Cock-friending |
In efforts to be a more "missional" church, the Leadership Council of Mennonyte Church USA has launched a new program, known as the "Cock-friending Initiative." It has long been known that roosters ar...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:40:00 GMT |
In praise of hedonism |
I admit it. I am a hedonist. I live for pleasure. I seek to suck the marrow out of life's experiences. But I have no use for second-rate, temporal fleeting fools' fun. No, I'm on the run. I'm running ...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:02:00 GMT |
FREE FAGS |
Tomorrow, Dietz Produce is participating in a pilot programme whereby a new brand of cigarette is being offered to the smoking public. Called Pure Lights, these fags are actually good for you. They ar...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:38:00 GMT |
FROM EMPIRE TO EARTH COMMUNITY, and AGENDA FOR A NEW ECONOMY |
I find the current economic contraction to be both frightening and hopeful. Frightening, because economic hardship often leads to conflict and war. Hopeful, because our rapacious, earth-devouring econ...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:51:00 GMT |
Religious Paranoia |
It has become increasingly clear to me as I interact with various friends and acquaintances of mine who happen to be conservative religious folk, just how miserable many of them are. I hear comments a...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:46:00 GMT |
camel-swallowing gnat strainers |
"Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel" (Jesus, to the scribes and Pharisees, as recorded in Matthew 23:24).So, the morally rectitudinous members of the Illinois Senate have una...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:59:00 GMT |
The Constantinian Seduction |
As I thrill in today's inauguration of Barack Obama, my liberal heart is warmed. Barack is reasonable, intelligent, well-spoken. He stands for responsibility, racial reconciliation, Constitutional res...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:00:00 GMT |
Secret Sneaker |
Dick Cheney is a very secretive man. He had a secret energy task force which he successfully prevented the public from prying into. He has oft resided in a secret undisclosed location. Mr. Cheney argu...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:28:00 GMT |
in the light of eternity |
In light of the vast endlessness of eternity,
does it really make a difference whether one lives 90 minutes,
or 90 years?
Do minutes and years really mean anything when set in such a context?
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:53:00 GMT |
days i once endured |
when will you come back, my lovely,from the far off places wherein you reside?when will you return from your sojourn,beyond the sun, moon and stars of the sky?i know you'll come back, by and by.until ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:19:00 GMT |
