What’s the point?- Reflections on Colossians 1

This is the second entry in an occasional series of reflections that I am doing on the book of Colossians.  The first entry, along with a brief explanation for why I am doing this, can be found here.
I will admit that I often find myself asking the question “what’s the point?”, when it comes to [...]

Haha, sad but true

“If Pharisees were around today, they’d probably be bloggers. That’s not to say that bloggers are Pharisees, but where else can you flex your theological muscles, criticize, and then stand back and see what everyone else thinks about what you said?”
-A paraphrase of what Reggie Joiner said this evening at the Orange Conference in [...]

The price of rice

I received an e-mail today from Sojourners that I thought I would also share on here. I would encourage you to follow the link at the bottom and urge your congressperson to vote to ensure that hungry people around the world are able to receive rice in the quickest and most cost effective manner. [...]

Weakness is Strength

Today, to be honest, was one of those days.
One of those days that I hear people who have been preaching for a long time talk about.
It was one of those days where, if given the option, I would have gladly crawled into a hole and stayed there instead of giving a sermon.
Don’t get me wrong, [...]

Reputation: Reflections on Colossians 1

Over the past several months I have studied the New Testament letter to the Colossians fairly extensively. It has emerged as my favorite of Paul’s letters, and I find myself reading at least a passage of it (usually from the third chapter) nearly every day. I am preparing to produce an audio devotional [...]

A more holistic pro life

The candidate that I am currently supporting for president is “pro choice” in the traditional sense. Over the course of my life I’ve supported several such candidates. I myself am passionately pro-life. Said candidate has repeatedly affirmed their firm conviction that decisions regarding abortion ought to be made between women and their doctors. [...]

7 Burning Issues

I am quickly becoming a big fan of Relevant magazine. It is a refreshing change from the status quo of the Christian media culture, and publishes interesting articles about, as their cover advertises, God, life, and progressive culture.  I appreciate the magazine’s ability to talk about matters of faith in a real way while remaining [...]

Colbert Theology

Admittedly the video that I link to below is a few months old, but I just came across it for the first time thanks to a brief write-up it received in the most recent issue of Relevant.
I should say that if I had to make a list of the public figures I would most like [...]

Rob Bell tells it like it is….and a few other thoughts

So it turns out Rob is coming out with a new book.
Jesus Wants To Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile, by Rob Bell and Don Golden
Here is the synopsis of the book found on the Zondervan website:
“There is a church not too far from us that recently added a $25 million addition [...]

Back from Mexico….and done puking (hopefully)

My first trip to Mexico was during my sophomore year of high school. Since then I’ve visited our neighbor to the south probably around 10 times, with just about all of those visits being church-related. Going into this weekend, I had never gotten sick in Mexico. I’d seen plenty of other people [...]