Thoughts Archives

Confessions of an Amateur Hack Wannabe

Aware of the limitations of labels, it is with great reluctance that I expound upon my own self-imposed label. For the last few years, I have lived with the tri-fold self-description of "amateur pastor, hack theologian, and wannabe mystic." But what does it mean? For greater clarity, click »MORE

Dangerous Minds

The mind is a terrible thing to those comfortable with the status quo... »MORE

Evolution's End

I invite you to experience the dream of the very first protein molecule. A dream that becomes a nightmare! That's right... you've entered the Twilight Zone! »MORE

Grace Upon Grace!

God's grace in Christ far exceeds our feeble attempts to describe it -- and this is only proper. »MORE

Just Plain Weird!

No disrespect intended, but this is just plain weird -- even eerie! »MORE

Notes from the Emergent Theological Conversation

A few profound thoughts from notes collected during a conversation with Yale theologian, Miroslav Volf. »MORE

On Death of Infants

Babies have not had the chance to express the sinfulness or rebellion in a moral way that merits condemnation. »MORE

The Ideal vs. The Real

Ideals do not have edges, because ideals are unreal, existing only in the world of the mind and not in the edgy, fleshly, messy and tangled world of human flesh. »MORE

The Tortoise and The Shell

A fable about the fears and dangers of intimacy »MORE

What I Believe

This doctrinal statement is an attempt to root every aspect of theology to God's self-revelation of His Trinitarian fullness. »MORE