I’m hearing an increasing number of Christians say that they are for the legalization of same-sex marriage, or at the very least they don’t have a problem with it (though they view it as sin).  While I have some reservations on how Christians oppose same-sex marriage legislation, I can not wrap my head aro Read More → Comments (11)

I created this series of poster images as a creative exercise.  I wanted to explore the rich imagery found in the story of Jesus that is often neglected.  I also wanted to experiment with a graphic style that I find inspiring but don’t get much occasion to utilize Read More → No Comments

I like Derek Webb.  He not only understands music and verse he understands his job as a Christian artist.  I’m not at all a musician but I’m inspired as an artist when I listen to his albums. His latest album is surrounded by a bit of controversy.  His record label refused to include one of [...] Read More → Comments (10)

After President Obama’s commencement speech at Notre Dame, I posted this as my Facebook status: “Mr. President, if the unborn are not living, human persons, then WHY on earth should we strive to have fewer abortions?” I encouraged others to do the same.  Not surprising, I got a lot of affirmative res Read More → No Comments

In a recent episode of “This American Life” the theme was “No Map”. It featured stories of people encountering difficult situations without any guideposts on how to navigate through them. You can listen to the entire episode here. The final story was about Mike Nyberg, a Mormon that encountered Read More → Comments (8)

I had the privilege of attending a debate between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens at Biola University.  I was able to sit in the main auditorium, but just barely.  I was in the very last row at the back of the room.  It was great to experience the vibe in the room and measure [...] Read More → Comment (1)

I’ve recently returned from the God Blog Conference in association with Blog World and the New Media Expo. I recognize this puts me in a new category of blogging geekdom. Not only am I spending hours of my time blogging, I’m now spending money and a weekend away from my family to hear other people [...] Read More → No Comments

I’ve become aware of a deficiency in Evangelical Christianity in the last couple of years. Gnosticism is the belief that the spirit is the only thing that is real or good. The body is disposable and unimportant. In our missionary efforts we are at times evangelically gnostic. We often teach that the MOST important th Read More → Comment (1)

The leadership of my church recently held a forum where they answered concerns about RockHarbor being an Emergent Church.  I think they did a great job of illuminating the topic and identifying a number of different camps in the always ambiguous Emerging/Emergent movement. This is a topic that I’ve wrestled in f Read More → No Comments

With my tongue firmly planted in my cheek I sent this email to the owner of this store Sadly, no response. What I really want to know is, who does that kid think he is, tackling Jesus? Read More → No Comments