A Good Text is Hard to Find

Disclaimer: I can’t stand texting.
Al Mohler, always brilliant and clear, posted a great article about texting this morning (with a Flannery O’Connor reference to boot!), Stop Texting and Read This — The Thumb You Save May Be Your Own.
An excerpt,
Christian parents bear the responsibility to monitor, supervise, and limit the digital exposure of their children.  [...]

Learning to Live with Less

Preface: I know next to nothing about economics.
I’ve been hearing much talk in the news about the auto industry and why we need to save it. I’m all for saving jobs and helping people out, but there seems to be something missing.
I have yet to hear any talk that Americans do not need to buy [...]

Manhandling the Message

It seems that there are two ways to cite the viewpoint of an external source (an article, speech, book, etc.) in relation to one’s own opinion.
I can say something to the effect of, “Chomsky makes a good point in this article, though I disagree with this or that conclusion.” Thus I can bring in this [...]

Dr. Ralph Winter

Dr. Ralph Winter passed away this week. He is arguably the most influential thinker in global missions in the past 100 years, revolutionizing missions with his call in 1974 for Christians to go to “unreached peoples” and not just nation-states.
My senior year of college I had the great opportunity to hear Dr. Winter speak to [...]

Three Musketeers

You better watch your back Bono, here comes Chris and Matt.
Vocals: Matthew Wells
Guitar and banjo: Chris
Lyrics for Three Musketeers:
We are the three musketeers
Not the knights of the big round table
With our skinny round swords
Like some guitar chords
Walking into the castle
The king looking forward to see us
The cardinal is his guard
Writing in fancy handwriting
Oh I say, [...]