Unexpected humility

You’re cruising along through your day, trying to do something productive, and suddenly your day has an abrupt shift of momentum. The immediacy of your detour into grandeur is shocking. Gratitude showers like a sudden summer storm. Many of you…

Your cellphone and you

What do you do with your cellphone? And before you answer that, I can’t help thinking about the latest Cingular commercial where one of the nerdy cell phone representatives phone is set on vibrate, and he looks up with this…

A parent freak

So I’m taking the kids to school this morning, after a stop at the Village Bakery (which should be a daily stop in the a.m. but usually isn’t because a ten year-old and seven year-old aren’t very motiveate-able that early).…

Tackling runaway evolution

“The theory of evolution has become the central unifying concept of biology and is a critical component of many related scientific disciplines.” (Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences, Second Edition). Creationism is not “against” modern…

Wanted: books to borrow

This is the first time (and perhaps the last, depending on response) that I’m going to attempt this approach. However, in an effort to save money, I’m asking that if you own any of the following books, to consider allowing…

When it’s time to leave your church

There’s a provoking entry over at oldtruth.com that addresses the answer to this question. The thing that has consistently amazed me is that most churchgoers have never thought to question their particular church and its fidelity (or its leaders’) to…

Washington: Day 3, Ruminations

It’s one thing to tour the capital of the U.S. and marvel at its immensity, its inherent power and feel struck by your own smallness and lack of contribution to the course of history. It’s another thing to immerse yourself…

Washington: Day 2

We’re fid’na be late for a group meeting with our fellow Monticellonians, so this will be ultra short. You can go to the Flickr site for updated pictures. One of my favorite places yesterday besides the Capitol was the Library…

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