Thanksgiving, Family, and Snow

Here is my awesome dog Tucker after eating his Thanksgiving dinner.  I am thankful for him because he is the best dog in the world, and brings us great joy.
I am thankful for such an amazing Thanksgiving dinner.  Everything we had was delicious and led me to eat more than I should have.  [...]

Pursuit of Happyness

I watched Will Smith’s movie Pursuit of Happyness on TV again this weekend and I got teared up.  I don’t know why but I have seen the movie three times now and each time I get a little misty eyed.
Something about the struggle, desperation, and dedication that is soul stirring.  I put it right in [...]

Mark Driscoll’s Free Book on Pornography

I have long considered pornography to be the most taboo and pertinent subject in the Church today.  It does not get any more awkward than when the topic comes up in church gatherings or Christian conversations.  Mainly, because it is such a massive issue which is having devastating effects on the spiritual lives of millions [...]

Tim Keller, The Prodigal God Pt. 2

I know the economy is tough but if you have an extra 15 bucks go buy Keller’s new book, at least put it on your Christmas wish list.  Its a short little diddy and something you could easily read through and pass along to a friend.  Now if your still recalcitrant to ponying up 15 [...]

Prodigal God

Could it be that some of us avoid sin so that we can avoid Jesus?
A wordless conviction in him that the way to avoid Jesus was to avoid sin.  This is a profound insight.  You can avoid Jesus as Savior by keeping all the right moral laws.  If you do that, then you have “rights.”  [...]

California’s Proposition 8 and Morality

Well outside of Obama’s historic election win, the biggest political story was probably the victory of Proposition 8 in California.  Basically Proposition 8 was an amendment to the California constitution to ban same sex marriage.  The proposition was spurred by the California Supreme Court nullifying a law that the voters had passed in 2006, that [...]