http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/ Copyright 2007 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:46:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.15 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This is the last post on this blog. It just doesn't fit with where I am in life right now. So, adieu auriviere, ahdioes, umm, goodbye.... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005312.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005312.html General Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:46:33 -0800 One of the reasons why the church in the West has lost its effectiveness is because it largely views itself as the gate-keeper or defender against culture. There was a time when the church was the shaper of culture in... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005310.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005310.html Faith Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:07:26 -0800 Religious totalitarianism is open and active in the United States: On a narrow, leafy street in Northwest Washington, where Prius hybrid cars and Volvos are the norm, one man bought a flashy gray Hummer that was too massive to fit... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005309.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005309.html General Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:51:47 -0800 From CBS, Baton Rouge: Jennings Police Department employee, Eleanor Beal was just crossing the street to go to work when something dropped from the sky. The sky wasn't falling. She says it was worms, large tangled clumps of them. Beal... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005308.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005308.html Tongue in Cheek Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:21:20 -0800 A case study in genetic stupidity.... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005307.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005307.html General Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:28:24 -0800 From the BEEB: British blamed for Basra badgers British forces have denied rumours that they released a plague of ferocious badgers into the Iraqi city of Basra. Word spread among the populace that UK troops had introduced strange man-eating, bear-like... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005306.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005306.html General Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:06:59 -0800 The Seven Wonders of the World have been revealed. I found it odd that one of them is less than one hundred years old (Christ the Redeemer, in Rio de Janeiro was built in 1931). Other than that one choice,... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005305.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005305.html General Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:22:25 -0800 Are you a list maker? My wife is. I'm not. Everything she does is on a list, I never make them. Needless to say, she's the organizer around the house. I'd like to be a list maker. List makers get... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005304.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005304.html General Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:07:16 -0800 Yesterday I commented on the Thinklings posting that got me blogging again. I left a comment on that post which essentially asked (in a rambling manner) "What is the Gospel?" After all, when someone says, "We need to get back... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005303.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005303.html Faith Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:58:57 -0800 Perhaps I am. But one thing is for sure: the tone and nature of Slings and Arrows will be markedly different than it was two years ago. It will be different because I am different. A lot has happened in... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005302.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005302.html General Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:32:28 -0800 So over at Thinklings they're talking about how church should be done. It's an interesting question and one that pastors, theologians, lay leaders and all too often "Christian consumers" ask frequently. What makes "how do you do church?" such an... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005301.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005301.html Faith Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:07:07 -0800 It has taken close to two years, but I have finally figured out why I completely lost interest in blogging. Looking at the last post (over six months ago) I thought it was the partisanship of our country, but Dean... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005231.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005231.html Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:56:41 -0800 It has been almost a year since I posted on this blog, and longer than that since I was writing regularly. Twelve months ago, after the election and resultant fallout, I was completely burnt out on politics. Because of the... http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005216.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005216.html Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:46:30 -0800 http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005215.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005215.html Photos Thu, 07 Jul 2005 11:15:02 -0800 http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005214.html http://www.slingsnarrows.com/blog/005214.html Photos Wed, 06 Jul 2005 07:57:10 -0800