The Anti-Manichaeist

I am somewhat saddened over the state of the country. We have Bush and Cheney publicly denying that there have been serious abuses of human rights at Guantanamo Bay, with Bush even saying that the charges were made by “people who hate America”.
Um, Everyone in Europe knows about the way we have […]

It seems that several objective psychological studies have shown that religious people that go to church are generally healthier, more psychologically sound and have happier marriages(and even more satisfaction with their sex lives within marriage).
How about that?dlw

The newsletter from this past April by Tony Campolo to the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education is very personal. Tony describes how the basis for all of his inspiration is time spent in solitude in prayer and communing with God.
I find empty churches are good places for me. When I sit alone, […]

I received a free dvd from George Verwer of Operation Mobilization that involves a sermon he gave on how his notion of mission has developed and what are the serious global scourges that he believes we as good samaritans should be addressing.
Verwer begins the video with a prayer that we will be able […]

On my birthday, we played Kubb. A Swedish game that goes all the way back to the days of the Vikings and involves throwing blocks of wood. Its kind of like bowling or bocce ball. In the middle there is a king who has to be knocked down last after all of […]

Gracias a Michael at Traveling Unpacked for this fun unpacking of the moves from the scenes in the hit independent film, Napoleon Dynamite. dlw

Kudos a BethQuick, I just took a world view test.

You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even […]

Just last year my friend Steve over at Knightopia, after begging for me to get a blog for quite some time, took the bull by the horns and just set one up for me, as a birthday present for me. The day after, I found out that my job as professor in Mexico was […]

Not all Gone over to the Dark Side has he!But mainly because of cool Yoda fight scenes. My friend Matt has a far more favorable(and better written) review that reflects the extent he was immersed in the Star Wars phenomena when he was five years old in 1978(back when I was only two). […]

I was blessed this past Sunday when I met George Verwer the founder of Operation Mobilization. I didn´t really get to meet him. I did enjoy the very humble sermon he gave at my church and the incredible amount of passion he has for so much of the suffering going on in our […]