Monthly Archives: June 2013

Sunday Funnies – Falling Head over Heels

Posted on June 30, 2013 by

The phrase I usually hear is “head over heels”, but I just heard Alanis Morissette sing that she fell “head over feet” in love with someone. Either way, what’s the big deal? Aren’t our heads supposed to be over our … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Saturday Quotable – God is Better

Posted on June 29, 2013 by

God is immeasurably better than all his gifts. Martin Luther

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Melanesian Christians are Awesome!

Posted on June 28, 2013 by

Our friends Doug and Jan Hanson have been working at the Christian Leaders Training College in Papua New Guinea for a couple of decades. Their students come from PNG and islands covering the breadth of Melanesia: Tonga, Fiji, the Solomon … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

Yeah, I’ve Been That Guy

Posted on June 28, 2013 by

[This first appeared as a guest post I wrote last year for Laura Martin at her excellent blog Enough Light.] *** In The Four Loves C.S. Lewis discusses people who act in unlovable ways and notes, “They seal up the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Your Sports Hero is Gay

Posted on June 27, 2013 by

In some sports, the sexual orientations of athletes has been a topic for years. Tennis, swimming and other so-called minor sports have had plenty of people come out as gay and lesbian. But in the major American sports – football, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

Wednesday Bonus Fun – 41 Ways to Make Camping More Like Not-Camping

Posted on June 26, 2013 by

Jane Hinrichs (of Perfectly Blunt fame) tweeted the link to this gem of a picture article. For those who love camping, some of these might be welcome additions to your repertoire. For those who don’t, they might make the idea … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

The Ungodliness of Nostalgia

Posted on June 26, 2013 by

Rachel Stone wrote yesterday that Nostalgia Requires Selective Memory, and she points out that one doesn’t have to go back in time to see just how rough those times were because there are parts of the world that still experience … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 27 Comments

Super Soakers Are the Gateway Toy for Serial Killers

Posted on June 25, 2013 by

Here’s a fun year-end activity one school came up with for its students: exchange your toy guns for a book! As this article reports: Principal Charles Hill maintains that children who play with toy guns may not take real guns seriously. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Hey, Pay Attention To Me!

Posted on June 24, 2013 by

The Awesomeness That Is Me? (If you haven’t been to The Sacred Sandwich yet, go now! I’ll wait for you here.) Craving Attention When I was a toddler, or perhaps as old as 4, we visited some friends with a swimming pool. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 24 Comments

Sunday Funnies – Playing Cat and Moose

Posted on June 23, 2013 by

This cat got a lot closer to those moose than I would have. Then again, those baby moose are so cute I might just have tried to hug them. And then Momma Moose would have trampled me underfoot. Good thing I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 4 Comments