I know, I’m sort of fascinated by this stuff. This one has subtitles and is 7 minutes

And Pedal Power (ht), if you want to see it in person come to the Liberty Parade

I’ve had the privilege to start writing occasionally for Creation Care’s new web initiative, Deep Green Conversations. Josh Brown (from that podcast), has been working really hard on this project and I wanted to be sure to give him a shout out. You should check out the new site, where you might find a familiar article by me about plastic bags.
When our baby was on the way I started searching for Christians who I could look to as examples of living a simple and sacrifical life while raising children. One …

A friend mentioned this book and I thought I’d probably be worth my while to pick it up and give it a read. So, I grabbed Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors, by Bill Cosby, from the library and gave it a quick read. It was decent, but I’m not sure how I feel about it overall, this is a review, not an endorsement of Cosby or the book.
As Cosby has begun speaking out on issues within the black community, the biggest critique he’s received is …

This might seem like a slight tangent from the topic of politics, but I assure you it is not. I’m kind of hoping someone else can lend some insight into this.
After reading the gospel and finding no way to reconcile “love your enemies” with going to war, I started looking for some theological insight that would make sense of how we as a religion had come to this point. Someone suggested a fascinating book called, The Powers That Be, by Walter Wink, which contained this brilliant quote:
Christianity’s weaponless victory over …

Food Court Musical

Cleaning Up Circulars (is this wrong?)

Kerri Pomarolli

With the conventions inching upon us (and VP nominees to come), November will probably be here before we know it. I believe discussing politics is important, if for no other reason then to be actively in touch with our society. I have friends that think it is our ethical duty and Christian obligation to vote, and others who have the same motivations to abstain from voting. I know some here are staunch democrats, others Republican, and a few third party stragglers.
What I want to begin writing and dialogging about here …

I recently finished reading Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture, by Daniel Radosh. It was another Ooze Select Blogger book that I received. I really enjoyed this book and I think it lent some great insight into the Christian culture in the United States.
Radosh is a self-proclaimed humanistic Jew. His search into christian culture was not some spiritual journey, nor was it a witch hunt. It was both an honest journalistic insight into the culture and at times an insightful critical commentary on it as …