Jesus Creed
From Mindblowing Facts twitter feed: If anyone is having a bad day, remember that today in 1976 Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stake in Apple for $801. Now its worth $58,065,210,000. Read more
From Mindblowing Facts twitter feed: If anyone is having a bad day, remember that today in 1976 Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stake in Apple for $801. Now its worth $58,065,210,000. Read more
From Mark Stevens, who blogs at the Parson’s Patch: Are most Pastors really happy? I read an article recently that listed pastors as the happiest of all workers. It appears being a pastor is the most fulfilling of all vocations. Second on the list were fire-fighters (now that I can understand). Apparently we pastors are a happy mob; however, to tell you the truth I am surprised and a little sceptical. Since the day I stepped into Bible College over... Read more
Francis Watson, professor of New Testament at Durham University, has an exceptionally careful study contending the recently released fragment from the so-called Gospel of Jesus’ Wife is more than likely a modern pastiche from The Gospel of Thomas. Read more
Kelli Marshall‘s candid, insightful reflections on the life of a doctoral student and then life with the PhD. “After I completed my tenure as a VAP at the University of Toledo, both the husband and I were unemployed. We were living on Ohio unemployment ($400/week), what we had in savings from the sell of our home in Texas (our virtual depletion of this is making our current home-buying problematic), and some funds from our gracious parents. We had 5 college... Read more
That’s a refreshing idea… (CNN) — Hari and Karl Berzins decided to build a tiny home for their family in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains to free themselves of the financial burden of owning a large home. They knew that moving two children, a dog and a cat into a 168-square foot space would be a challenge, though it would also eliminate the need for a mortgage and cut their utility costs. But they didn’t expect it to completely change their lives,... Read more
A man in my row on a flight from Dallas to Chicago got to laughing about his severely out-of-date (not too smart) phone, which led him to talk about a conversation his wife and daughter had. Mother: Please ask your boyfriend — never got the name — to tell us what time he is coming for dinner. Daughter: I will text him. A few minutes later… Mother: What did he say? Daughter: I’m not sure what time he is coming.... Read more
John W. Frye This Moby Dick episode pops up in a few of Eugene H. Peterson’s books. Here it’s from The Contemplative Pastor: “In Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, there is a turbulent scene in which a whaleboat scuds across a frothing ocean in pursuit of the great, white whale, Moby Dick. The sailors are laboring fiercely, every muscle taut, all attention and energy concentrated on the task. The cosmic conflict between good and evil is joined; chaotic sea and demonic... Read more
I was privileged to give the Faith Forum lectures at Ozark Christian College in Joplin, MO, the location many of us came to know because of its horrific experience of the tornado last year. I saw enough — and the community has amazingly accomplished so much rebuilding and restoration already — to get a feeling for the magnitude of destruction. I heard a number of stories — and it seemed everyone had a story to tell. Including Chad Ragsdale, my... Read more
Cicero’s summer home, unless I’m mistaken, was Tusculum. This Italian village seems intent on turning the whole village into a haven for philosophers: CORIGLIANO D’OTRANTO, Italy — Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are the new unlikely heroes of a remote Italian town where local authorities are promoting philosophical thinking for a better way of life. A philosophy trail leads past a sofa that pronounces deep thoughts when you sit on it, a park with no lights to encourage pondering and posters... Read more
From Scott F. Aikin and Robert B. Talisse: There is a difference, in public discourse, between what is true and what is civil, or what equality thinks appropriate. The issue here is about how the Christian participates in the State. We noted above that the main function of public deliberation is not to prove that one’s views about the public good are true, but rather to show one’s fellow citizens that one’s views about the public good are justifiable. And to show... Read more
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