Why I Did Not Play Football

Watch this hit by LSU’s #1 Brandon Lafell on Mississippi State’s Zach Smith as Matt Flynn takes the ball himself for a nice gain.  This is is reason #1 why I did not play football … I would not have made it back up. 

HT: WL

Blog Highlight: Living Worship

In researching for an upcoming post, I’ve stumbled upon a blog by Rick Pidcock titled Living Worship.  Check out his “about me” here.
The primary thrust of Rick’s blog is to share with the blogosphere what it means to be a true worshipper of God.  He seeks to dispel today’s understanding of worship as merely an [...]

Living in a Virtual World, and I am a Virtual Guy

Article referenced: John Tierney, “Our Lives, Controlled From Some Guy’s Couch,” NY Times, [on-line], published 14 August 2007.
We’ve had it all wrong for the past several of thousand years or so.  Since time began, philosophy, theology, science and other disciplines have been seeking the answers to such questions as “Why are we here?”, ”Who or what put us here?”, to [...]

To Alabama Fans: The First Salvo of the ‘07 Season

This nice little story is from a fellow LSU fan.  Source: unkown.
A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is an Alabama fan.
She asks her students to raise their hands if they are Alabama fans too.

Not really knowing what an Alabama fan was, but wanting to be liked by
their teacher, their hands fly [...]

Today’s Ideas are the Ideas of Old, Re-worked and Re-packaged

Book referenced to: Samuel E. Stumpf, Socrates to Sartre and Beyond in Philosophy: History and Problems, Stumpf and James Fieser, 6th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill,  2002. 398 pp.“
That which has been is that which will be,
         And that which has been done is that which will be done.
         So there is nothing new under the sun.“  Ecc. 1:9, NASB
How true are [...]

Faith and Politics: Part II.iii – The Democrat Party – A Party of Faith?

Articles mentioned in this post:

1. “Consultant Helps Democrats Embrace Faith, and Some in Party Are Not Pleased“, David Kirkpatrick, New York Times, 26 December 2006.
2. “Democrats embrace faith, stress moral agenda“, Wayne Slater, Dallas Morning News, 9 June 2007.
3. “Democrats must embrace faith on campaign trail” Roland Martin, Detroit News, 17 June 2007.
4. “In Congress [...]

A Happy Daddy

An Ethics of Grammar?!?

“Is it wrong to correct someone’s grammar?”  This is a question, and the title of her article, put forth by Martha Brockenbrough, a columnist for MSN’s Encarta.  Martha sets up a predictament in which your boss says something “utterly ungrammatical,” or misspells something on company letterhead and asks, “What would you do?”
Members of her website, SPOGG [...]

Am I Giving the Lord My Best? – Malachi 1:6-14

In Malachi 1:6-14, God speaks to Israel through the prophet Malachi against the priests of the Lord.  God accuses the priests of despising His name by presenting less than the best offerings for sacrifices to the Lord (1:6-9).  God would rather the gates of the Temple be closed than have the priests sacrifice the unwanted [...]

Faith and Politics: Part II.ii – An Assessment of the Left

This series represents my thoughts and reflections on the issue of faith and politics.  While I have done some reading in this area, it has not been to the extent that warrants these posts to be viewed as authoritative.  While more can be written on this issue, I’ve intentionally kept each post as brief as [...]