I sat down the other night to make a list of topics I wanted to post about. One of them is the question of whether or not artists need to be in the Church in order to make art for the Church. My answer might be a little surprising considering how passionate I am about [...]
Driving around the other day I was following a car with a license plate frame that read, ‘If you’re living like there’s no God, you’d better be right.’ I had two reactions to that. My first, sarcastic reaction was wondering if anyone seriously thinks that license plate frame has ever caused a non-Christian driver to [...]
I had the greatest church experience I’ve had in a long time this last weekend. Know where it was? It wasn’t in any cathedral, sanctuary, or chapel. Nor was it in any amphitheater, auditorium, or high school gym. No, it was sitting in the living room of my family’s cabin up on Camano Island with [...]
Coming from a Calvinist Reformed background, I more or less accepted Pre-destination by default. Except for a brief flirt with free-will in college, I’ve come to agree that at least in a general sense, God has called each of us to a specific profession, geographic location, etc. I don’t think God really cares what kind [...]
Seeing as how it’s 2:30am it would probably be a good idea to be in bed, but seeing as how it is so hot in our house still, that is pretty much a useless effort. So instead I’m sitting here watching The Decemberists on Austin City Limits. I recorded it about a month ago on [...]
