just got the beta invite to Dr…
just got the beta invite to Dropbox and playing with it...
Expelled followup
As a followup to [my post on Expelled][1], here's a review from someone who saw it at the [BHT][2]. In followup posts, they link to articles that flesh out the misplaced [anti-semitism => Darwinism][3] and the lack of [theistic evolution proponents][4]. Both articles are pretty good and worth ...
Today…
Today was a massively busy day. Got up early for a Saturday (8am) and then headed to Purcell to do some work. Was there until 3pm at which point I had to come home, shower and pick up my girlfriend for a wedding shower. Then we had ...
Pizza Party
Last night my house church hosted a pizza party for *all* of Kraettli apartments. We got 70 pizza's from [Papa Johns][1]. All 70 of them lasted a *whole* 20 minutes. We might have been able to get 30 minutes out of double that number. Maybe.
[1]:http://www.papajohns.com
the Office
Dwight was in rare form on [the Office][1] tonight. His interactions with Ryan's friend were classic (*"Do you have any powers?", "You remind me of a Tolkien character.", "Do you live in a tiny house?"*) as where his interactions with the women's b-ball team (*"The Amazonians"*). Check it ...
Savage Capitalism
One recent book acquisition is [Liberation Theology after the End of History][1] by Daniel M. Bell, Jr. I got it from an interest in Latin American liberation theology (spurred originally by my reading of [Torture and Eucharist][2] last year). The book is billed as "...the most thorough account ...
Faith Like A Child (Old Posting)
Remember back when you were a child? When everything seemed so simple? Rainbows had pots of gold at their end and the blue sky was blue because that's how God painted it? Life seemed simple then. Anything seemed plausable and it took little faith to believe it. We could ask ...
Colson, Boyd and Claiborne
At the National Pastor's Convention, NPR hosted a [discussion on faith and politics][1] with Chuck Colson, Greg Boyd and Shane Claiborne. It makes for a great listen and is about an hour and a half long. (Some of the quotes in my Idolatry rant below even get included!)
[1]:http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/evangelical_politics/index.shtml
Earth Day
Today is earth day. I forgot about this until I saw a bunch of folks around [Earth Cafe][1] celebrating by filling the metered parking spots on Asp with bicycles instead of cars (and keeping them that way for the duration of the day).
[1]:http://www.earthnaturalfoods.com/
Expelled, or Why I Won’t Be Seeing It
The new rage in movies currently is [Expelled][1], or so I am told. I've had many folks asking about this movie over the past few weeks and thought I'd put my thoughts down for all to see (since so many of you keep prodding). In short, **I ...
Jesus for President:Idolatry Today
Getting back to [Jesus for President][1] seems prudent, for a post at least, particularly as I've thought quite a bit lately about justice in our time. I'm not actually going to talk about that here (perhaps tomorrow); instead, I'm going to continue to explore more from my favorite section ...
Julian the Apostate (Old Posting)
Julian the Apostate was the Roman emperor from 361 to 363. He's called the Apostate because he converted from Christianity to theurgy and is considered the last Pagan emperor (he revived paganism in Rome as a counter to the thriving Christianity).
He was the author of many letters. In particular interest ...
The Coming of the Son of Man, pt iii
To continue exploring the eschatology in [The Coming of the Son of Man][1], I'll next look at the narrative in Daniel. Specifically, I'll be looking at the second portion of Daniel which is a description of three visions.
The first vision comes from Daniel 7. In it, four beasts ...
The Coming of the Son of Man, pt ii
I posted briefly yesterday that I have been reading a book called [The Coming of the Son of Man][1]. I decided that I'd go ahead and put my notes and thoughts down in text to help sort things out. So...this post will start things off with the setup ...
The Coming of the Son of Man, pt 1
I'm about 3/4 of the way through a book called [The Coming of the Son of Man][1] by a fellow by the name of Andrew Perriman (the editor of [opensourcetheology.net][2]). It's subtitle is *New Testament Eschatology for an Emerging Church* and it's essentially the authors reading of the apocalyptic ...
Sweetness
For those that didn't know, I have a super sweet girlfriend. My allergies have been killer this weekend, and she brought me a tall tea from Starbucks (and some honey and ginger to put in it!) just randomly. It's the unexpected things like that, that leave you smiling ...
who am i?
i'm a twenty-something starting this journey called life. i studied microbiology and chemistry in college and currently work as a systems analyst. that means i manage computers (and a lot of them at that -- linux, solaris, os x, and windows). but that's just what i do to pay the bills. less important than where i am at now is where i am going. for quite some time i've had a nagging voice whispering "mission" in my ear. thus the direction i walk. contained in these pages is a log of a bit of that journey (and everything else that i do).