Archive for April, 2009

I’ve kept a text file of favorite quotes on my PC since 1993. I’ve added surprisingly few quotes to the list in the ensuing years, but here they are: Asesino alevoso, enemigo del pueblo, y digno del escarnio de todos los hombres es todo aquél que, con el pretexto de guiar a las generaciones futuras,… »

Just a few funny videos to get you through to the end of the week. As a bonus, two of them mock anti-GLBT… »

I am theologically conservative because I believe that, to be a “Christian” means to neither add to nor subtract from the common beliefs of those who died to give the word its meaning. This has nothing to do with issues of social morality, the Church’s perspective on which has changed from generation to… »

The violence of Watchmen is secondary to its deconstruction of the idea of heroes in literature and comics, and seeing it with our son allowed me the opportunity to discuss important questions of good and evil, fear and peace, and morality with… »

My (illustrated) approach to the popular Facebook note topic. Turns out I’m quirky and strange. Who… »

It turns out that you really do get what you pay for with bread… »

Endorsing a candidate from the pulpit demeans Christian… »

Fundamentalists ignore far more of the “plain reading” of Scripture than they would like to admit. The more mature approach is simply to let the biblical writings be what their authors intended for them to… »

Is the function of the gospel really to save people from… »

People of faith will be in Birmingham to support the work of the women’s health clinics there because the work they are doing is necessary and… »