Several years ago my family was involved with a wealthy Southern Baptist Church that was located nearby a wealthy neighborhood as well as a lower class neighborhood. This church decided to build a “family life center”; a glorified gym made out of bricks. An unspeakable amount of money was spent on this structure and all [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Exclusive Church
Posted in Christianity, Religion, culture on October 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Dangerous Politics
Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is not technically a political blog. I have already written a blog about who I am voting for and stated my reasons. This is a blog about what is currently going on within the Christian community that is causing division and bringing about negative connotations in the minds of outsiders; of course I am [...]
Blog Action Day
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So today is blog action day. Many bloggers all over the world have decided to come together and just simply have a conversation about our world’s poverty.
I am almost finished reading Rob Bell’s newest gem: Jesus Wants To Save Christians Too. In this piece Rob Bell seems to be pointing out how so much is [...]
Get ‘Churched’
Posted in Christianity, Religion, books, legalism, tagged book, Christian, churched, Jesus, matthew paul turner on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Matthew Paul Turner is the kind of up and coming author you want to get into. Turner has the ability to take the negative things in Christianity, flip them around and bring humor in the unfortunate way things are. His first book, The Christian Culture Survival Guide, took heartfelt slams at all things Jesus: testaments, [...]
Bono
Posted in Uncategorized on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is nice to take a step back from the worries of the election, economy and school to simply hang out with a friend…
Last night Bono was looking awful silly. I got the camera and took a few photos. This is a favorite.
Ray Boltz comes out…
Posted in Uncategorized on October 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This all seems like a joke to me…..
In my experiences there is one thing that the most legalistic of fundamental churches like: Ray Boltz.
His songs such as “watch the lamb” and “thank you for giving to the Lord” may be some of the most boring songs ever written. However, at the same time they are [...]
