Invite David Bazan. This last Sunday I was fortunate enough to host Mr. Bazan (or Dave as he likes me to call him) at my house for one of his living room shows. For those of you who don’t know – this very blog is named after one of his songs, so to have the [...]
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How To Have A Concert In Your Living Room
Posted in Belief, Music & Film, tagged David Bazan, Headphones, Living room shows, Long Beach, Pedro the Lion on February 21, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The Lesson of Komen v. Planned Parenthood
Posted in Belief, Health Care, tagged abortion, cancer, cancer screening, Komen, Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, women's health on February 2, 2012 | 11 Comments »
So yesterday I saw a flurry of activity on my Facebook news feed which I thought was unusual. The usually heavily loved and supported Susan G. Komen for the Cure was being lambasted by many people after news spread that it was pulling grant funds from Planned Parenthood that had been targeted towards cancer screenings. [...]
Why I like Tim Tebow
Posted in Belief, Culture, Religion, Sports on December 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The day after the Broncos lost to the Patriots and ended their winning streak, one of my Facebook friends posted the following on his status update: “Can we shut up about Tebow now. One of the most overrated a-holes in the NFL.” I definitely take issue with this post. It clearly shows that my friend [...]
The Timothy McVeigh Christian Terrorist Myth
Posted in Belief, Culture, Religion, tagged ground zero, mosque, Timothy McVeigh on September 13, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Amongst the many arguments for and against the Islamic cultural center at ground zero, none have been more enraging to me than those that include a reference to Timothy McVeigh as a Christian terrorist. The rhetorical question is asked by those who fail to see the problem with a mosque being constructed at ground zero [...]
Have You No Shame?
Posted in Belief, tagged Christ, crucifixion, Good Friday, Lost in the Cloud on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some Good Friday reading from Lost in the Cloud about Christ’s death and his and our shame.
A Non-Story?
Posted in Belief, Culture, Miscellany, tagged bible verses, Christianity, conversion, crusade, military, Trijicon on January 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I saw this link on Drudge the other day about secret “Jesus” codes inscribed on weapons. I figured it was probably silly and ignored… but today I saw it again, still thought it must be silly, but checked it out. Guess what, I think it is silly. The article is all about this Michigan-based company [...]
The Great (Illegal) Divorce
Posted in Belief, Culture, Miscellany, Politics, Religion, tagged ban divorce, California, Divorce, gay marriage, John Marcotte, Prop. 8 on December 1, 2009 | 9 Comments »
The AP is running a story about Californian John Marcotte who is trying to get signatures to support a ballot measure that will ban divorce as a response to a ban on gay marriage. I find this not only amusing, but exactly what was talked about in the comments to this post from last year. [...]
Fair Trade… For Our Conscience Or Their Benefit?
Posted in Belief, Culture, Economics, Unintended Consequences, tagged Cardus, coffee, fair trade, Hernando de Soto, Robert Joustra on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever talked with people about fair trade, the idea of branding certain commodities that have passed muster as delivering a fair and decent price to its third-world producers? I have, and they are usually boisterously supportive of it, or at least passively not opposed to it on the grounds of why not? I [...]
Three Strikes
Posted in Belief, Culture, tagged forgiveness, Ina Jaffe, mercy, NPR, Three Strikes Law on October 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
UPDATE: Parts two and three of the series. Treads similar ground but definitely worth a listen, just about 5 minutes each. ——— While the title may lead you to believe this is a baseball post, it is not. I will leave those inane ramblings about “the nations pastime” to Elijah. Instead. this post is to [...]
Inglourious Propoganda
Posted in Belief, Culture, Music & Film, tagged Inglourious Basterds, nazis, Quentin Tarantino on August 29, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I saw the film Inglourious Basterds the other day, upon the recommendation of a number of friends. I left the theater feeling two simultaneous and somewhat contradictory feelings (in a word: ambivalent). On the one hand, I “enjoyed” the film: the tension-building dialogues exploding in a climactic release (apologies for the sexual undertones there), the [...]
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