Respect: R E S P E C T
Being a reader, and now a reader of blogs, there are those in the blogosphere I have come to respect for their continued perseverance in the pursuit of excellence for the cause of God. One such writer is Jeremy Pierce,…
Categories: Blogging, Christianity
Hubble Tuesdays: The Life and Death of Stars
I love how scientists anthropomorphize the physical universe, so that stars that are going through their last stages of being a star are characterized as “dying.” Yet, who knows? I love how C. S. Lewis looked at the issue in…
Categories: Hubble Tuesdays
Do This in Remembrance of Me
Those are the words of Jesus, as he commands those who follow him to continue to do what he just did: take part in the Eucharist, the spiritual food of his body and blood. This was a severe stumbling point…
Categories: Christianity
Remembering That I Enjoy Photography
Last weekend I spent some time doing photography. Saturday three of us went out to do some railroad related shots. Sunday, my wife and caught my first train. Monday, I found out I can actually capture butterflies and bumble bees….
Categories: Photography, Photography Tuesdays
Grace, the Bridge Across Troubled Waters
One of my favorite writers, Peggy Noonan had a column last week that attempted to provide a bridge across the troubled waters facing our country and its political impasse over Iraq. Her solution was grace. It is also God’s solution…
Categories: Christianity, Politics and Government
Architecture and The Theology of Spaces: Part I
From the moment God gave directions about the building and the furnishing of the Tabernacle and Tent of Meeting, architecture and theology were married forever within the context of worship. Over time, the worship of the God of Abraham, Isaac…
Categories: Christianity
What’s in a Name? Part II:
What you call something is significant. In a much maligned recent miniseries on CNN, God’s Warriors, Christiane Amanpour, who produced and anchored the program, said the following while discussing martyrdom: To the West, martyrdom has a really bad connotation because…
Categories: Christianity, Islam, Media, Terrorism
Taking My Wife Shooting Tonight
My wife and I are going shooting tonight with our daughter and some friends. It is good to keep up your feel for your weapon, and be gun safe, so I like my wife to shoot our .40 cal Beretta…
Categories: Christianity, Photography
What’s in a Name?
In more ancient cultures, names were significant. They were much more than usually likable monikers attached to people, places, or things. Recently, names have grown appendages. We are no longer Americans. We are [insert modifier here]-Americans. We are no longer…
Categories: Christianity, Islam
Culture: Islam vs. Christianity
Christianity began as a subculture to the existing culture and can be see as such in many areas of the world today. It can honestly be said, despite Western Civilization’s sometimes claim to the contrary, that there is no Christian…
Categories: Christianity, Culture & Social Issues, Islam, Religion, Terrorism
