this is part of an ongoing series called 25 in the 2000s. if you want a bit of information about the series, you can find the introduction here. it seem as if the last 10 years have been a particularly explosive and salient time in the world of religion. from a new pope to the brazen use of religion in [...]
the year: 1999. your shopping list: several flash lights, 4 or 5 large packs of batteries, a few cases of bottled water, nonperishable food items, a swiss army knife and several boxes of zombie repellant. why? y2k, of course. yes, in 1999, the world prepared itself for the certain meltdown of all that we had previously known as organized civilization. [...]
here’s a little something i wrote over on the eikon blog and rather than trying to force the obligatory, “what i’m thankful for…” post, i thought i’d just reblog what i wrote there. so, happy thanksgiving. ———————————————— i grew up in a faith tradition that didn’t use the vernacular of eucharist, so it wasn’t too long ago that i began [...]
religion can be used as a lot of things. it can be used as a way to bring seemingly disparate people together. it can be used as a mode of transcendent conversation. it can be used as a way to connect thousands of years of generations of people and to bring hope to people who might otherwise feel hopeless. certainly, [...]
over on the blog of john hardin, john posted a great religious flowchart from holy taco. so, which religion should you follow??
it’s no secret that i’m a huge fan of hbo’s big love. bar none, big love is my favorite tv show of all-time. it has drama, humor, mystery, intrigue, death, religion, plot twists…everything you could possibly want from a tv show. in typical hbo fashion, the gaps between seasons of big love are long and maddening. so, it’s with great [...]
one year. wow. it’s nearly impossible to avoid all the necessary clichés with this type of post. it feels like yesterday… time flies… she’ll be a teenager before you know it. blah blah blah. the reality, though, is that all the clichés are true, really. it does seem like just yesterday that we were taking off for the hospital at [...]
