Archive for Culture
To Halloween or not to Halloween
I get a lot heckling when most of the big holidays roll around because I tend not to be a fan of the big ones like…well like Halloween, Christmas (in a certain sense), and though I love Independence day it isn’t about the fireworks. I love Easter and I love Christmas (Incarnation Day), but unlike [...]
The Great Debate-Does God Exist?
On September 12th I debated an atheist named Marvin Straus. I had a ton of fun doing it, but if I am to be honest, I was really nervous. In some ways I felt like David facing Goliath. Marvin isn’t a biologist, trained philosopher, or some other kind of scientist, but i was fearful of [...]
Debate
John talks about his upcoming debate on September 12th with Marvin Straus the co-founder of Boulder Atheist and answers the question why do a debate?
Letter From a Former Modesty Challenged Teen
Modesty, just say the word and teenage girls look at you like you are ridiculous. Ask a girl why she wants to get her belly button pierced, wear a bikini, or why she has so many low cut shirts and high cut shorts and you are likely to hear, “they are cute,” “it’s all stores [...]
Responding to Evil & School Shootings
Today at Deer Creek middle school here in Littleton, CO another school shooting took place. We have several students in our ministry who attend that school including the daughter of our Junior High director. What should we do now? How do we deal with this? The truth is, I don’t really know. There is a [...]
Helping Students Find Happiness
What is happiness? Before you read any further take a moment and try to define happiness. Tomorrow I am going skiing at one of my favorite resorts in Colorado. I love to ski, I love the feeling of powder running over my skis, hitting my ski pants, and even occasionally smacking me in the face. When I am going down the side of a mountain on a powder day, I am happy.
Why I Told My Kids About Santa
My son is four, so we haven’t really talked about Santa much. This year our church had Santa come into his classroom on Sunday. Santa is nowhere to be seen at our house normally, so his only exposure is tv, the mall, and last Sunday morning. On the way home we had a conversation about [...]
Annual Christmas Rant
What do you think of when you hear the word Christmas? (pause) There are several things that come immediately to my mind, stress being the first. I need to make a confession before we move any further, I am somewhat of a scrooge. It is not that I am some kind of kill joy, actually [...]
Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving has come and gone for 2009. I wonder, when the turkey is gone, the family has gone home, and it is time to get back to normal (if you call putting up Christmas stuff and figuring out how to buy all those presents normal) will the thankfulness be gone? This was a good Thanksgiving [...]
Youth Ministry needs to Push Back
I am anticipating that this blog post may get some negative reaction. Still I think it is important. This morning I watched some commentary on the “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ television show. I have never watched the show and I am not sure what the actual circumstances are in that home. My purpose is [...]
