Benjamin Button – more about death than life

I took my wife to see the Curious Case of Benjamin Button on Christmas day. We both enjoyed it a great deal.
It’s a love story, and an adventure story. Someone compared it to Forest Gump, but it’s never as emotional as that masterpiece, nor as funny. But it’s got some humor, I’d give it it [...]

Back with a vengeance

Man, have I missed blogging. Not that anyone noticed I was gone. But I still don’t feel whole when I can’t speak into the silence, and keep hoping for someone to hear something that is useful to them.
There are so many things that have flowed by … the campaign, the election, the financial meltdown. I [...]

Not the last lecture

The world has lost Randy Pausch. Temporarily.

The Carnegie Mellon prof who gained acclaim and then wrote a best-selling book about dying of cancer has passed away in the last few hours. He was 47.
His story is particularly touching to me because he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at precisely the time [...]

Somewhere between nowhere and goodbye

I just finished a couple of major deadlines in my secular work and I celebrated by watching a movie in my hotel room. I’ve seen Million Dollar Baby before, but this movie is told so cinematically, so emotionally, that even when I know the plot ahead of time I find myself going through the same [...]

Q: What about Violence and Lust in the OT?

Eyoel writes:
But I really need your brotherly help this time…
This week, I’m going to debate a [person who does not accept Jesus as the Son but does believe other sacred texts which I do not believe are true]. I have seen [friends like him] pick the violent verses of the Old Testament (and Moses), and [...]

Q: Why was Jesus sent to Earth?

Hi, Brian and Kimberly,
My apologies for taking so long to answer you.
Jesus told us that God’s motivation is love, and that his goal is to bring life to whoever believes in Jesus. John 3:16
Of course, the mainstream traditional teaching is that most people self-select themselves out of that opportunity, by choosing to reject Jesus. My [...]

Happy Heretic, meet Happy God

I’m happy to rediscover Judith Hayes, the Happy Heretic. I’m a happy heretic myself, being convinced that most of Christianity is dead wrong about the end game God has planned. 
In her most recent post, Judith points her incisive wit at the 7 visions of Hell described in an article she reviews. All the views, though [...]

An Unfinished Life

Einar Gilkyson: You think the dead really care about our lives??
Mitch Bradley: Yeah, I think they do. I think they forgive us our sins. I even think it’s easy for them.
Einar Gilkyson: Griff said you had a dream about flying.
Mitch Bradley: Yeah. I got so high, Einar. I could see where the blue turns to [...]

From Chicago December 12

It’s been a few weeks since I posted.
Right now I’m on a train, after a day at a trade show in Chicago. Riding the Metra on the 2nd level, I can watch the city drain away, out my window. The snow has turned the yard into a simple striped space.
Today I attended a session on [...]

I love dialog!

Yep, I’m an insignificant microbe in the TTLB Ecosystem but I really appreciate hearing from MM and Tim Challies about the posts I made concerning their sites. The exchange with MM follows the “Problem of Pain post of a couple of days ago.
I’ve got to work on my brevity. Too verbose. I’ll hope to do [...]