May 2008
6 posts
“…and let us go out with a divine dissatisfaction.
Let us be dissatisfied until...”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
“Where Do We Go From Here?” Annual Report Delivered at the 11th Convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
16 August 1967 Atlanta, Georgia
April 2008
10 posts
Bangladeshi Curried Goat Brains or PB&J
Phileena and I have traveled in and through nearly 70 countries.
As you can imagine, we’ve eaten some pretty crazy stuff. Generally, when traveling I’ll seriously eat almost anything. I mean it.
Some of the more notable meals that I’ve actually enjoyed include:
Fish Head Tea in Jamaica
Curried Goat Brains in Bangladesh
All sorts of deep fried larva, grubs, and what seemed to be beetles and...
The True Riches of the Church: Saint Lawrence
I grew up Catholic. When I was in 3rd or 4th grade my parents joined a Protestant church. As a kid, Catholic and Protestant church seemed was more similar than different. There were a few obvious differences that stood out to me: the worship service was longer than mass; priests dressed cooler than pastors; it was easier to sleep in the Protestant service (not so much standing, sitting, and...
Watch***Election Results Spoiler***
I knew it… I just knew it.
And another reason why I hate “the man.”
I Should Know By Now
I’ve got quirks.
There are things that I really like, a lot. And there are things that I generally don’t care much for (that’s actually a long list…).
For example, I’m funny about my coffee. Given a choice, I would only drink Starbucks coffee for the rest of my life (and even into eternity). I live in a Starbucks-rut and order the same thing 88-94% of the time I go there (Quad Grande...
Subverting Evangelicalism →
Going old school on you all and pulling one out from the archives.
A Confession
Okay. I’m a punk.
A couple years ago I started getting hit up to endorse a number of books. Most of them were actually written by friends of mine. And most of them were actually good books too.
But I still said no. To all of them.
I sort of rationalized in my head that I’d prefer not to put my name on something that I wasn’t absolutely positive was theologically accurate (as if anything is...
The Devil Lived In My TV
When I was a kid my folks were (and still are) the pretty conservative Christian type. Republicans and the whole bit.
Part of that was played out in what was off-limits re: our television and movie viewing options.
Some of the programs my siblings and I weren’t allowed to watch because they were (and maybe still are…) “evil” included:
The Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon
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The Echo of a Saint: Signs of Hope in a Slum... →
Here’s my most recent article, it’s about a dear friend who lives in a slum community in Freetown, Sierra Leone.