Food for Thought about Protecting Marriage

The rallying cry coming out of the “Yes on 8″ camp can be seen and heard all over the state of California.
“Protect Marriage!” the yellow signs shout.
The “Yes on 8″ website is even www.protectmarriage.com.
Of course the point being made is that marriage must be kept between one man and one woman.  I blogged previously about [...]

The Bible for those with a short attention span

I found this over on Ben Witherington III’s blog.  It’s brilliant/ridiculous…but mostly brilliant.

Book Review: The New Media Frontier

I just finished reading The New Media Frontier: Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting for Christ yesterday, and I think this book is a terrific primer for Christians hoping to better understand new media.  The breadth of topics covered in the book virtually ensures that just about anyone who reads it will find something relevant to their [...]

Will Ferrell as Dubya…as it was meant to me

I can hardly express how happy I was on Thursday night when Will Ferrell’s beautiful George W. Bushified face came on the screen during Weekend Update Thursday.
It was a nice throw back to the 2000 election and the brilliant debate spoofs featuring Ferrell as Bush (does anyone know where I can find those?).
Anyways, if you [...]

Remembering Our Story

Ok, enough about politics from me (for now).
Last weekend at Seven24 we wrapped up our series on social justice. As I mentioned at the beginning of my talk that night, I had been struggling for some time with how we should go about ending the series. My fear was that we would have [...]

Colin Powell and Religious Prejudice in America

I was a little late in watching Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama on Meet the Press, and only saw it for the first time yesterday.  Overall I thought it was terrific. I don’t want to talk in detail about the endorsement itself and whether or not it was the right move, because all of [...]

Smelling the Roses in A New Media World

I am currently in the process of reading The New Media Frontier edited by John Mark Reynolds and Roger Overton.  The book is a collection of articles about new media and its potential usefulness and relevance to the church.  I first heard about the book because my former college pastor, Rhett Smith, contributed one of [...]

Palin Rap…Hilarious

Just in case you haven’t seen this yet. Whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or Anarchist, the hilarity of this sketch can be appreciated by all. The skits that SNL has written involving Palin have been the highlights of the election season for sure. While Amy Pohler is BRILLIANT, I think my [...]

Sojourners “Voting All Your Values” Guide

This morning I had the opportunities to read over the “Voting All Your Values” election guide that was put out by Sojourners.  Sojourners is an organization that I have blogged about quite a bit in the past, and it is an organization I deeply respect. They are highly political, thought not explicitly partisan, and they [...]

Regarding Prop 8…

First off, sorry for the lengthy delay in posting…there has been a lot going on and I have been thinking through all sorts of issues…I just haven’t been able to put my thoughts together in blog form recently.
I have already mentioned my disgust for the fervor surrounding Proposition 8 in a previous post.  To recap, [...]