A Different Perspective

When faced with life’s toughest decisions, what do you do? It seems almost everyone has a process they go through when making life decisions.

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Christians on the religious right have an opportunity with the upcoming Obama administration, but I doubt seriously evangelicals will take advantage of the chance they have been given.
I’ve already let my opinion on Legislating Morality be known, so I won’t rehash it now. The time has come for Christians to shift from talk and reliance [...]

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Barack Obama on Election Night from CNN Video

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It’s the time again where the Christian political machine is revving up for another presidential election. This is a time, as a Christian, I truly dread.
This is the time where human sexuality, abortion, gay marriage, etc., rule the voting consciences of many Christians. It comes down to a simple principle:
The religious right believes you [...]

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I once contemplated reading nothing from the Bible except the Gospels for an entire year. I didn’t do it, but I did read the Gospels much more often than any other books that year. That experience was probably the forerunner to my exodus from the establishment and seeking out ways to be the church outside [...]

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I love it!
Update: Embedding has been turned on and off on this short, and it seems now it is back on. If you can’t get the video to play, click the link in the comments.

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I received a small amount of justice yesterday.
It appears that Van Nuys Superior Court Commissioner Martin Wegman thinks I deserve the chance to be innocent…
I posted earlier about the possibility that I could not afford to be “not guilty.” It was going to cost me $381 to have my day in court. Evidently, the L.A. [...]

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Many of the wonderful things in life go by unappreciated.
A kind word, a smile from a stranger, the gentle breeze on a hot summer day.
What was once wonderful often sinks beneath the muddy waters of routine.
The faithfulness of a friend is too often forgotten even before the next trial begins.
But arising from the ruins of [...]

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My friend Jason Zahariades is exploring Eastern Orthodoxy. He’s got a lot of great posts on his blog, and a recent post challenges equality in interpretation of the Scriptures. He quotes Fr. Stephen,
“Literalism is a false means of interpretation (hermenuetic) and is a vain attempt to democratize the Holy writings. If they can be read [...]

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OpenSong is software for the Mac which can run your multimedia presentation over a projector. And the price is great: free.
Definitely worth a look for those of you who use projection for your times of community worship.

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