Rabbit Trails (5/18/13)

After a long absence, my schedule has relaxed a little, and I thought we should bring back the Rabbit Trails.

Hopping down the WWRT this week…

The radio ministry of Harold Camping – the guy who has failed to predict the Apocalypse not once, but three times – appears to be in financial trouble. Religion News Service article.

If you’ve never read the “Get Religion” blog, you need to. The purpose of this blog is for Christians in the news media to critique the media’s coverage of news stories that have religious angles. I really enjoy reading their work. Just this week, this story about interviewing pro-choice activists about the Gosnell trial was really interesting.

For you paddlers out there, here’s some cool places to paddle in the north country. I’d love to do some of these sometime.

From CT, should pastors know what people give? This is interesting, and there are pros and cons to each position. I don’t know what anyone in my church gives. I would rather not. What do you think as a person in the pews?

All of the talk about being missional and radical has some asking if this is a new kind of legalism. I have the same question. I might post on it sometime.

I’ve had this link saved for a while, and it’s worth another look. Ten reasons our kids are leaving church.

Rabbit Trails (8/11/12)

Hopping down the WWRT this week…

Procrastinators of the world unite…tomorrow! I loved this article about procrastinators, of whom I am chief. Turns out that procrastination is a way of not doing a job perfectly that doesn’t need to be done perfectly. Procrastination is not really a waste of time. It is a way of using time to foster creativity that leads productivity when a deadline gets close. I could’ve told you that! Continue reading

Rabbit Trails (8/11/12)

Hopping down the WWRT this week…

I really liked this post from Trevin Wax about keeping Christ central in our teaching and preaching.

In one of the more disturbing stories of the last few weeks, the Sikh temple shooter claims he is a Christian terrorist even though he isn’t really a follower of Christianity. Brian Auten at TGC takes a look at the claim.

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Rabbit Trails (7/28/12)

Hopping down the WWRT this week…

Seems like we really are born to believe in God.

A fascinating look at how marriage is relates to poverty. Glenn Stanton thinks we can argue for traditional marriage as a Social Justice issue.

Can we Christians please stop making embarrassing knockoffs of cool stuff like the iPad so we can have the ChristianTM version.  It just makes us look ridiculous and gullible, but I’m sure they’ll sell a few.

In news of the stupid…a man deliberately sets his head on fire as part of a bet. He was seriously injured, so it makes it hard to laugh at him. But seriously? He thought this was a good idea?

I really like this post from Lisa Robinson over at the Parchment and Pen blog. Today’s push among some Christians for a sort of hyper-masculinity at the expense of turning women into passive bystanders is harmful.

Pastor Jonathan Martin is an interesting guy. He’s a Pentecostal. I am not, but I’m glad to call this guy a brother. In this post, he asks us to gain a little perspective on our various arguments and divisions.

 

Rabbit Trails (7/21/12)

Only two stories this week.

We live in a fallen world, and tragedy is always close at hand. There are rarely any explanations of why these things happens. Sometimes people ask, “Where was God when this happened?” All I can say is that he was in the same place he was when his own Son went to the cross to prepare the way for the day when every tear will be wiped away.

The shooting of over 58 people in a Colorado movie theatre is just devastating. I’m not sure what I can say on the subject. We pray God’s grace and comfort for all those touched by this.

This story out of Nigeria about Christians being murdered and the horrible burning of 50 Christians in the home of their pastor has really saddened me this week. Pray for the peace of Africa.

Rabbit Trails (7/14/12)

Hopping down the WWRT this week…

I thought this post from iMonk was insightful as they discussed the value of so much of the bad theology in popular Christian publishing. What are you reading? Are you reading “Christian” fiction pot boiler junk? Are you reading those authors that always tell you what you want to hear? Are you hearing about Jesus, and being challenged to think deeply? Continue reading

Rabbit Trails (7/7/12)

After a week off, the Rabbit Trails are back.

Hopping down the WWRT this week…

If you’ve paid attention to the ”Fast and Furious” case with the ATF then you’ll find this story interesting.

If you were a Lego loving kid (or adult), you’ll think this is really cool. Continue reading

Rabbit Trails (6/23/12)

Hopping down the WWRT this week…

Giving to religious organizations has been on the decline over the last few years. Missionaries in particular feel the financial crunch.

Very interesting report from the Wall Street Journal on current divorce trends in the U.S. Divorce among Baby Boomers is on the rise while it is declining somewhat for younger generations. Continue reading

Rabbit Trail (6/16/12)

Hopping down the WWRT this week…

Michelle Boorstein at WaPo talks about the recent massive survey demonstrating that Gen-Xers have become less religious as they’ve gotten older. Here is the full report.

Creflo Dollar has been arrested on battery charges. If you don’t know who ole’ Creflo is, that’s probably for the best. Continue reading