“When I look back on my own conversion, I cannot credit a gospel tract or an altar call or an exposition of John 3:16. I had encountered these things many times over in childhood and had learned to mistrust them because of the lies my church in the fundamentalist South had told me. Rather, nature, [...]
“Like most writers who have been subjected to the editing process, [Thomas] Jefferson thought the final text [of the Declaration of Independence] depressingly inferior to his original, and, like most writers, he was wrong.” -Bill Bryson, Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
“Much could be said about the theological, ethical and social symbolism of our worship space, but here I’m speaking primarily about the importance of aesthetic beauty. Beauty in the worship space is not intended merely to give pleasure to the congregant. It is there for the glorification and praise of the divine. If, as theologians [...]
Monday was a great day. I woke up, hung out at home for a bit, met up with some friends from work for a bit, had a great happy hour dinner at a Puerto Rican restaurant and then met up with my friend Joe to look at a house for rent Ballard. We have been [...]
According to Wikipedia, “Justice is the concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, fairness, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics.” Last night, President Obama announced, “Justice has been done.” Osama bin Ladin is dead. Statements like this cause me to question our understanding of [...]
