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"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky" - Siddhartha Gautama

Of Christians and the Body

There was a time, not too long ago, when I took great offense to someone using my name and “Christian” in the same sentence. It was a rebelling against the name-defining-the-institution churches full of hypocrites who obviously had never considered that “Christian” might mean more than social status or a ...

Everyman Conference

everyman conference God is calling all of us to eternal and essential connections. He is calling us to scale new heights and go to the next level. Strong connections with God and other men produces the character of Jesus Christ. Weak connections produce lukewarm results and many times lead to ...

Let me tell you a story

I'm reading Tony Campolo's book Let Me Tell You A Story. In it, he writes with passion and brutal straightforwardness, as always. One story in particular made me cry. I hope your heart is touched also. If you live on the East Coast and travel to Hawaii, you know that there ...

A Statement of Faith or a measuring stick of Christianity?

As my church gathers to draw inspiration from a newly edited “faith creed”, some rays of hope shine in the dark spots of a history full of bandwagon aculturism, legalist soteriology, and a rapidly degenerating sense of community. A cooperative willingness to write in a flat-table setting, with all members ...

November 20th 2008
Tags: life 3 Comments

Where I Am Right Now (rant numbero uno)

After existing in a Bart Simpson-like zen for my early teen years, it's actually somewhat surprising for me to find myself where I am now. I guess I always figured I'd take life like it comes, somewhat like hanging on to a train while cruising the world. Never thought I'd ...
November 4th 2008
Tags: washington politics 4 Comments

Yes We Can!

It's election eve and everyone's calling a blowout for Obama. There's this big lump swelling up in my throat; to call this historical is an understatement. Americans pulled together and did what they thought was best for their nation. And they finally elected a Presidential ticket that did not include ...

Why A Vote For McCain Is NOT A Vote For Life

Life is something God-breathed, something sacred. It's a mystery that no one can explain; but it is a divine gift from the earth and our ancestors. Perhaps that's why we cherish it so much. It really is all we have, when all the shells and facades and influences and experiences ...
October 21st 2008
Tags: life, poetry 6 Comments

Bono on Stories Told Through Color

I feel badly in need of inspiration. The color is going out of my life. Autumn is retreating as the cold North Wind marches on. U2 18 Vertigo/05 Live from Milan Bono: "So, we’re making a DVD here...tonight. Thank you for being a part of the film...the little movie we’re making of tonight. Grazie ...

Autumn is here to stay, I say

I don't have much to say lately. The economy is unimportant to me (in case you've tucked your head under a rock somewhere, Bush and the corporations got caught together in bed which means the financial system is in a crisis. The old white guy that's running for Prez is ...

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