Mcarthur-0, Pagitt-0, Wormwood-1

Do you ever feel sometimes like you wish CS Lewis was still writing the Screw Tape Letters. Lewis would have a field day with all the factions in the media discrediting each other.
“My Dear Wormwood,
In your last letter to me you expressed how excited you have been by all the public attention many [...]

Aug. 21, 2007
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Funny · Life

Flight of the Conchords

We are doing a class series about sex and dating, maybe we should intro with this?
This DVD will definitely be on my Christmas list.

I Love Lawrenceville

Man do I love Lawrenceville. Bohemian, meets yinzer, meets Somalia.
Im sitting in Crazy Mocha, one local walks in and a few others notice, and greet him. Young Urban Professionals quietly read their Post-Gazette,while young college girls chat away by the front window. One guy walks in, he has tribal sleeves, gaged ears that look [...]

Aug. 16, 2007
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Life · Pittsburgh

Chicago, Baltimore, and NYC: Visit Pittsburgh

Pop City Media, one of my weekly reads about Pittsburgh, has recently put up an article featuring the fact that the NY Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Balitmore Sun, all have recently featured articles about the benefits of Pittsburgh.
Here is one quote from the Baltimore Sun:
“Pittsburgh struggled during its painful transition from manufacturing town [...]

Aug. 15, 2007
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Life

Cheney on Invading Iraq

I normally post on church matters, but this was a very interesting clip.
This is not to say Im for or against the War in Iraq, I just thought it was interesting.

Aug. 12, 2007
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Life · Vacation

Back From Vacation

So we are back from Red Wing, in all we traveled over 1600 miles in the last week. If you think thats bad, my in-laws first came from Philadelphia to our place in Pittsburgh.
It was a great trip I have like 400 pictures that need to go up on flickr, that might happen today [...]

10 Books Every Wanna Be Pastor Needs to Read

In looking back on the long(tongue-in-cheek) time I have spent as a seminary student, I realize that there are a number of books that I wish I had been encouraged to read while at seminary, a few of these books were given as class texts, but most of them were simply recommendations from wiser men. [...]

Marshill Sets Plans for Expansion, But is that Good?

While listening to this week’s vodcast from Marshill Church, I was presented with their new plans for expansion. New sites, new services, and more reorganization.
While he was speaking about their plans to add more services, and locations, Mark Driscoll said out loud what many people looking at a church of 6,000 who are hoping to [...]

Jun. 21, 2007
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Faith · Life · Theology · missional

The Weaker Brother Part 1:
Eating Meat and Other Vices

Maybe it is just me, but I sometimes find myself arguing with people about how I must cease for an activity because of a comparison between this activity and the eating meat sacrificed to idols.
This is especially brought up concerning the fact that I not only drink beer, but brew it. At other times [...]