I couldn't sleep. I tossed. I turned. I turned again. No relief. I got a glass of water, read a few things, but still couldn't get that old "sleepy" feeling. So when it's late at night and sleep runs away faster than you can chase it, your thoughts wander down all sorts of strange alleyways.…
Christianity, Personal, Philosophy
Change vs. Personal Stereotyping
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One of the fundamental axioms of Christianity is that people can change. When a person becomes a Christian they begin a process of becoming something new. This truth was expressed by Paul in his second letter to the Corinthians (5:17): Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone,…
Christianity, Philosophy
Slowly I Turned…
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I have been rereading some of my earlier writings and today I came across an article I wrote for a church newsletter last year, entitled Fast or Slow and it got me to thinking about how things have changed, even within the last year. The original articles premise related to whether building a great business…
Conflict and War, Crime and Punishment, Politics and Government
Survival’s Conundrum
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There is a growing debate going on about how to approach the apprehension and prosecution of terrorists and potential terrorists (here defined as those who have become part of a terrorist cell or commited themselves to terrorism but have not actively done any terrorist act). e.g. See Michelle Malkin’s Scott Peterson Type of Justice. To…
Art, Literature and Entertainment, Christianity
Faith and Art
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I recently stumbled upon an interesting Web site that addresses art, literature, music, and movies from a Christian perspective. Fuse Magazine (no longer active) called itself “the exact point where art and faith intersect. A ‘fusion,’ if you will, of two important concepts that we believe are inextricably linked.” I got there by Googling a book…
Art, Literature and Entertainment
Strange and Stranger Still
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The Internet, while often called a vast wasteland, confounds that appellation because it contains so many surprises, so many astonishing and bizarrely encapsolated minutia, most of which are found serendipitously (like most of the fun things in life) at least for those of us with a sense of adventure given feet by our imaginations. Many…
Culture & Social Issues
Its all in what you call it…
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Can you imagine a doctor doing the first sonogram on a newly pregnant woman saying to her, “Now let’s see how that blob of fetus tissue looks.” I really love those shirts you see on some pregnant woman that have the word “Baby” with an arrow below it pointing down. I’ve never seen one that…
Politics and Government
Mainstreaming Al Sharpton
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In a turn that demonstrates the current state of politics in America, Senator Kerry is campaigning with Al Sharpton. Here is the Senator’s take on the reason. “Al Sharpton is traveling with me today because he’s a friend, because he proved during the course of this presidential race that he has a great understanding of…
Art, Literature and Entertainment, Politics and Government
Demooring Michael Moore
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Between Bowling for Columbine and the current Fahrenheit 9/11, most people have heard of Michael Moore. Well, the somewhat former “Liberal” and columnist at Slate, Christopher Hitchens has done a number on Mr. Moore’s Palme d’Or winner at Canne. In a piece entitled Unfairenheit 9/11, he dissects the dishonesty and incoherence that makes up the…