Haiku Two…

Whenever I add “Two” to anything–an event, a movie, a contest–I cannot help adding the words “Electric Boogaloo,” all because of this movie, which I never even saw. I realize that by linking to that video I run the risk of all comments on this post being only about cheesy 80’s movies, but that is a risk [...]

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September Baseball, Too Bad It’s Not October

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Francis Schaeffer Lecture Series, Fall 2008, On Politics

Looks like this will be an interesting and timely series. It is free, but registration is required.
With 18 months of unprecedented media coverage, a barrage of TV advertisements, and a couple of surprise decisions…the upcoming Presidential election has been the most talked about Presidential process in American History. Yet, as questions emerge about [...]

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Will Indus and Cath Bas

Well, I have not taken any photos for a long while that were not linked to some event. So, last night on the way to the pub, it was great to pull over and shoot these night shots with my trusty cardigan as a tripod on top of my car. The first abbrev is obvious; the [...]

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Crossing the Line: A Cardinal Fan Cheers the Cubs

Recently, I had the privilege of sitting in the 8th row at Busch Stadium along the 1st base line to watch the Cardinals play the Cubs in what proved to be a pivotal game. The two teams had split the previous two games and St. Louis was closing in on Milwaukee and had the chance [...]

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(Mis)Appropriations?: Hennapalooza, Vampire Weekend, and White Hip Hop

This past Sunday night I had some people over to my place for some Pakistani food. Well, it was a little more elaborate than that. There were about 50-60 folks, I think, and we had lots of food and an Egyptian hookah and henna. And there was a lot of henna-ing going around, some of [...]

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A question of guidance: a reflective review of John’ Eldridge’s Walking With God

The various understandings of how Christians receive guidance from God are intriguing to me. In this review, Carolyn Nystrom reflects on John Eldridge’s take in his new book Walking With God. I am very like the people Nystrom describes in this paragraph:
A second concern regarding Eldredge’s book is that this kind of moment-by-moment seeking of [...]

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Pondering responses to a famous christian coming out of the closet

Well, the title of this post may be a little misleading because I do not know exactly how famous Ray Boltz might be considered. However, if you spent any time at all listening to Contemporary Christian Music in the 1990’s, you have likely heard the anthem “Thank You.” At any rate, in some circles this [...]

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Nortons

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Fading garden

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