More Questions Than Answers

Even in a material world…

Monday, 12 June 2006 · 1 Comment

This one's for you, honey:

"I don't care about material things. It never meant Jack to me. … The only thing that I guess I would treasure more than anything else is the health of my kids, then my wife, then me. In that order. Everything else I could take care of easy . . . I'm here. I go to bed at night, you know, with four kids laying on your head. That's a lot cooler existence than being on the cover of a goofy magazine with the latest starlet. It only plays well to selling covers of magazines. It's a pretty lonely existence. I can tell you firsthand."

- Jon Bon Jovi -

 

 

Categories: Family/Friends · Life · Quotable

Why prove? Prove what? How?

Monday, 12 June 2006 · No Comments

"If God and humankind resemble each other so closely so as to essentially belong to the same category of being, the conclusion "threfore Christ was God" makes perfect sense. But this is nothing but humbug. If that is all there is to being God, then God does not exist at all! … (more…)

Categories: Philosophy · Quotable · Theology

Bibleopoly

Monday, 12 June 2006 · 1 Comment

Yesterday was a big unveiling of the mostly-completed facelift that the education wing of my church has been undergoing the past 6 months. Just about everything is complete. However, the youth wing is still a work in progress. The tours of church members roving about the building were a prime opportunity to highlight vision I have for the youth wing and what needs to be done to fulfill that vision. (i.e. the donation shpeel)

One of the things I want to see in the students' own space is community. A cliche but classic way to help with this is little table games and whatnot. So a church member drops off a board game today… (more…)

Categories: Theology · Youth Ministry