Ignore the religious crazies…
… who say hurricane Sandy is divine retribution. If God really wanted to punish us, he’d take away our iPhones and Netflix. Seriously, ignore the nuts who are saying that hurricane Sandy is divine...
View ArticleHalloween does not have to be evil
Every year on Halloween many Americans become anxious. Not from the possibility of their houses being “toilet papered” or “egged”, but from sinister evil that lurks on this devilish holiday. It wasn’t...
View ArticleHow not to vote on Election Day
Alas, my Facebook and Twitter feeds are blowing up with political jabs that mostly rely on ad-hominem attacks that play into people’s confirmation bias of a candidate. [sigh] No candidate is immune...
View ArticleVoting advice from John Wesley
John Wesley, the great theologian and founder of the Methodist movement, wrote in his journal on October 6, 1774 some great election advice. He reflected upon the British Parliamentary elections that...
View ArticleHow Evangelicals can lead the way now
After the 2012 elections, Franklin Graham stated on CNN that our nation is on a “path of destruction” due to the 2012 election results. In addition Graham said, “If we are allowed to go down this road...
View ArticleThe edgy Christian media startup you need to check out
More and more, Christian media outfits try to create their own social media platforms to get noticed. However, a new edgy social media startup, “Sogo” is taking a different route on social media to get...
View ArticleCyber Monday and the Church
Back in 2005, a group of retailers wanted to find a way to cash in on consumer’s desire to find deals around Thanksgiving. So, a trade group created Cyber Monday as an unofficial day to offering...
View Article‘Two and a Half Men’ star finds Jesus, says don’t watch
Usually when child actors lose their cute appeal, they become the butt of celebrity jokes. Not for an actor who became a Christian and is now telling viewers not to watch his show Angus T. Jones, the...
View ArticleChristmas trees, for Christians only
My friends over at the Unvirtuous Abbey (read my interview with them) posting this very interesting picture: I’m thinking that this cannot be real. It has to be a joke. It has to be photoshopped. I...
View ArticlePeace mission to Israel
Just six days from today, I’ll embark on a peace mission on behalf of American Baptists to travel to Israel. This trip will serve as a good-will delegation to Israelis and Palestinians. In light of the...
View ArticleThe Gospel according to St. Rowan
In keeping with the Divine mystery of Christ’s birth into humanity and divinity, St. Rowan Atkinson provides us with some reflection of “God’s Mysterious Ways”. This clip comes from the movie, “Keeping...
View ArticleIsrael Trip: Day One
I started on my trip to Israel on Sunday night, which for a time, it was uncertain that I would even get to Israel. If you have not read about the nature of my Israel trip, please read here. At Albany...
View ArticleIsrael: Day Two
Our first meeting of the day was with Bader Mansour at the Nazareth Baptist School. Bader is the General Secretary of Baptist Churches in Israel. Also, Badar is an alum of the school and shared that he...
View ArticleIsrael Day Three: Jersalem
Travel from Nazareth to Jerusalem We left Nazareth this morning as the sun was rising in the sky. Perhaps something I didn’t convey in my last post is the culture and nature of Nazareth. Nazareth is in...
View ArticleIsrael Day Four: Bethlehem
Today was a great day of visits and meetings. It was full of though provoking conversations with leaders. Our first meeting was with Jack Sara the President of Bethlehem Baptist College. Jack is a...
View ArticleIsrael Day Five (part 1): Tent of Nations
We started our fifth day driving to the Tent of Nations, an organization that brings all people together to live and work on land that is disputed. Daoud Nassar, a Christian, is the owner of the...
View ArticleIsrael Day Five (Part II): The Old City
We departed from the Tent of Nations and went to the Old City section in Jerusalem. We traveled through a maze of covered and partly covered streets to make our way to a number of Holy Sites. The first...
View ArticleRobert Griffin III, the Redskins, & dying churches
It was awful. It was embarrassing. I couldn’t watch it anymore. My team, the Washington Redskins had started a good fight against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night football. The Redskins came out...
View ArticleWhy leadership and ethics are the next big thing
“I choose Business Ethics” – Billy Madison In the movie Billy Madison, young Madison (played by Adam Sandler) must out wit his rival to take control of his father’s company. Billy Madison picks the...
View ArticlePat Robertson should not give marriage advice
Oh… here he goes again.Pat Robertson made more conversational remarks on The 700 Club program that were sexist in nature. Robertson told viewers that women should fix themselves up in order to maintain...
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