I’ve just realized how long it’s been since I last posted. I knew it had been a while, but now that we’re officially into into March and I only posted once in February, it makes me feel like a flaky blogger who doesn’t care about his SEO. And of course that’s true, but even moreso [...]
Archive for the ‘faith’ Category
Learning, Jury, Tomatoes and Time
March 7, 2011
Is It Official?
February 2, 2011
The other day gave me an opportunity for reflection on where I’ve come philosophically in the past several years. For the first time ever, I officially listed myself as “Non-Religious” on a government document. Though I’ve frequently tossed around the term, there was something about the act of scrolling down the jury impaneling form, pausing, [...]
Purpose is Overrated
January 6, 2011
The following post is a bit long, so I’ve separated it into a series of short meditations. *** I was at the beach for the New Year’s holiday (courtesy of @BaptistWineClub) and took some time to observe the nature around me. Noticing the gulls, pipers, waves, bubbles, drifting sand, seaweed, and other beauties, I [...]
Sleepless Night
December 22, 2010
My dog Oscar ate a box of chocolates yesterday. Wouldn’t be so bad if he was a 100-pound Lab and it was a little sampler of truffles. But he’s a 10-pound miniature Dachshund… …and it was this entire box of more than 50 treats… If you don’t already know, chocolate is toxic to dogs if [...]
Jesus Died for This? (review)
December 20, 2010
I met Becky Garrison a few years ago in the Bahamas at Soularize, a sort of postmodern Christian anti-conference. I was the director of a faith-based site at the time, and she was touring with her then-new book, The New Atheist Crusaders. We grabbed dinner and conversation a couple times in Nassau, I interviewed her [...]
