Voices from the Blogosphere
Call Off The Search
In the July/August edition of the Atlantic Monthly, there is a fascinating feature story by Nicholas Carr, "Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is doing to our brains."There is no question about it, Google is a marvelous tool. The entire planet uses it, and the gargantuan mountain of information you can find there is growing in depth and breadth daily. Plus, the search engine is only getting faster. But day by day, Google and …
Evangelical Gullibility
J. Lee Grady, editor of Charisma magazine, is often a voice of reasoned critique when his movement needs some correction. (You have seen me cite him before, click here.). This is true of him once again, and this recent article is a must read. But before I share a bit from Grady's article, let me give you a little background just in case you haven't heard of the Lakeland revival and the surrounding controversy.On April 3, …
The Power Of Confessing Community
One morning last summer, I woke up and began a conversation with the Lord about the day ahead. As I got ready, talking to him about the things I needed his help with, a thought popped into my mind, "You lied yesterday." It actually came more as a picture into my mind. I was standing in the hallway with Nate, a good friend, who asked me a very personal question that I didn't want to answer. …
Strange Persistence of Moral Sanity
The fall of yet another politician in a sex scandal has added a note of Schadenfreude to the political season. Coming so quickly after the fall of former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer, the admission by former Senator John Edwards of an affair during his presidential campaign seemed to catch many observers off-guard.Sexual immorality crosses all partisan lines. Spitzer and Edwards are prominent Democrats, but equally prominent Republicans have been caught in the same web. There …
Muscular Christians
Just moments ago, we finished watching Steven Curtis Chapman and his family on CNN's Larry King Live. It was an incredible interview where God was honored, the Gospel was shared and the eternal question of why bad things happen to good people - what C.S. Lewis called "The Problem of Pain" - was addressed as well as I've seen it addressed in a long time.For those of you who do not know, Steven Curtis Chapman's adopted …
Glorifying The Father of the Fatherless
Like every other dad, the day I became a father for the first time was unforgettable. My wife and I were a happy young couple waiting to adopt our first child. Visions of a beautiful baby filled our minds.We weren't sure if we would be matched with a birthmother a few months prior to the due-date or if we would get a phone call that a baby had been born and the brave young mother was …
Stay Thirsty, My Friends
Have you ever wondered why farmers put out salt blocks for cows to lick? You haven't thought about it? Well, I am going to tell you anyway.Cows have a very low sodium diet; after all, they mostly eat grass - the equivalent of eating nothing but salad with NO dressing. Very low sodium. Bovine bodies require a certain amount of sodium to function properly, and when the sodium level gets dangerously low, their kidneys shut down …
The Waitress Is Always Watching
Evidently, this little freestanding building was the place Nashville's best comfort food called home. Tucked away in a residential area with limited and awkward parking, my husband Chris and I decided, after several recommendations from friends, to explore what this cozy little café had to offer. We moved to Nashville at the end of June, and finding delectable hole-in-the-wall restaurants is one of our favorite hobbies.A waitress with frizzy blonde hair appeared. She seemed older than …
Another Boycott By Christians
Perhaps you've heard that the American Family Association is now going after McDonalds. What do you think about such boycotts? My thoughts (from Pop Goes the Church)... Christians have a longstanding history of being against pop culture, which came to the forefront in 1977 with the formation of the American Family Association. Over the past three decades, they have led boycotts against 7-Eleven, American Airlines, Abercrombie and Fitch, and even American Girl. They were joined by …
Fishing Anyone?
I've been waiting for the flood waters to recede so that I can take my daughter Nicola fishing in the Cowichan River, near where we live.Nicola, of all my children, has caught my virus for the sport, for which there is no known cure. We tried, despite the weather and the swollen waters, to go recently anyhow. It was a wet grey Saturday, the rain pelting down hard, but she was bent on going nonetheless. So …
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