Apologies for not writing anything too exciting the past couple of days. I have been involved in quite a large Web project and it has kept me just a little too busy. It is going to wrap up tomorrow so hopefully I will then have some more time to do real writing. Now to the…
Bunnie Diehl has a great collection of photographs from the March For Women’s Lives held this past weekend (scroll down a couple of screens). Isn’t feminism a wonderful thing? Feminism has given women the right to destroy the lives of their children and it seems society is now consumed with the bloodlust of abortion. Sickening!
The New York Times reported this week that Christian music is “disproportionately popular” in the online filesharing services. For example, last month almost 350,000 people downloaded songs by Relient K and over 2 million people are offering Switchfoot songs. This is Gospel Music Association week in Nashville and apparently “high on the agenda [of the…
The Vatican recently released a new document entitled Redemptionis Sacramentum which deals with “certain matters to be observed or to be avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist.” Matt Hall has commented briefly on this document. As is standard practice for the Roman Catholic Church, the document goes into minute detail, mentioning even standards for the…
Now I am no prude and still enjoy wasting a bit of time playing the occasional computer game, but I can’t deny that the genre does attract some disgusting games. The latest in a string of brutal games is Manhunt which has just recently been released across several gaming platforms. The premise of the game…
Well I guess by now you have already realized that this site has a whole new look. Many of you were helpful in giving comments when I gave a preview of the new design. I am quite excited about this one and believe it will serve the site well. I decided to highlight recent posts…
This is the best news I’ve gotten all day! Derek Webb will be releasing his follow-up release to She Must And Shall Go Free on June 8. His first album is one of my top picks from 2003 and has quickly become one of my all-time favorite albums. So naturally I am quite excited to…
I have always felt that Ultramatic, the company that sells electronic, adjustable beds, makes some of the worst commercials on television. Incidentally, it seems they also have one of the worst corporate Web sites on the Internet. For years their commercials were targeted at seniors – they had these awful ads which were supposed to…
It has been a while since I did a Blog of the Week but I thought I would carry on an old tradition today. I began BotW so I could highlight some of the other Christian bloggers whose writing I have come to appreciate. Discovering blogs has revolutionized the way I experience the world wide…
I had my whole day planned out. I was going to start the day by taking the car over to Wal Mart for a quick oil change. As they were doing that I would head over to the in-store McDonalds, grab a quick breakfast and read the paper. Then I would head home and spend…
Thanks to Rod for forwarding a link to a contest entitled The Power of Purpose. Combining secular and Christian organizations and judges, the contest asks people to write an essay of 3500 words or less that describes the power of purpose. The contest is to encourage people to think about and increase the awareness of…
A while back I put together a new site design but elected not to change to the new design. I just couldn’t get it quite right, especially in regards to the colors. I spent a couple of hours tinkering today and came up with another design that I am quite pleased with. But, as usual,…
I think I will coin a phrase today. The phrase I will heretofore take credit for is Creativity Cramp. I am a Web designer. As such I have to be creative on an on-going basis. Every time a client calls and asks me to make him a site I have to be creative and come…
A post in this thread about the band Blackball got me thinking about Christian artists who are theologically Reformed. It occurs to me that a huge number of Christian musicians attend Scotty Smith’s church outside Nashville and that is a Presbyterian Church, but it seems there is a vast difference between attending a Prebyterian Church…
Though not a regular reader of The Door Magazine as I find it a mite disrespectful at times, I do enjoy the section they call Truth is Stranger Than Fiction. In this section they highlight the most bizarre Christian products and advertising. For example, they have an advertisment they found in a newspaper for “Jehobics”…
Think On These Things Ministries is a wonderful teaching and outreach ministry of Southern View Chapel in Springfield, Illinois. Pastor Garry Gilley publishes a monthly newsletter and offers a free subscription if you are interested in receiving it. In past months he has written about The Passion of the Christ, The Purpose Driven Life, Sexual…
Someone brought this article to my attenion and I thought I would post it. I do not wish to insinuate that any church I have attended has acted in this manner, yet have heard of many churches that have acted in this manner. The author says: “This article is based upon experiences numerous people have…
If you missed it yesterday, my wife is at a women’s retreat for the weekend, leaving me to look after the kids. Of course I am perfectly capable of doing so, but find it does alter my life quite radically. I also tend to overlook certain details… Number of doses of medication Abby was supposed…
Truth be told the cat hasn’t gone anywhere (unfortunately), but the wife has. Some ladies from our church hold an annual weekend retreat, and this just so happens to be the weekend Aileen is away. She is in Niagara Falls with the group just having a weekend away and a time of worship and learning.…
This is a story with a moral to it. The story involves my 18-month old daughter and a package of gum. It goes something like this: Abby loves to explore. She also loves to climb and it seems that these two traits often go hand-in-hand, for she has discovered that the higher she climbs the…