Archive for October, 2008

God Bless Joe Pesci

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Well here it is, Halloween. The is a day dedicated to pretending to be something we’re not. I asked God what he was going go as today, but he pointed out to me that since human senses are completely incapable of experiencing him as he actually is, that pretty much every day is […]

Scary Stuff

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Since it’s fall and Halloween is coming, I’ve been talking a lot of death with God lately. She actually finds it kind of fascinating because it’s something that she can’t actually do. Oh, she can enter into something that’s dying, or various other tricks (or treats) but it’s just pretending when it comes […]

Christian Consumers

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Fall is upon us and Halloween is just around the corner. Here in the U.S. we’re good little Christian consumers so the three calendar events that most empty our wallets are Christmas, Easter, and Halloween. An interesting thing that God pointed out to me is that Christmas and Easter are kind of like […]

Live Better

Friday, October 10th, 2008

With the U.S. elections coming up, God and I thought it might be a good time to remind you of some bits of history. One of the things that I run into in my profession is a lot of smart people that are adamantly against anything union. They’ve heard lots of stories about […]

Proposition 8

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Well, it’s just about a month to election time. Out here in California we’ve got a proposition on the ballot that’s kind of important to me, Proposition 8. Proposition 8 would eliminate the right currently held by the gay and lesbian couples of California to marry. Given that there are churches on […]