Between the Trees

It’s always a bit surreal when you go to the local newspapers website and see a picture of a friend staring at you. Then, you click on it and realize this friend has been recently arrested and you’re struck with a wave of indescribable emotions.
This has happened twice to me in the past month. First, [...]

The funny thing about expressing moral outrage over an injustice is that, more often than not, you realize that you’re guilty of the same offenses you condemn so unequivocally when they’re committed by others. Tonight as I’m starting to study for my history exam tomorrow (bad idea, by the way), I came across this quote [...]

Three things:
Angela Merkel is freakin awesome. Now if she can just get Sarkozy to join her :).
Zimbabweans voted today. Results should be up in a few days. For now, suffice to say we should all be praying for a peaceful aftermath to the election regardless of the results. There’s concern that a Kenya-esque conflict could [...]

This is a logo for some emerging-ish conference; I have no interest in the conference, but this has to be the best out-of-context verse used as a conference logo ever. I want that read before every preaching appearance I ever make
(HT: Tall Skinny Kiwi)

Note: This is the beginning of what will be an occasional series of posts meditating on Galatians in the form of prayers. Hope you enjoy them.
“Paul, an apostle – not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead – and all the brothers who [...]

Thanks to some discussion here and elsewhere, I’d like to clarify what I was saying in the last post. I was not meaning it to be some sort of systematic assessment of the word spiritual in its various uses, and it was not meant to be a theologically-precise discussion of complex issues.
What I was (and [...]

Occasionally I’ve posted a list of blogs worth checking out… it’s been awhile since I did this, however, so I thought I’d update the list a bit….
Justin Taylor’s Between Two Worlds is always a great source of evangelical-related news. I’ve heard people call it the evangelical Drudge Report, which is an apt description.
The Desiring God [...]

So the last few posts have been somewhat… crabby. So I thought we needed something to lighten the mood… so here you go. Pardon their French… then again, I’m guessing if this happened to you, you’d be saying the same things…

A girl I know recently found out that I was going to seminary. She said to me “Oh, I didn’t know you were a spiritual person.” I responded “I’m not” and left her looking puzzled and befuddled Unfortunately, I was late for class and had to leave her there. Hopefully I’ll get to clarify later, [...]

I was visiting with a friend today, and it sparked reflection on the way we talk about God. It seems like I often hear statements like “If God is [insert attribute] then he must/couldn’t [insert biblical teaching].” The problem with this is our confusion with words. It is all too easy to treat words as [...]