This is a fantastic reflection by a Methodist pastor named Omar. Please go read the whole thing if this quote interests you:
First Born Son: the politics of names
Not too long ago I was given the opportunity to preach in a Baptist church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Before the service started I was introduced to the senior pastor. […]
Archive for February, 2008
Combining the subprime mortgage crisis, surveys indicating that only 1/3 of suburbanites are content with their living arrangement and current examples of degeneration in the ‘burbs, theAtlantic.com asks if the suburbs are indeed The Next Slum? (HT: Erika)
It’s a fairly well-written article which shies away from apocaylptic utterances, but I found that it was, in […]
I mostly stay out away from talking about politics on this blog, not because I don’t have a plethora of opinions, but rather because it’s not something I usually want to write about.
I have followed with great interest the presidential primaries of my neighbors to the south, and have been particularly captivated by the remarkable rhetoric […]
I never cease to be amazed at people’s inventiveness with what to “give up” for Lent. Merold Westphal, distinguished professor of philosophy at Fordham University, advocates trying (rather than giving up) something a little more unusual for Lent: atheism.
Before you run for the tar and feathers, what Westphal is really getting at is that the critiques […]
This is, quite simply, bloody incredible. It boggles the mind to imagine the amount of practice that’s gone into this…
Yes, that is correct. I just won a brand new MacBook. CIRA, the registrar responsible for .ca domains is approaching their 1,000,000th registered domain, and decided to hold a promotional contest to celebrate the benefits of using a .ca domain. (I registered Soma Design, my freelance web design company, under the .ca TLD.) You just […]
