Next time you have to take the bus, just be glad you didn’t have to resort to this!
Archive for January, 2009
Mass transit nomadic style
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lessons from a wreck
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sunday morning started out normal. I had a bit of cold still so I got up a little bit later than normal, but that was about the only thing different than most Sunday mornings the last 24 years of my life. Everything changed as I drove to church and had an auto accident. No one [...]
Warner v. Roethlisberger
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Less than a week to go for the Super Bowl. I’m not an intense follower of the NFL or for that matter any sports. But I do live in Steelers country (although by some accounts the Steelers own “the nation”.) So I will be rooting for Big Ben and the Steelers. Although I do like [...]
The sad journey of Ted Haggard
Posted in current events on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I hardly want to publish this, but Ted Haggard is back in the news promoting a documentary about his life from mega-church preacher and president of the National Association of Evangelicals to a life of homosexuality. He’s going to be on Oprah this week talking about the last two years of his life.
In an article [...]
On the lighter side: coffee lowers dementia risk
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s the story you caffeine-lovers have been waiting for.
Drinking coffee may do more than just keep you awake. A new study suggests an intriguing potential link to mental health later in life, as well.
A team of Swedish and Danish researchers tracked coffee consumption in a group of 1,409 middle-age men and women for an average [...]
Curses, wars, and hell (pt. 2)
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Carson’s How Long, O Lord?: Reflections on Suffering and Evil, chapter 6 “Curses and Holy Wars–and Hell.”
If God felt it was necessary to to curb the evil of the wordld by obliterating most of the human race at the time of the flood (Gen. 6-9) and if by the same, powerfu word that effected [...]
Stop having children and stimulate the economy!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Denny Burk reports:
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is defending the fact that hundreds of millions of dollars of the forthcoming stimulus package are to be spent on “family planning.” Her argument is very simple. The economy is bad. Having babies costs money. Would-be parents need to save their money by not having babies.
Whatever happened [...]
An unchurched Christian?
Posted in The church on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over at Church Matters blog, a post by Thabiti Anaybwile:
Stott writes:
First, I am assuming that we are all committed to the church. We are not only Christian people; we are also church people. We are not only committed to Christ, we are also committed to the body of Christ. At least I [...]
Heroic pilot and faithful husband!
Posted in current events, family, marriage on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mark Altrogge has this moving story:
On January 15, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger guided US Airlines Flight 1549 to an emergency landing in the Hudson river in New York City. All 155 people on board the plane survived and Sullenberger is being hailed as a hero.
Sullenberger’s wife, Lorraine, at a homecoming celebration for the hero in their [...]
On curses, wars and hell (pt. 1)
Posted in suffering, tagged hell, suffering on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Carson’s How Long, O Lord?: Reflections on Suffering and Evil, chapter 6 “Curses and Holy Wars–and Hell.”
“Is is possible that part, at least, of our horror at hell owes something to our inability (or refusal?) to look at sin from God’s perspective?”
Why is it that we are comfortable with evangelical cliches about God “loving [...]
