 29, 2007.
Some of the most powerful stories in our collective memory are love stories. Romeo and Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Sleeping Beauty, Anthony and Cleopatra, Pride and Prejudice, Cupid and Psyche, Hitch and everyone’s favorite green ogre Shrek are just a few examples from our collective memory. Inevitably, [...]

Tagged by Ginger, here’s the soundtrack to my life: (Shuffle your current playlist and write in the song names in the order of song reasons below.)
Opening Credits: Bastards of Young by The Replacements
Waking Up: Deed I Do by Diana Krall
First Day At School: In The Deep by Bird York
Making your new best friend: I Don’t [...]

A new executive order signed by George W. Bush gives the government the ability to seize and block property and material possessions of those who “Threaten stabilization efforts in Iraq.” This is defined as:
(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people;
This [...]

This morning I traveled the commute from the DePaul dorm where I’m staying to the meeting hall of the Ekklesia Project wearing my iconic ipod headphones. This was less of a desire to hear some Roots, while walking and more of an opportunity to observe the reactions of my fellow Ep members. Yesterday, Kenneson described [...]

yeah, I want one that bad.

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O’REILLY: But do you understand what the New York Times wants, and the far-left want? They want to break down the white, Christian, male power structure, which you’re a part, and so am I, and they want to bring in millions of foreign nationals to basically break down the structure that we have. In that [...]

In the former Soviet Union, people who disagreed with the government were thrown into secret prison camps called gulags, where they were tortured and often killed. Sound familiar? Yes, the gulag concept is alive and well, thanks to the U.S. government. Our “War on Terror” is responsible for illegal imprisonment, torture and murder. With blatant [...]

Amazing how hypocritical and yet by-the-book we methodists are. Without clear provocation from the Discipline (2004) the judicial committee upheld the right of pastors to deny membership to openly homosexual people. Yet, as this story shows, the related gender topic of trans-gender clergy, is condoned by the bishop’s appointment. Are we or are we not [...]

You’re Origen!
You do nothing by half-measures. If you’re going to read the Bible, you want to read it in the original languages. If you’re going to teach, you’re going to reach as many souls as possible, through a proliferation of lectures and books. If you’re a guy and you’re going to fight for purity … [...]