The Better Man

So, which is the better man? The religious man who fulfills ethical duties to ward off fears planted within him by a sidewalk preacher’s threats of eternal damnation, in effort to save himself, or the non-religious man who fulfills ethical duties under the power of his own free will and thought-laden conscience because he is compelled to satisfy what he perceives to be his personal responsibilities? Which of the two is truly the better man?

Your $80 NFL Team Jersey

I have had more than a few Pittsburgh Steelers jerseys in my lifetime. My son has one now. He has a Ben Roethlisberger jersey with a big number “7″ on it. You probably have a favorite NFL Team Jersey in your closet too. Question: How would you like to sew NFL Team Jerseys, all day long, in an assembly line (with a production goal set at 255 jerseys per hour), for .10 cents a piece, or .72 cents an hour? Seriously? We should all read about the way Reebok and the NFL pay their workers to sew their $80 team jerseys. You can do so here: Salvadoran Women Workers Speak Out on Sewing Peyton Manning Jerseys.

What the World Eats

Fascinating and sobering reading: “Come see What The World Eats. A few years ago photographer Peter Menzel and his wife Faith D’Aluisio started to photograph what family’s around the globe eat and wrote down what their weekly expenditure is. In 2005 they published an award winning book called Hungry Planet: What The World Eats.” Be sure to compare the weekly expenditure numbers of The Revis family of North Carolina to the Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp in Chad. It’s amazing what the world eats!

Is Angiogenesis the Cure for Cancer?

Angiogenesis. Have you ever heard the term? You will! The Angiogenesis Foundation explains it like this: “Angiogenesis, the growth of new capillary blood vessels in the body, is an important natural process in the body used for healing and reproduction.” It turns out that when the human body’s control of Angiogenesis is out of whack problems like cancer, skin diseases, age-related blindness, diabetic ulcers, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and many others occur. Is this a cure for cancer? We can only hope!

Unpublished Work by J.D. Salinger?

So, does J.D. Salinger – literary recluse and author of The Catcher in the Rye – really have at least 15 unpublished books that have been locked in a safe at his home? If there really is a trove of unpublished work in Salinger’s safe, it should be left unpublished. J.D. Salinger did say “Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.” I think his perspective should be honored in his death. J.D. Salinger died January 27, 2010.

The Great Emerging Church Failure

There seems to be a lot of posts popping up concerning the emerging church these days. The majority of these opinions concern a perceived failure of the conversation or movement or whatever you wish to call it.

Most of the posts I have read recently seem to say that the Emerging Church (Emergent/Emergence) has gone too far, theologically speaking. Read more…

Things You Don’t Hear In Church But Should

Things You Don’t Hear In Church, But Should: 1. “Sometimes people get married for all the wrong reasons. When two people realize this unfortunate event, the most loving and courageous thing to do is set each other free. That is love too.” 2. “I have to be honest with all of you. I really have no idea what I’m talking about right now. In fact, it’s probably safe to say that the last 10 minutes of my sermon was complete bullshit. Sorry!” 3. (Scene, right after the offering, the talking head steps up to the microphone) “We are going to count up and evenly divide this morning’s offering and then give it back to all of you so you can take your families out to dinner and enjoy some quality time with them.”

Hell Explained by Chemistry Student

Hell Freezes Over

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.

The answer by one student was so ‘profound’ that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. Read more…

An Unexamined Faith

Well, my grand hiatus lasted nearly 24 hours. How about that, people! Ha ha! All kidding aside, I am going to update this blog far less frequently than I have in the past so I can tend to my writing projects. I did, however, plan on keeping up with my Facebook and Twitter accounts in the meanwhile. The funny thing is I had the following Facebook Status Update all ready to go but it was too long to be published as a Facebook Status update. The little blurb was too good – in my humble opinion – to not be given life somewhere so it’s being published here in spite of my hiatus. Read more…

Hiatus

Hiatus

Hiatus: Recess (break), a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, some sex series, action, etc.

The above definition of “Hiatus” was lifted from Wikipedia and pasted here for your convenience. I’m not quite sure how the part regarding “some sex series” applies to the word, and it’s probably better that I don’t know what in the hell that means. The important part of the definition is the bit about “taking a break or accepting interruption in the continuity of a work.” The work from which I will be taking a break is this blog. No, I am not closing this blog. I will be back writing and posting here in time. How much time? I’m not sure right now. I suppose however long it take some to finish the four or five writing projects I’m working on. I am excited about these projects and I am compelled to dedicate 100% of my time to them. So, everything else, including the regular updating of this blog, will have to take a back seat for as long as it takes. Happily, I don’t think that time will be too long. I should be back in a month or two, but that depends totally upon my muse’s willingness to cooperate.

So, don’t unsubscribe from the feed; in fact, if you aren’t subscribed already, you probably should do so now to stay updated on the status of this blog. I’m not going anywhere. The blog will remain. I’m just refocusing my attention and energy to a few very important writing projects.

Thanks, all. :)

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