Category Archives: Faith

Steve Jobs, Jesus Christ, and the Bland Conformity of Western Christianity

October 27th, 2011

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. —Apple Inc., “Think Different” ad, 1997 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and [...]

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Like a Bullet

October 18th, 2011

I was praying the other day while I was alone in the car, driving on one of the endless, self-serving errands that afflict me as a contemporary American, when the word trajectory started ringing in my head. Each of us is like a bullet shot from a gun, hurtling toward destiny, impact certain. Our lives [...]

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Fear: The Ruination of the American Church

September 12th, 2011

If someone were to ask me what emotion best characterizes the American Church in 2011, I’d have to say fear. Everywhere I look, some self-styled church leader is playing the fear card. Christian bloggers blog about issues that instill fear. Average Christians in the pews lament the continued American downslide and point trembling fingers willy-nilly [...]

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