Jesus vs. Michael Phelps: Part II

In an earlier post, I wrote about the humanity of Christ. That, however, only tells half the story. This morning I read Revelation 1:17:
When I saw him, I feel at his feet as though dead.
John has seen the Lord Jesus in His glory and it renders him speechless, motionless, unable to do anything—like a dead [...]

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A Bowl Full of Fun

My youngest was reading to me this morning from one of her favorite series (and mine too). Cynthia Rylant, who authors many books, has a series called Mr. Putter and Tabby. The illustrations are marvelous and the stories make my six year old crack up (and me too). This morning we read Mr. Putter and Tabby [...]

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What’s a Christian To Do?

If you are unsure how to behave in this politically charged season, you can find no end of advice in blogland. 
Here and here and here and here. 
Those took all of two minutes to find. Don’t know if you’ll find anything you like or not. 
But, if my opinion means anything to you, here’s one that I thought [...]

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How Splendid Are Your Surroundings?

What made Scrubb look so Dingy was the splendor of their surroundings.
When compared to the court in Narnia, Scrubb and Jill looked downright horrible. What do your surroundings look like? No, here’s a better question: What do you surround yourself with? Do you surround yourself with splendor? Or do you surround yourself with the ordinary?
I [...]

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I won, I won…well, sort of.

Jeff held a contest. I got third place!
Several years ago I won a Church of Rhythm CD from a Christian radio station. I knew why Ivory soap floated. I also won a door prize once somewhere, but I don’t remember what it was. Neither of those took a whole lot of talent.
But this contest—this was [...]

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Jesus vs. Michael Phelps

Ran across a bizarre website today thanks to Christian Striver. This triggered the following thoughts (reader discretion advised):
How can he swim in that robe? What’s up with the blood in the water every time you run the cursor over his hands and feet (I know about the crucifixion, but why is he bleeding when out [...]

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What do you mean by that? Semantics Part II

We talked about denotation vs. connotation today in English class. It brought my last post to mind. Then I read this post, and it reminded me of this vision statement from the Dismantling Racism Task force of the United Methodist Church’s North Texas Conference (these thought trains can be dangerous):
Through the power of the Holy Spirit, [...]

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The Shack: Style and Semantics

I have finished listening to The Shack. The recording included an author’s explanation of how the book came about as well as a “friendly” interview (I have also just finished listening to an “unfriendly” interview.) Young answered my concerns about the quality of writing: basically self-published.
As stated in an earlier post, I struggle to comment [...]

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1968

I was born in a turbulent year. I didn’t discover this until late high school. Somehow I remained ignorant of the events that rocked the nation that year. Of course, I was small and didn’t watch much TV that first year. Then we landed on the moon the next year, and all that bad stuff [...]

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Christian Cursing

I read this piece today. I thought, “That’s interesting, but I haven’t seen people using $ymbols to replace letters in curse words in Christian circles.” Then, shortly after, I read this. I must not be paying attention. That happened way too fast.
 
Update: And sometimes it’s not so subtle.

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