Last thoughts of the night....
Or "Before I go to bed" thoughts. Or maybe even: "If you can't welcome the stranger because he doesn't believe as you believe: screw him!"Perhaps it's because I was up until 3 a.m. Sunday morning (don't ask), and got up at 7 to take my daughter and two of her friends to the

The Kids are Alright
I'm not an "evangelical Christian" in the contemporary understanding of the term. But if young "evangelicals" are saying things like this:“Jesus, when he lived on this earth, was with the poor and

Do you see what I see?
Speaking of Biblical interpretation, via R

First Sunday in Advent 2009: "A Day on Which Absolutely Nothing Happened."
Jeremiah 33:14-1633:14 The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.33:15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for Da

Anticipation
Somewhere in late October or early November, the hits at this blog start piling up: people searching for information on Christmas or Advent, and often passing through here (Google loves me, this I know/For Sitemeter tells me so!). Long before Advent has begun, someone wants to know somet