somber and sober
One of my blog readers has now passed on, due to a freak accident. Kyle Lake, pastor of University Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, had emailed a few weeks ago about his new book, (Re)understanding Prayer, and I was going...
Monthly Archive: October 2005
the last passenger
Thursday was a full day, full of adventure. Rudy Carrasco was in town for an one-day trip, and he was antsy after a half-day of conferencing, dropped me a line, and we met up and hung out. I first found...
becoming a multiracial church, part 8
Some great recent conversations in the blogosphere about church diversity, or the lack thereof. Don’t have the time to add my own thoughts and comments, but I’m tired of holding back all these links in my draft folder. Here’s some...
Just 2 wishes
I don’t have 3 wishes today, just 2. 1. My Firefox quick search for amazon.com broke recently (aka Firefox Smart Keywords). I used to use the URL www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=blended&field-keywords=%s and now that is a “400 Bad Request”. Apparently it has been...
maybe Starbucks like to stir
Some conservatives don’t like the quotes on Starbucks cups and Christian group objects to gay-related quote on Starbucks cups. That was earlier this year, but the year’s not over yet. God and Starbucks “You are not an accident. Your parents...
Asian Americans less spiritual and more insular
From this news release about a fascinating report, College Students’ Spirituality and Religiousness Varies by Race and Gender, New Study Shows: African Americans Most Religious Group, culminating from a survey of 112,232 college students: Asian Americans were the highest scorers...
props, architecture, and podcasting while driving
Having blogged since 1999, before it was called blogging, I will say this: the volunteer organizers of GodBlogCon were very quick learners, picked up on blogosphere ethos in no time! So here’s to you, Matt “mere-orthodoxy” Anderson, and Curtis “a-sdf”...
GodBloggers’ publish or perish
With 10 minutes and counting before they start boarding my flight back cross-country, and enjoying the free WiFi here at Long Beach Airport, I had flirted with the idea of upgrading my WordPress to 1.5.2 (still running 1.5.1.3). But not...