new books!

mitt and i just got back from halfprice books: a new kind of christian | brian mclaren (link) uncle boris in the youkon, and other shaggy dog stories | daniel pinkwater (link) christianity through the centuries – a history of the christian church | earle e. cairns (link) the lost gospel: the book of q […]

what is my motivation?

what an interesting question. fear fear often motivates me. i tend to work hardest to avoid being chastized. lame, but true. when it comes down to getting something truly finished, my ADD kicks in, as well as my perfecitonism, fighting each other, so that i get a little paralized, torn between very creative ideas, and […]

random spillings

tonight is a funny night. we have wine, no power, and time. this leads to thinking, and posting (powerbooks still work when there’s no power!). storms i both love, and dislike, thunderstorms. when there’s a lot of lightening they are beautiful, of course. but when there are tornadoes, they are scary. spoke with tricky called […]

garrett dimon on balance and teamwork

the guy who’s design i ripped off is becmoing my new hero: GarrettDimon.com After writing about the blending of design and programming the other day, it really got me thinking. I really think web design, and almost everything in the world is just one big balancing act. In politics, for every extreme conservative, there’s somebody […]

brian mclaren on dright friesen

i posted a comment at brian mclaren’s conversation at dwightfriesen.blog.com. i debated how much to sound like i know what i’m talking about, and how much to make sure it was obvious i just googled for it. in the end, i just said, “afaict”, and left it up to the reader.

speaking my mind

Currently playing in iTunes: The Logical Song by Supertramp @starbucks speaking my mind i’ve been reading Speaking My Mind by Tony Campolo. i understand that this is a controversial book, but i don’t understand why. he speaks things that, to my mind, oughta be normal thinking for followers of jesus. then again, maybe that’s the […]

emerging backlash starting

conservatives The Conservative Voice – News (thanks ovenmitt.) Before you write me off as a fear-monger, consider these words of Brian McLaren from an interview with Christianity Today: “I don’t think we’ve got the gospel right yet. What does it mean to be ‘saved’? When I read the Bible, I don’t see it meaning, ‘I’m […]