My cats are gone….I'm drunk.
I recently turned my two beautiful, sweet, hairy cats over to the care of the fine people at the animal services. I liked my cats….enough. I was caught off guard by the welling of sadness when I had to explain to my 3 year old that we could not go check on the cats and make sure they were OK in their new “hotel room”. The word “pussy” does ring loud and clear right now for many reasons… Fast forward two weeks. Life has become surprisingly easier, cleaner, and more pleasant smelling. Have I been blind all these years? Well, yes. I realize that I am simply a frog in a stew pot. For the better part of a decade, a small hairy creature has been occupying space in my home. Providing the service of “cute pet” for...
Whence the "evil" label?
It may be that I live in Texas and people here wear their politics and their religion more loudly and frequently on their bumpers than in their lives, but I am continually being bounced between bemusement and outrage during the current economic discussions that many Christians continue to champion capitalism as a more moral or “Christian” economic system than socialism. In fact, I often hear loudmouth preachers refer to socialism as “evil.” For the life of me I can’t understand how a Christian arrives at this conclusion. Capitalism may be seen as an opponent of the Christian in that it frequently sets itself against life. Too often those who are in a primary position or ownership position within a capitalist society do not share...
My Music
I really enjoy music mostly secular at the moment, but I recently rehashed some of my old christian music. Pulling from old Steven Curtis Chapman and Rich Mullins I actually felt a little uplifted by the lyrics of the songs. It was a nice change from the hopelessness I hear in most of my music as well as from the media (which I love). But I find myself at a crossroads. I find that Christian music can be hookie and cliche and not really address whats going on with Christians. I don’t want to hear about how everything will be alright and God loves me because it seems like a brush off to the problems we face. On the other side of the coin is that these things are true for Christians everything will be alright in the end and God does love us, and I need to hear...
Fatalism Revisited
So the last several years have given me plenty of opportunity to be cynical about the political process in general. The best way to describe my recent political leanings at this point would be disillusioned. My thought is that politicians rarely fix things, even the problems that they have created (income taxes, Social Security, Medicare, etc, etc). When coupled with my increased fascination with heaven, there just don’t seem to be many worthwhile efforts other than striving to help people come to know Christ. Since politics generally makes every effort to avoid the Gospel, this further validated my general thoughts on politics. However, I have had a real change of opinion. So several nights ago, my wife and I watched Amazing Grace. It is movie...
New Voices, New Site
Our new site with the new format will be up Monday Sep 15th. So check us out then.