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  • Forgiveness without Conviction and Other Radical Ideas

    "Forgiveness without conviction is not forgiveness; it is irresponsible toleration. It doesn't lead to reconciliation and peace; it leads to chaos." -Brian Mclaren, "A Generous Orthodoxy I see Mclaren coming under a lot of fire lately as having an agenda beyond or contrary to orthodox Christian beliefs. Yet, I keep coming across truths like this…

  • Fun Links for “Stupid” Questions and Answers

    Here they are, raw and ready, some fun links to funny questions some might consider surface trivial, unconsidered, perfunctory, inflammatory, or disengaged. Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions Stupid Questions from English Forums Dumb Questions from Brain Candy Remember it is just for fun.

  • STUPID Questions

    An Allegory of Folly (early 16th century) by Quentin Matsys Have you ever asked or been asked a stupid question? What constitutes stupid questions? How does the asking of them often nullify their stupidity? There is an old adage that the only stupid question is the one we do not ask. That is true sometimes, but there…

  • Frederick Buechner: The Wrestler & Quotes

    “It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.” “Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really…

  • The Unfinished List

    When people ask me how I get certain things done, the response is often, "I work them into the cracks of my life between major commitments. Ironically, the things we do in those squeeze times are not always the least important, but sometimes the most. Earthquake spasms create cracks in the surface of the earth…

  • Mental Notes

    A mental note isn't worth the paper it is written on. You can make mental notes all day long, but they lack the safety features of paper and digital notes. For one thing, you lose them. They exist, but they are floating out there is a closet of cerebral clutter and are only retrieved when…

  • Digg Story: Multi Site yes- Video Venue no

    http://digg.com/d3yoqF?e “Multi Site yes- Video Venue no” Bob Hyatt discusses why the multi-site concept for churches in biblical and viable while expressing concern over the trend toward video venues. Hyatt articulates some of what I have been thinking on this issue. It is worthy of discussion.

  • Diminishing God

    "A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."  – C. S. Lewis So, there is no referendum on this issue. It either is or it is not. What we believe does…

  • Make a Friend Tomorrow.

    Make a Friend Tomorrow Before you go to sleep tonight, you will most likely review your plans and appointments for tomorrow. Perhaps you will mentally prepare for them or pray about them. You will think about what you will wear based upon your tasks and appointments, what time you will need to get up, perhaps…

  • Reinhold Niebuhr on Reporters and Preachers

    I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth. – Reinhold Niebuhr via www.brainyquote.com One wonders if such a club now exists due to…