Good Morning. There is supposed to be sun today, I think, but so far it is still hiding somewhere behind all the clouds. To cheer ourselves, and because it is Monday, we did up a reasonably long podcast about whether or not you should evangelize, why it is important to know who Jesus is, and how, exactly, to “wrestle” with the scriptures. Matt gets all riled up, as you might expect, and shouts some verses from John. It’s pretty great,... Read more
I’m over at Stand Firm today. ********************************************************************* Every single morning now, when I fire up the interwebs, there are at least three articles about the “new normal.” Some of them ponderously explain that there will be a new normal. Others disparage the very idea of there being a new normal. The more interesting ones try to imagine what the new normal will be like, offering soothing comfort that “normal” will someday return, in one form or another. The one thing... Read more
I went nuts last night and recorded two videos. Not blogging is literally killing me. Read more
Well, I finished one whole thing (!) so I’m gonna cheat and let myself have just the teeniest blog post. Just three little things on Thursday, and then I will totally get back to regularly scheduled No Blogging. The First Thing Hashtag Desolation is trending on twitter right now. Tons of people are posting their #vss (very short stories) using that word. Some of them are sort of interesting, but also every single one is depressing. You know what I’m... Read more
Another day another video because in spite of working for many many hours, I completed nothing. Nothing. This time I try to get you to buy the Passion Bible and also complain about not being allowed to go to church. Read more
found it! I’m trying to write something else, like piles of other things, so I shot a video of myself this morning. Just trying it out. If it’s awful, I may never do it again, or I’ll do it again tomorrow. Who knows what tomorrow may bring. Enjoy! Read more
In a word: NO. But we talk about it for an hour anyway. Because honestly, it deserves to be talked about, a lot. Easter is good. Celebrating Easter is good. Making weird laws about not celebrating Easter is dubious at best. Also, there is a lot of wind in the background. Don’t miss it! Here is the article we take apart, line by line. Here is the Joel Osteen tweet. Here is the weird article about evangelism. Here is a... Read more
It isn’t even the early dawn. The sun has been up for a while and I have lugged myself out of my warm comfortable bed in order to hide Easter baskets. Last year—I’m pretty sure it was last year—I gently assisted the stupid Easter bunny into his metaphorical grave and let my children know (can’t remember how) that the person who left them big buckets of chocolates and little presents on this great feast was actually their mother. They experienced... Read more
Not everything is bad this morning. There’s a cease-fire in Yemen, though not because anyone wants peace but in order that the shooting may stop to cope with the spread of coronavirus. And people try to tell me that death is not that big a deal. Anyway, I wanted to say something hopeful in response to this heartbreaking post. It is a woman quoth married to another woman, and the two are stuck inside with their son. And they are... Read more
I’m over at Stand Firm today. Enjoy! ******************************************************************************** As I was briefly scrolling around the internet yesterday (I am trying to stay away, I really am) watching people being angry and stressed about the very idea that some Christians (like me) would say that you can know to one degree or another why God lets bad things happen to bad people—not the exact one for one cause, of course, but in a general way, we can know the reasons–it occurred... Read more
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