Thoughts About Church (1)
Wednesday, December 31st, 2003 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 6 Comments »In an earlier post, I talked about differences between the liturgical style of the church I now attend and the more free-flowing style of the church I grew up in. I wanted to expand on some of those differences ...
The Broken Church
Wednesday, December 31st, 2003 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 2 Comments »A few days ago I posted a story I wrote about what a modern Christmas might look like. Those thoughts really jaded my Christmas church experience, though I wonder if I'm just too cynical or if I'm truly disillusioned with ...
2003 Reading List
Wednesday, December 31st, 2003 Posted in Books | 1 Comment »It's time for the annual reading list, the semi-gloating summary of books I read this past year. Since losing my job in July and the end of my daily bus rides, my reading time plummeted. Sadly, I couldn't match the ...
I Didn’t Get Rich By Writing Big Checks
Tuesday, December 30th, 2003 Posted in Internet | 2 Comments »In my ever-expanding battle with computer frustration, I switched to Mozilla's Firebird Browser today. A few people (Jordon Cooper, Josh Lewis, etc.) said good things about it, so I figured I'd give it a shot. And it's not IE. For the ...
God with Us
Wednesday, December 24th, 2003 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 2 Comments »The following is a story I wrote to read at my youth group's Christmas recital. I tried publishing it a few places just for the heck of it, but so far no luck (UPDATE: Though it sounds like Relevant Magazine ...
Our Best FIF Ever
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003 Posted in Music | No Comments »Yesterday I finally got around to posting my self-indulgant, retrospective Five Iron Frenzy article. In honor of that article, and in a previous tradition, I present my choices for a Five Iron greatest hits collection: The Best FIF Ever. As usual, ...
In the Name of Love
Monday, December 22nd, 2003 Posted in U2 | 1 Comment »The CCM U2 Tribute album, In the Name of Love, showed up in the mail the other day. Well, half the album anyway. It's a press copy of the album, but it only has 7 of 12 tracks (potentially 13; ...
Mmm… snow
Sunday, December 21st, 2003 Posted in Just for Fun | No Comments »It's almost Christmas, so take a break and make a snowflake and have a snowball fight. (links via Knightopia) Check out my snowflakes:
Simpsons on NPR
Saturday, December 20th, 2003 Posted in TV | 1 Comment »Check out the NPR interview with Simpsons creator Matt Groening. It starts off a bit bizarre with some of Groening's musical interests, but what do you expect from someone who spawned the Simpsons? It includes Groening singing the Matt Groening ...
