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Be Strange, Be Very Strange

Sometimes being strange is looked at as an undesired place to be. I grew up in many ways, trying my best to fit in, and be normal.  Now, the older I’ve gotten, it appears that all the progressive changes, and advances society often seems to make, are due to those who had the courage to [...]

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We’re Losing Our Religion

Something is happening in America's religious climate and many churches are feeling it. Whether they are acutely aware of it, or willing to undergo the fundamental changes needed to respond, is another matter. I just read a study from the Pew Report on Religion and Public Life which points to a significant change happening among the younger generation of the western world.

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Why Don’t You Rebel? Part 2

You've heard the voice, when you've wanted to change poor habits of health, some injustice in the world, some religious tradition you've never really critically examined, or that job you're barely tolerating. It's the voice that whispers to you that people will think you're strange, and may even laugh at you if you dare try to go against what everyone else is doing.

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Why Don’t You Rebel?

It's defined as a refusal of obedience or order. Wikipedia goes on to say that a rebellion can encompass anything from non-violent resistance, to violent, or organized attempts at overthrowing some established authority. History is full of examples of rebels who were responsible for this sort of rabble rousing. It shows the various philosophies they lived, and how they transformed the status quo with new ways of thinking.

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Your Photoshopped Life

So I was watching this video a couple nights ago on theooze.tv Peter Rollins was discussing coming to grips with the truth about ourselves.  He uses the digital representations we use online(facebook/twitter,etc) to illustrate his point. Which is, that sometimes its easier to live through a “public profile”, which is “the idealized representation of ourselves.”  The [...]

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Little Red Lizard

I told myself, like you told yourself.  This wouldn’t happen again.  Driving away into the night, we muttered the silent promises people do when they’ve reached the end of themselves.  When they have discovered that they really are not just one person.  That we all have to fight a war between the best of ourselves, [...]

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10 Books That May Change Your Life

Here’s a list of 10 Books that have shaped my thinking. This list, by no means, is my top 10, nor is it necessarily listed in order of importance(Except for the 1st one).  The only real danger here is in placing yourself between the white and black pages of ideas that force one to confront [...]

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The Silent Killer

I tried to focus on the words below the multicolored display chart of male and female internal organs.  The nurse was strapping my let arm into a blood pressure cuff, and in minutes my fate would be pronounced.  If it was anything like the last two blood pressure readings I knew the diagnosis would come [...]

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My 10 Favorite TED Talks

According to Wikipedia, TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is: An academic organization owned by The Sapling Foundation, a private nonprofit foundation.[1] TED is well-known for its annual, invitation-only conference devoted to “ideas worth spreading.”[2] TED is famous for its lectures, known as TED Talks, which originally focused on technology, entertainment and design, but have now expanded in [...]

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Curiosity Didn’t Kill the Cat

“These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.” If you started hearing a familiar star trek theme song after reading that quote,  or had a Deanna Troi, or Uhura flash back(the fellas will know what I’m talking about) you may have been a pseudo Trekkie like me growing up(No I didn’t go to any of [...]

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