Category Spiritual Markers

The value of dirt…

Randy has done it again over at Stuff I Think. A short, brief entry that makes me scratch my head, and go, “Wow.” Multiply… I’ve made a “private” entry over at multiply.com for “family and friends.” My address there is…

Is Christianity rational?

Over at Pyro, Dan Phillips weighs in with a provocative post about the rationality of Christianity. He distinguishes between rationalism and rationality, a helpful distinctive, for his case that, “If it isn’t rational, it isn’t Christianity.” I deeply appreciate Pyro’s…

Mental weeding

I am continuing my study of 1 Peter and hope to post a more lengthy commentary on it in the days to come, but today I was stopped dead by one phrase in one verse, 1 Peter 2.6: The one…

1 Peter revisited

This 1 Peter reading is turning into more of an interactive Bible study, so if you still haven’t read the first chapter, go grab a cup of Joe and pick up Pete, chapter 1. I’m using the New Living Translation,…

Struggling with Peter

Peter was a fisherman. He was supposed to have been "uneducated and untrained." Yet, I found myself struggling with his words as I read through 1 Peter 1. Bemused, I remembered how he said: Bear in mind that our Lord’s…