I love C. S. Lewis!

If we retain only what can be justified by standards of prudence and convenience at he bar of enlightened common sense, then we exchange revelation for that old wraith Natural Religion. – C. S. Lewis

Another long C. S. Lewis Quote – It’s a good one

He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class is rendering to Caesar that which, of all things, most emphatically belongs to God: himself… -C. S. Lewis

Rick Warren Interview: On Gay Marriage and Divorce – Beliefnet.com

Rick Warren Interview: On Gay Marriage and Divorce – Beliefnet.com Rick Warren nails my views on gay marriage. My thought has been that gay and lesbians can have civil unions, but as a church, we do not have to bless them, just as we need to deal with two heterosexual people living together before being [...]

Interesting stats with evangelicals and recessions

I saw this on the NY Times page today, thanks to BW3: Dr. Beckworth, a macroeconomist, posited another theory: though expanding demographically since becoming the nation’s largest religious group in the 1990s, evangelicals as a whole still tend to be less affluent than members of mainline churches, and therefore depend on their church communities more [...]

Chuck Colson’s take on Blogojevich

Commentary: I know what Illinois governor feels like now – CNN.com I like this quote from Mr. Colson: At the height of Watergate, a dear friend of mine, Tom Phillips, then CEO of Raytheon, invited me to his home. As we sat in his kitchen, Tom read to me a chapter on pride from a [...]

I’m not as frustrated

I feel blessed this morning. I have a post that is brewing about justice and Christmas, but that can wait for a day or two. I was beginning to feel frustrated lately with the media again. It has to do with the typical things that are job related. Public perception of the forecast, the media’s [...]

My twitter posts et al

I don’t know if my twitter posts being summarized is bothering anybody, but I like them. For one, I actually talk about things weather related. That was always something I did rarely, in the past. Also, I sometimes wonder aloud some of the things on my mind. I try to get too mundane with the [...]

Perhaps…

From Jesus Creed Perhaps we need to be reminded that Christmas is not about us; it is about Jesus Christ.Perhaps we need to be reminded that Christmas is not about what we get out of it; it is about what we give to God in adoration.Perhaps we need to pause to see just how Jesus-centered [...]