Archive for March, 2005
The bodily resurrection of Jesus isn’t a take-it-or-leave-it thing, as though some Christians are welcome to believe it and others are welcome not to believe it. Take it away, and the whole picture is totally different. Take it away, and Karl Marx was probably right to accuse Christianity of ignoring the problems of the material [...]
[Leave a Comment]Conversation w/Kailey in the car on our way to church this morning:
Kailey: I can’t wait for the Easter bunny to come.
Me: What! What Easter bunny? There is no Easter bunny.
Kailey: [silence]
Me: Kailey, the Easter bunny is pretend. There is no such thing as an Easter bunny. Do you know what Easter is?
Kailey: No.
Me: [...]
“Remember what we give up is not the point, it’s what we put in its place that is important.”
Jesus in the Gospel of Luke reminds us that when a demon is cast out, if the void is not filled, then it is possible for something worse to befall the poor person who had been exorcised. [...]
If you have an iPod, did you want a BMW when you saw the “Ipod Your BMW” commercial ad? Or if you have a BMW, did you want to get an iPod? I had neither, but I thought it was cool …
So last week, I got an iPod mini (as a gift) and [...]
Louie Giglio of 722 spoke at a conference recently about prayer and said that we have these Christian cliches that we need to really examine. He shared four remixed versions of typical cliché prayers many Christians regularly pray. This is what he proposes in our prayers:
Instead of “Forgive me,” pray “Thank you for [...]
Ok, now this is cool!
Google knows where it’s at … Mac OS X! For all those that love the dock on Macs, you can get it on your google page w/all the services Google offers.
Check it out, Google X. Put your mouse over the images!
From the words of Google, “Roses are red. Violets [...]
Ok, there’s word on the streets (the net) that Tiger (the newest release of Mac OS X and billed as the most substantial upgrade to Mac OS X since the operating system debuted) will be in the stores by April 15th! They will be announcing on April 1st (I really hope this is not [...]
[Leave a Comment]Ok, i’ve done it. I’m a Vonage customer. I have been eyeing and reading and deciding on whether to jump on this VOIP bandwagon, and finally, I’ve done it. I’m said goodbye to my landline. What is VOIP you ask?
Well, it’s using the internet as your phone company. Why would [...]
Conversation w/Kailey & the kids tonight putting them down to bed:
Me: “Kailey, Emily, Nathan, I love you very much.”
Them: “I love you, daddy.”
Me: “You know how much I love you?”
Emily: “Bigger than the sun.”
Me: “Yeah, but you know what? There’s someone who loves you more than daddy.”
Kailey: “God.”
Me: “Right! He loves you SO [...]
