Today God pointed out a car to me and asked me what I thought about the bumper sticker it displayed. It was one of many variations I’ve seen on getting us out of the Iraq war, “bring the troops home now” or something very much like that.
Now I know that God understands that part […]
So living in Phoenix, I’d largely forgotten about those “Baby on Board” signs that so many parent like to stick in the back of any car in which they might, once in a while, actually transport a young child. Since moving back to the L.A. area, though, I’ve seen quite a few of them. […]
I was lamenting to God that music today doesn’t have the same relevance and urgency that it did back in the days of the Vietnam war. Back then the high profile acts found ways to be meaningful and entertaining at the same time. They spoke of the issues of the day in ways […]
I had artichokes with dinner last night. I like artichokes a lot, otherwise I wouldn’t go to the trouble to eat them. They’re finger food that’s served hot, so I often feel like I’ve burned myself while working my way through, even though there’s never been any real damage. They’ve got those […]
I watched a news report on Bill Marriott not too long ago and it finished up with one of the big bromides of today’s business world. When asked about what drives him, Mr. Marriott answered that he was having fun, that if you’re not having fun then you shouldn’t do it.
Now that’s something that […]
So last night I had a bit of food poisoning and while I was writhing in bed with agonizing stomach cramps, did God stop by to comfort me? Not once.
Sometimes I think that God is only a fair-weather friend.
You don’t suppose he picked me to write his blog because my life is generally going […]
A couple of times now I’ve tried to get God to give me an answer on how he feels about a Church using fakeries of his majestic boulders to advertise themselves. My point being that it hardly speaks well of their reverence for him that they make an imitation of his works to promote […]
So after discussing the fake rocks used to help advertise the Church of the Rocky Peak, I noticed a couple of trucks next to me on the freeway, that were from a company specializing in “natural rock fabrication.” Now since “natural” means as it was found, and “fabrication” means something that was made, I […]
Not far from where I’m staying there’s a stretch of freeway in the hills that I drive along, with a sign that caught my eye. These are very rocky hills, strewn with hundreds of boulders and with some peaks that are nothing more than boulders piled high, one atop another. Apparently this was […]
I’ve got some friends that I like to visit on a fairly regular basis. They live some miles away so I have to drive to go there. They live in a neighborhood where parking is available but far from abundant, which makes it all the more appalling that it seems to be becoming […]
One of the great promises of the World Wide Web was that we’d be able to learn everything about products we are considering buying. A series of web pages can be organized as a product brochure of effectively infinite size. Obviously you wouldn’t want to create more information about a product just because […]
I’ve got a fair number of interesting tee-shirts. When God stopped by today I was wearing one that says, “I don’t think people are born homophobic. I think it’s a choice. I think they could change if they want.”
God asked me if I really believed that.
Now, of course one of the reasons […]
Something that God pointed out to me the other day was that The Bible, if broken down into its various parts, would end up filed all over the library.
Much like a library, The Bible wasn’t written, it was collected. The various parts, or books, that fill out the various versions of The Bible available […]
Here in the U.S. we all lie to our kids. The big one, the one we pretty much universally agree on and collude on, is Santa Claus.
We think it’s cute.
We think it’s cute because we know they’ll grow out of it. Or is it that we think it’s cute because we get away […]