Archive for September, 2008
I’m not a blogger
Monday, September 29th, 2008This weekend I was at the Desiring God National Conference in Minneapolis and came to the realization that I am not a blogger. And odd thing to confess on a blog but let me explain. Reason why I’m not not a blogger: Mark Driscoll took the mickey out of bloggers in his talk. Something like [...]
Run and Ran
Monday, September 22nd, 2008I did it. I completed my very first 5k run ever. The official results are in and I met my time goal. I finished in 30:50.6 and I wanted to make it in 30 minutes. That means I averaged just under 10 minutes/mile. I came in 71st overall (out of 193 including walkers) and was [...]
Red or Green, Your Choice
Friday, September 19th, 2008I’m no fan of Tony Campollo. One of his “things” lately has been to call himself a “Red Letter Christian” as in follow the words of Christ since, for an odd reason, they tend to be printed in red in our modern Bibles. What about the rest of the Bible? Well, who knows. Anyway, there [...]
Our Damning Silence
Friday, September 19th, 2008A few weeks ago I got my favorite seat on the train. It is on the upper deck near the stairs. After I got settled I looked around a bit and saw a women below and across from me I saw a women with a bag at her feet and a magazine in her hands. [...]
Headstrong Woman
Monday, September 1st, 2008So I’ve been thinking and teaching and writing about the Biblical role of women a lot lately. Sunday school the past few weeks was on Colossians 3 and then Sarah Pelin get’s nominated and all that. It is refreshing to get a good giggle in the midst of all this. The Sacred Sandwich provided it. [...]
Of Queens, Vessels and Alaska
Monday, September 1st, 2008John McCain has selected Sarah Palin as his running mate. In case you missed it, she’s a she. Bible believing Christians are faced with a question that seems archaic to others: Is it right for a women to lead a nation? Of course that has happened but the question is the appropriateness of it. Can [...]