the long way home (coming soon)

[This is a repost of the last in a series of articles I wrote about a year-and-a-half ago exploring my struggles with the idea of America as a "Christian Nation" (it is not; read more here)and how my Christian faith should influence my politics.  Where I ended up is a very helpful place, I believe, [...]

[graphic design by kilroyart]
[You can read more of my recent thoughts on health care over at Reform & Revive Magazine in an article entitled "Explaining Health Care Reform and 'Christian' Reflections Thereof"]
I think I really want to see this whole health care thing goes down in flames.
This came as a shock to me today as I [...]

I know we’ve all had the followng experience: you’re in a group of people and someone makes a really good joke or pun.  Someone else in the group builds on that joke and the laughs increase.  Someone else does it.  This repeats itself over and over again as people build on the joke.  Eventually, the [...]

[Sorry, previous version of this got cut off and I didn't know it]
I know, I know.  I shouldn’t.  But I do.  I trust Google.  Really.  They are a great company that gives great products for free and really seems to care about their customers.  Yes, it is creepy they know so much about me, but [...]

I encountered one of the most fascinating things the other day. In the picture above (click for a larger version), you will see a search I recently did on Twitter for “npr”. I was trying to find their various Twitter accounts so I could follow, get news updates, and the like. I was shocked to [...]

Hey everyone, I have a new article up on the site Reform & Revive.  It’s on the current health care debate (and a little note on Ted Kennedy).  After offering a presentation I found that simplifies the discussion brilliantly, I offer some analysis.  My main question: apart from all the political baggage that Evangelicalism caries [...]

Here you can read a really informative interview with Derek Webb concerning the Church, culture, his creative process, and of course, his new album “Stockholm Syndrome”.
Patrol Magazine is perhaps my favorite site I read, and this interview furthers secures its place in my affections. A favorite and very enlightening paragraph in the interview reads:
Stockholm Syndrome [...]

. . . well, it’s not.
In May, I wrote about my journey in looking for a job. A month and half later(ish) I wrote of having found a job. My start date was July 1st.
But July 1st was the appointed day for another reason: it was the official first day of a new fiscal [...]

On Tuesday I wrote up an article on an exchange between New York Time’s Tech columnist David Pogue and Lowell McAdam, CEO of Verizon.  An article which Pogue himself commented on, by the way (I’m still waiting for McAdam to take notice of little ol’ me, even though I am a Verizon customer.  Hmm…)
Well, as [...]

[Thank you to spectacular photographer and friend David Schrott for inspiring this post]
Okay, due to a few recent articles I’ve written, the number of people visiting my blog has increased by over 4000% in the past week.  It’s pretty nuts.  That’s why everything has seemed to be about Derek Webb and his new album, Stockholm [...]