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This is a series about the spouses of pastors by a friend, who is a pastor’s wife. One of the things affected by the economy is church budgets. Have the realities of the world-wide economy reached your church budget?  Now let’s look behind the scenes: How is your family handling the economic downturn? I’d like…

C.S. Lewis famously argued that morals need God, that one cannot have universal morals without a divine foundation for those morals. That is, apart from belief in God it is hard to maintain belief in morals. The question Lewis provokes for some is this: Are there cultures where folks are both demonstrably moral and irreligious.…

Can someone explain why CNN includes “NASCAR” on the Sports page? What is required to consider something a “sport”? Isn’t a ball needed?

Who can name the players in the famous game between UCLA and the University of Houston? I’ll give you two: Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Elvin Hayes (Big E). Do you know who won?

Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

We just saw this in Dallas. I’m personally persuaded that the death of President Kennedy can’t simply be reduced to Lee Harvey Oswald.

Chicago! Walter Brueggemann on the Bible’s view of economics. (HT: JD) A must-read blog by Owen Youngman.New blogs I’ve recently seen worth following: PreacherMike and Wade Hodges.And Eric Bryant’s blog is uber-cool. David Cramer has come out as a pacifist and has a number of informed discussions. A Christian by any other name: Lisa Miller.…

Song by ze vurld’s greades zinger Celine Dion? Here’s some of mine… 

Why is it so much easier (or seem to be) for folks to discern God’s will/plan for other people? It seems easier to see God’s involvement through “the rear view mirror.” How do we discern where God is moving ahead?

This post is from Chrissy Wright, and I think she offers a serious counter to how one NT text is frequently used. (Next week from Matt Edwards.) How do you think this verse about avoiding the appearance of evil should be lived out today? One of the most frequently quoted verses in the Bible, from…
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