I’ve been doing a bit of catching up on my Bible reading and have recently been hanging out in the book of Job. Now, you’ve got to wonder about the book of Job. Most of the time it’s summed up by a preacher in about three chapters (the first two and then the last one), basically they say: Job’s a good guy, devil asks to test him, God let’s him take away everything Job has and even gives him boils, Job doesn’t curse God, and in the end God …

In church the other day I was surprised to see two small paintings toward the front of the building depicting Jesus. I recognized them and I believe the appropriate term for them is an “icon.” (I could definitely be wrong on that).
They where obviously painted a few centuries ago. They didn’t look exactly like this but similar. By similar I mean it was the long haired white Jesus we seem to see portrayed everywhere we look. So much so I think we actually think he looked something like that. Now …

I probably won’t get to my thoughts about the Biblical foundations about free-will and predestination in this post at all. Rather, I’d like to address one of the dangers that comes up when we start to get honest and talk about this subject. Listen carefully and you might pick up on which direction I lean.
First and foremost, I am NOT a robot. I know you where probably constructing your theories and questioning whether the pictures are real, but seriously I’m not. What I mean by saying this is to …

Well, there is plenty of good news to share with you.
1. Best Buy replaced my computer hard drive for free (Service plan)
2. They gave me my old hard drive back (would have cost $90 for them to try and back it up)
3. I’m currently pulling almost ALL of my old files off the old hard drive.
4. I might be able to format the old drive and still use it!
That being said, I hope you didn’t mind my week long vacation from writing. I can’t write quite as well on other …

By technical difficulties I mean that my computer isn’t turning on at all. Guess that hard drive just got tired of multiple podcast, blog post, and web design projects and just decided to quit. Never fear though, the good ‘ol Best Buy warranty has come to the rescue and I should be back up and running in the next few days or so. I’m typing on my wife’s computer before she needs it for class today. Not having a computer easily available, just for the past day, has reminded …

I don’t know for sure, but I think my hard drive is DEAD.

After a morning hanging out with Adria and helping her get ready to do her own podcast I couldn’t let her go with out you getting a chance to hear a little from her and some of the things she’s interested in. I hope you enjoy Adria’s podcasting debut and stay tuned for links to her upcoming podcasts.
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Adria went to Taylor University and majored in Bible
She started drinking coffee at age 10
She work’s at Bongo Java brewing coffee
Adria …

Dorothy Day, declared a Servant of God by the Catholic Church, is well known for her Social Justice work and helping start the Catholic Worker Movement. She is truely a great leader both of her day and for us now. I couldn’t find a good collection of her powerful words so I thought I’d leave you with some here. I’ll write more of my thoughts later.

Quotes from Dorothy Day:
We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with …