R.I.P., Christopher Hitchens, April 13, 1949 – December 15, 2011 (Image from his last article, featured in Vanity Fair) Believers and nonbelievers both have at least one thing in common: We all feel there’s something broken, something wrong with the world. We may disagree on what that brokenness is, but bickering over that makes no [...]
Can We Come Together?
December 16, 2011
The Sacredness of Wants
November 30, 2011
* I’m learning the sacredness of stating my wants. Not wants as in what I want my life to be, like purpose…and also not wants as in the stuff I think I want. But those things in between the conceptual and the material. Things like relationships and past times and conversations. And also the importance [...]
Conclusions on My Interview with Harold Camping, the Man Behind May 21, Judgment Day
May 18, 2011
If you haven’t read my interview with Harold Camping on KillingTheBuddha.com, you may want to read that first. I came away from interviewing Harold with two somewhat differing conclusions, neither of which would have fit well if included in the KtB article. The first was too nice and too characteristic of my wishy-washy agnosticism. The [...]
What Am I Giving Up for Lent? Lent.
April 13, 2011
I love the idea of intentionally depriving one’s self of something. It can work wonders for gaining perspective on a variety of matters, spiritual and otherwise. It has been interesting to hear what people are fasting for Lent this year. Many are depriving themselves of certain foods, or all foods. Some are trying to give [...]
Will “Love Wins” Change Anything?
March 8, 2011
Yeah, I’m jumping on the “Theological Firestormageddon 2011″ bandwagon. Though it’s not like my opinion matters, I just had to give my thoughts on this whole controversy surrounding Rob Bell’s forthcoming book, Love Wins, which apparently no one who has commented on has actually read. All the hype is based on the couple minutes of [...]
