I was walking to one of my Bible classes this evening. It's in a mobile trailer that used to be a dorm that is located across a parking lot tucked away in a corner of campus. I was very alone as I walked across that parking lot. Nobody around. Nothing moving. Still. Quiet. Just me, my heavy backpack, and my thoughts. I felt very small. I got to ( Read more... )

Paul and I just made the following quiz! :-D :-D :-D Even if you haven't seen the X-Files TV show, please take it and post the results (in your own LJ or in the comments to this entry). I really want to see what you all get. :-)


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The irony of Christian objections to Harry Potter is that they are uniformly made against their magic and 'occult elements.' There is a real danger in the occult, and I protect my children from any exposure to it, even in 'popular culture'. Objections to the magic in Harry Potter, however, mistake the edifying use of magic in literature for actual ( Read more... )

(Preliminary note: To understand this entry, you have to know what a hangnail is. By definition it is "a small piece of dead skin at the side or the base of a fingernail that is partly detached from the rest of the skin." This skin becomes inflamed, causing the area to get very red and sore. I'm sure you all have experienced this at one time or ( Read more... )

SACRAMENTO - Monday was like most days in the state Capitol. Lawmakers held hearings. They debated bills. They had press conferences to tout their priorities ( Read more... )

If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain again. it had a dying fall:
O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odour. Enough; no more:
'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
--from Twelfth Night by ( Read more... )

In response to my last post, I thought of two things that would somewhat answer my questions ( Read more... )

So...if there is no God, there is no afterlife, and there are no eternal consequences, then why not just live it up? There is no reason to be good, except with a selfish end. One could live on impulse and whim, jumping from one pleasure to the next. Why be nice to people you'll never see again? Why drive on the right side of the road when nobody is ( Read more... )

Why is it that we, as human beings, don't wish for things to be perfect? Why do we prefer a little sin mixed in with our righteousness? Why is the "bad boy" image so attractive? Why is there such a thing as "too much of a good thing"? Or something being "too perfect"? Why do we scrape off the frosting on our cake? Why do we hate "little miss ( Read more... )

I think one of the most dangerous things hurting the Christian community has to do with information. We are so often either misinformed or not informed at all. Nothing makes us look more stupid than when we believe everything that comes our way or form false, snap opinions about something we hardly know anything about ( Read more... )