So last month, I spent a Monday night seated in front of my computer. My wife would tell you that this, in and of itself, is not unusual. But that particular night, I was watching the liveblog for the Christy Awards. As some of you may know, my book, Numb,…
Okay, before I tell this story, I need to start with this caveat: Everything I’m about to tell you is absolutely true. It may sound ridiculous, but I promise, I am not making any of this up. So this past Sunday, we had a double baptism at my congregation, two…
Have you noticed that, with one of the latest updates to Facebook, they’ve added a “Trending” newsfeed? It’s a short list of the top stories that’s setting Facebook abuzzing. I usually ignore it, but every now and then, I’ll spot something that catches my attention. So you can imagine my…
Wow. It has been a wild ride for the past two weeks. I’m sorry that I’ve been absent from this little corner of the Internet, but it wasn’t an intentional absence. If it had been up to me, I would have been here. But my family is just now emerging…
Happy Star Wars Day, everyone! In honor of this special occasion, I decided to do something a little…well, different. I’ve had this rattling around in my brain for a while now, and I decided it was time to let it out and see what people think. And so, I present…
A few days ago, I read the news that sent me reeling. The day I was hoping wouldn’t come had. Oh, I had some premonitions. I had scried the omens and they were not good, especially with the announcement of a resurrection. But now it has been made official. The…
He is risen! He is risen indeed! When we talk about “the heart and soul” of something, what are we usually talking about? We’re talking about what that thing’s most important feature or value is, the thing that sums up or represents whatever it is the best or most. So,…
Earlier this week, I sat down with my copy of Entertainment Weekly‘s summer movie preview and I flipped through it, taking note of all the movies that I have to go see this summer. And yes, I phrased that correctly. I have to go. It is imperative that I see…
Yes, I did use Google Translate for help on my title, why do you ask? So today I decided to nose around my site statistics, just to see if anything popped out at me as interesting. And a few things did. First of all, there’s this map, which shows where…
A few months back, a bunch of my friends started sharing the same article on Facebook. It was a blog post about a cliche that Christians throw around, namely, “God won’t give you more than you can handle.” The author pointed out that yes, sometimes we are given more than…