The depths of my disinterest in Kim Kardashian and her megalomaniac husband are infinite. Except for when Nasim Pedrad and Jay Pharaoh make fun of them on SNL cause it’s hilarious. Of course, I realize that I am something of an exception in this matter as, inexplicably, there are millions of people who need to know everything Kim and Kanye are doing every minute of every day. So, maybe these images of Kim Kardashian as a religious icon make sense…even if... Read more

Yes, this is a real auction. And it’s obviously ridiculous. But also kind of amazing. And oh my gosh I want it so bad.   Read more

(H/T) While my father-in-law was in town last week we caught up – or I caught up, he had already seen it – on the season finale of Cosmos. It fitting fashion, Neil deGrasse Tyson ended the first season of his revamped version of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos with Sagan’s own now famous pale blue dot monologue. But before cutting to the credits, Tyson added a few thoughts of his own that I thought the church would do well to listen... Read more

Ahead of this year’s World Cup, an online gambling website had a hot air balloon version of Brazil’s famous Christ the Redeemer statue created complete with an Australian soccer jersey. The result? An amazing picture that desperately needs to be captioned. (H/T)   Read more

(H/T) Remember the verse about the narrow gate? It comes at the very end of the Sermon on the Mount when Jesus says, Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it. Growing up, whenever I heard a pastor preach this passage or... Read more

Every few months it seems a church somewhere in America puts up a controversial billboard. That’s nothing new. What is new about this particular church billboard is the person they inexplicably chose to quote – Adolph Hitler. Seriously. And, no, despite the terrible image quality, that picture isn’t photoshopped. It was taken by the local paper in the town were the billboard went up. Apparently the billboard was put up by a youth group in Alabama to…honestly I have no... Read more

Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like we in the church have been hyper-focused on truth in recent years. We’ve created coalitions to defend it, erected alliances to define it, and publish a never ending stream of blogs that claim to proclaim nothing but absolute truth. The truth is, of course, a very important thing. And worthy of such endeavors. But I worry we’ve reduced Christianity to little more than a list a propositional truths, doctrines and statements of... Read more

My friends, I know you have spent ceaseless hours in prayer waiting and hoping for this day to arrive. Well, it finally has. Your prayers have been answered. The trailer for Nicolas Cage’s highly anticipated for completely ironic reasons reboot of Left Behind is here!! But real talk? I’m kinda disappointed. For 2 reasons. First, it’s a bit short. Look, I know I’m not a studio exec, but I’ve spent more of my life than I’d like to admit just... Read more