Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Mar 12th, 2008
Every once and a while I wonder how we would react if someone like Jesus walked into our life. Would we act any different than the folks in the time of Jesus? If you follow this cartoon series, the guy with the funny hair was the bald, geeky guy with glasses. He is a reoccurring [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Feb 5th, 2008
From the pages of the evangelicaloutpost we get this wonderful story. This is a story about Galileo Galilei. It’s not the story about an enlightened scientist being persecuted by a narrow-minded Catholic Church because that story is (mostly) a myth. It’s not a story about a great scientific genius either, though he was that (mainly). [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Feb 2nd, 2008
Michael said this (by Sister Corita Kent) was worth retyping: Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while. General duties of a student: pull everything out of your teacher, pull everything out of your fellow students. General duties of a teacher: pull everything out of your students. Consider everything an [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Jan 13th, 2008
The list is thought provoking and I found myself lingering over several of his nuggets of wisdom. Here is a sample: The mature Christian is more concerned with being loving all the time than being correct all the time. 100 Truths in 30 Years with Christ | Cerulean Sanctum
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Oct 10th, 2007
From the the evangelical outpost we have this insightful post about whether we pray to the same God. “I believe in an Almighty God,” said President Bush in an interview with Al Arabiya, “and I believe that all the world, whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God. That’s [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Oct 7th, 2007
Here is a great post about prayers from Ben Witherington’s blog. First a prayer for folks over 50 who are cranky, then a story about prayer which will make you think, hopefully. — THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Jun 15th, 2007
The decline of the Sabbath in America: Less praying, more working and playing. The Decline of the Sabbath This article in the Opinion Journal struck home with me. Over the last couple of years I have deliberately tried to avoid working on Sunday. I found that I need a day to slow down and unwind. [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on May 30th, 2007
The results were showing that when the volunteers placed the interests of others before their own, the generosity activated a primitive part of the brain that usually lights up in response to food or sex. Altruism, the experiment suggested, was not a superior moral faculty that suppresses basic selfish urges but rather was basic to [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity on Apr 28th, 2007
If you want to cause Biblical scholars to get their knickers in a knot there are two sure fire ways to accomplish that end: 1) you can skewer a sacred cow whether a liberal or conservative one; 2) you can propose a theory that requires one to believe in the possibility of the miraculous to [...]
Posted in Cowboy Christianity, Fun Facts on Apr 7th, 2007
(2007-04-06) — While Christians around the world gather for so-called “Good Friday” observances, an intelligence analyst studying primary source documents challenged the “irrational exuberance of the true believers,” and said his research to date indicates things did not go according to plan. “At this point, you have a leader in whom a lot of people [...]
On this day, the Virginia Tech community reflects on the vibrant lives of the 32 students and faculty who were tragically taken from us a year ago. Through light, art, and music we pay tribute to each and every person we lost. We gather to honor our friends, colleagues, and family members. We will never forget.