The Christian Onion

The current issue of Christianity Today has an article on a wonderful web site. Lark News is the Christian version of the satirical newspaper, The Onion. (Warning about The Onion...some of the content is offensive.)

Go on over to Lark News and check out Rick Warren's plan for a purpose driven field. Enjoy.

On Politics

I've tried to stay away from politics, but sometimes it is a moral obligation to speak the truth. In my service to humanity, I offer the following videos to enlighten you politically. :)

Wooo hoooo

OK....I've been horrible about blogging. Sorry. I haven't been spending as much time on the internet as a whole. Which is probably a good thing. But now I have to share something I have been looking forward to for a couple of months.

Here's the scoop: Ben Witherington is going to be speaking at a local church this Thursday through Sunday ... AND IT'S FREE! On Sunday I'll be at my church, but you know I'll be there the other sessions. Exciting stuff.

If you are in the central Texas area, the lectures are here.

10th Anniversary

Today is a very special day. It marks ten years of togetherness and companionship. Ten years ago, on New Year's Eve Eve Pascal and I became companions. By Pascal I am not referring to the philosopher/scientist/theologian. By Pascal I am referring to my furry feline friend.

It has been a great ten years. I truly believe that God brought us together. A friend of mine was going to buy a cat, and I went with her. As she was looking at these kittens, Pascal walked up to me and meowed at me. My friend bought her and another cat. She let me name her cats, and I chose the names Pascal and Soren (yes, the obvious). It probably isn't a good sign when you let someone else name your pets. A couple of weeks later I called her and told her I was going to get a cat, and she asked me if I wanted Pascal. I jumped all over that. That was New Year's Eve Eve ten years ago.

It's been great. As a kitten she had the biggest ears (proof is in the pictures above), but she grew into them quite nicely. She still plays with pieces of the long furry toy she is chewing on in the second picture above. At night she jumps into bed with me and places her head on my hand for a few minutes before we go to sleep. In the morning, she places her head on my hand and we bond a few minutes before getting out of bed. She does not like it when other things preoccupy my attention. She should get it all. When taking Hebrew, I recall a day when she sprawled out across my texts while I was studying. It was a welcome distraction. When I was writing my thesis project she would sit at my feet while I was working at the computer, often keeping my feet warm.

I thank God that he brought me such a wonderful little buddy. She truly is a wonderful little gift from God.

The picture below is the anniversary present I bought her. Whew! I'm glad she liked it.

My Theological Worldview

I came across the theological worldview quiz via BryanL's blog. It turns out I'm more postmodern than I thought, although I know I'm very pomo. The funny thing is that I'm also very much into revival, which explains the high Wesleyan marks I suppose. I thought I'd score higher in the charismatic section, since I are one. Anyway...here it is.

What's your theological worldview? created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Emergent/Postmodern You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don't think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much to learn from each other, and so learning takes place in dialogue. Evangelism should take place in relationships rather than through crusades and altar-calls. People are interested in spirituality and want to ask questions, so the church should help them to do this. Emergent/Postmodern 82% Neo orthodox 75% Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 71% Roman Catholic 57% Charismatic/Pentecostal 39% Fundamentalist 32% Modern Liberal 32% Classical Liberal 32% Reformed Evangelical 29%

Meowy Christmas from Pascal

Would someone please get these things off of me? Sigh.

Meowy Christmas!


And a quote from Blaise Pascal:

“Wretchedness induces despair.

Pride induces presumption.

The Incarnation shows man the

greatness of his wretchedness through the

greatness of the remedy required.”

Merry Christmas

I posted this link before, but with two days until Christmas, we wanted to wish y'all a Merry Christmas. With all goofiness intended, here is our Christmas greeting from us to you.

We are:

Pascal--Cat
Petey--Lizard
Yvette--the one out of sync with the cat and the lizard.

Yes, not only are they smarter, they are better dancers.

Merry Christmas Y'all!