Odds and Ends, 3.26.09
1. Zach is doing much better. No cancer! Thank you all so much for praying. I have not been able to process my joy (and surprise) at how many of you prayed. It is very...
Why Even Bother Going to Church?
Why go to church? Church stinks. People are either rude, looking down their self-righteous nose at you, or they are nice and in a hurry. I hardly ever have a significant...
Too Scrared to Pray
UPDATE 2: Zach has a condition called Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). It is from the virus that attacted him. The virus is gone but the ITP is still there. The...
I Don't Believe a Snake Talked but I Do Believe Aliens Seeded Our Planet
I spend a lot of my time reading books that are very difficult to read. In my library I have dozens of books from atheistic authors, most of them former Christians who left...
The Coming Evangelical Collapse?
This reflection is a response to “The Coming Evangelical Collapse“ by Michael Spencer published in The Christian Science Monitor (March 10 2009) I have for years...
Credo House of Theology: Update
You can now visit our new website dedicated to this project. Doors should be opening in a few weeks!
Misled By Experience
This concerns an event that happened in 2003 with my sister Angie. When my sister Angie was sick with depression, the entire family was perpetually in fear of what she might...
Odds and Ends
Its my son Zach’s 2 year birthday today. Going to Chuck-e-Cheese. Word about Facebook: the “friend” thing is really odd. I have added a lot of friends that I...