In my theology class today my professor talked about some of the issues facing the church (meaning the body of believers). In his opinion, the biggest obstacle in the 20th century was answering how God could allow such grievous suffering. With tragedies such as the Holocaust, and dictators such as Fidel Castro this was certainly…
Fortuitous Bouncing
It was this week that I realized that being an adult isn’t that cool. Well I guess I’m not really an adult, but being in real life out of college (I know I’m in college but I commute and its grad school so it isn’t the same) isn’t all it is hyped up to be.…
Irresistible Revolution .10
Research has shown that the more a person goes to church, the more they are likely to be sexist, racist, anti-gay, for wars and committed to a local church. Shane questions what Bible we are teaching. It is these things that cause many people to think of Christians as hypocrites instead of audacious lovers of…
Internet Efficiency
Last week I wrote about how great iGoogle is. The biggest reason I thought it was so good is that it makes me more efficient on the internet. I wanted to let you know of a few other things that do the same for me. If you use Internet Explorer or Safari you need to…
Irresistible Revolution .9
Chapter 9 of Irresistible Revolution is essentially a look at modern versus post modern. Shane says that modernity is a joining of people who have it all together, while post modern is a joining of people who know they don’t. This divide is played out in all areas of faith. Iraq to some is what…
If You Were Wondering
In Oregon it doesn’t take much for school to be late or closed. Some of my siblings and mom are busy celebrating a day off in Salem and up in my neck of the woods, school is either 2 hours late or closed. The funny thing is….that picture is how much snow we got. Basically…