On Saturday night Alycia and I hung out with another youth pastor and his wife. Since we were a quartet of Christians hanging out, we obviously broke out the hexes and played a mean game of Settlers of Catan. There are few things that combine the worlds of Christianity and nerdom as well as Catan;Read more
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On Friday I sat staring at the fountain above. Last week I had been feeling a little spiritually dry and disconnected from God. There wasn’t anything overt that caused those feelings, just a long, busy summer and trying to recover from it. Those feelings permeated my week and, spurred by the book Strengthening the SoulRead more
I really enjoyed these chapters of The Goblet of Fire. In the previous books, after the students arrived at Hogwarts, things really slowed down for a while. But between Hermione’s calls for justice and the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, things at Hogwarts have been pretty exciting. Here are some thoughts from chaptersRead more
Alycia and me in Hawaii. She’s prettier than I am. I write a lot about the fourth commandment because it’s one of the ones with which we struggle most. Hopefully most people aren’t out there murdering someone or stealing candy from a baby or anyone else. Not only do a lot of us break theRead more
It’s been really hot all over the country and southern California is no exception. Here in the Golden State we’ve had 10 straight days of triple-digit temperatures. While that’s nothing compared to places like Texas, it has been really hot. There should be some relief coming in the next few days but, until then, hereRead more
There are a lot of god-like characters throughout science fiction. While not an actual character, the Force had some god-like qualities. The Marvel universe is filled with different god-like characters: Thor, Ares and the Watcher. Q was definitely a god-like character in The Next Generation and Captain Kirk ran into a god that needed aRead more