2008-12-30T09:31:16-05:00

Thanks to Pastor Erick at Joyous Exchange for alerting me to this surprisingly comprehensive collection of resources on vocation: Monergism :: Vocation & Work. It includes hard to find but exceptional material from Steve Hein and John Pless, as well as a series of brief

2008-12-30T09:27:29-05:00

Remember when MTV ran a constant stream of music videos? And how people thought that was the wave of the future? A revolution in music, television, and youth culture? Well, MTV hasn’t been playing much music for a while now. And in response to new

2008-12-30T09:26:44-05:00

According to a fascinating bit of investigative reporting by Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Brady Dennis in the Washington Post, the cause of the world’s current financial collapse is not so much sub-prime mortgages but two young guys in the late 1980s who, with their computer

2008-12-29T10:07:10-05:00

Inspiring words to consider about your own mundane-seeming congregation from Rev. Rick Stuckwisch: The catholicity of the Church comprises two aspects: (1.) It is the unity of doctrine and fellowship, of teaching and practice, which is shared by all the congregations of the whole Church

2008-12-29T10:02:44-05:00

Israel attacks the Gaza Strip , as Palestinians proclaim another intifada, one they vow will unleash “hell.” I understand that Israelis are fed up with Palestinians in Gaza shooting rockets at them from across the border. But choosing now to come down on the Palestinians

2008-12-29T10:02:14-05:00

According to this story, Americans are saving $1 billion a day, thanks to the drop in gasoline prices from the $4 level.

2008-12-29T10:01:31-05:00

Everyone is shocked by Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and his blatant attempt to sell Barack Obama’s senate seat to the highest bidder. But, as Martin Schram points out, a similar kind of shakedown is just our lawmaker’s way of doing business: Just about every day

2008-12-29T10:00:57-05:00

Improved security in Iraq has meant many Iraqi Christians are coming back after fleeing their country and are practicing their faith openly, to the point of publicly celebrating Christmas, with the new Iraqi government going so far as to declare it a national holiday. From

2008-12-26T16:39:13-05:00

We just got back from the movies, where I was privileged to be in attendance at our two-year-old grandson’s first full-length motion picture. He was completely absorbed for the whole 90 minutes, like everyone else reaching for popcorn and stuffing it in his mouth while

2008-12-26T10:08:01-05:00

So what did you get for Christmas? In addition to many thoughtful and useful gifts I received, I got one of the coolest presents since that Daisy BB gun I got as a kid on a Christmas eerily reminiscent of “The Christmas Story.” My wife

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