a different perspective from alan hartung on the emerging church, politics, faith, and life
BBC NEWS | Technology | Lazarus-like virus hits computers To date, the only virus I’ve seen for a Mac required the user to be stupid enough to type in the root password and let the virus install itself on the system. I was talking to my friend Daniel a couple of days ago, and we [...]
Physically, I’m a wreck right now. I’m sick, tired, and worn out. I’ve got a play opening this weekend, I’ve been battling the flu all week, my sinuses seem to have found a way to drain through my eyes (never experienced that before), and I’m in a generally pissy mood. Hence the lack of blogging [...]
In screenwriting, it is pounded into the writer’s brain that the character must have an “arc” in almost any story worth telling. Without the arc, there is nothing to take with you, nothing to learn. There are exceptions, of course, when everything changes all around the character and s/he refuses to change, for example. But [...]
BBC NEWS | Programmes | State Of The Union: The Evangelical vote Ted Haggard lost a lot of what respect I had left for him. I was a big fan of his book, Primary Purpose, when it came out. It unified the church rather than polarize it. Sure, it was mostly an evangelical thing (in [...]
BBC NEWS | Technology | Firefox browser takes on Microsoft Firefox has been a great browser for me. I wouldn’t even use another browser on my Mac if I could figure out how to rip Safari out of the default classification. Seems like Mac went a step furthern then Microsoft for once and made their [...]
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Brosnan ‘gutted’ over Bond exit Say it ain’t so, Pierce. The producers of the James Bond series have cut their best Bond since Sean Connery. Apparently, they changed their mind about bringing him back for a fifth Bond movie. Brosnan would’ve been a much better Bond choice than Timothy Daulton [...]
I’m making this prediction now, or Saturday, and using my blogging software’s feature to plan the post ahead. At 1:30 Sunday, this post will go up and announce that the Chiefs have beaten the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and have evened their record at 4-4. It’s going to happen, and by the time you read this, [...]
Over the past several years of my life’s journey, I’ve changed quite a bit of my “fundamental” beliefs. The practice of my faith has changed even more drastically as I try to navigate the waters of uncertainty. It’s not that I have lost my faith, as I most certainly haven’t. But the manifestation of my [...]
I know that most people in this country of ours are thinking about the presidential election. I voted for David Cobb, Green Party. And I’m proud of it. I didn’t waste my vote, I voted my conscience. I refused to place a vote for “a candidate who could actually win” when I believed neither of [...]