Shame on the Viriginia and Metro DC Synods

Shame on the Virginia and Metro DC Synods of the ELCA for getting involved in the dispute between the Virginia Diocese of TEC and CANA. They filed a friend of court brief along with other mainline bodies supporting the diocese in their quest to get control of property from congregations who voted to leave TEC. [...]

Randomness

I’ve been working out my travel schedule for the rest of the year, and started getting excited about getting the hell out of Dodge. I think the most exciting trip will be a brief stay in Asheville, NC, sans kids at a fancy smancy resort. Wow…adult food…a nice room…time alone with my wife…I am pretty [...]

Primary Results

We’re all just polishing brass on the Titanic…
…of course, that could be the fever talking.

At Home

…running a fever….feeling like I got hit by a truck…needing to finish my sermon…

The Irrelevance of Print Media

Time has once again proven that print media is irrelevant by releasing their Top 100 most influential people list. Really folks, I think it is time for Americans to confess just how dumb we really are.

Full Communion

The United Methodist Church has agreed to enter into a relationship of Full Communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
I received much of my theological education (including my divinity degree) from an institution of the UMC. I like Methodism. I like its emphasis on grace and its call to develop a holy life. The [...]

2008 Challenger

What a sweet, sweet throwback ride with its 6.1L Hemi!

For the Love of God Almighty

Somebody please, please tell me this is a hoax.
Art major Aliza Shvarts ’08 wants to make a statement.
Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she artificially inseminated herself “as often as possible” while periodically taking abortifacient drugs to induce miscarriages. Her exhibition will [...]

Open Source Replacement for MS Publisher

Can anyone suggest a good replacement for MS publisher that is open source and XP comaptible?

Awash in a Sea of Consumption

A few years ago I was pretty militant about several things. I didn’t eat meat, I avoided big-box retailers (especially Wal-Mart), and I made my own beer in a series of five gallon buckets that lined my tiny apartment. I am not exactly sure when it happened, but somewhere along the way I quit caring. [...]