Matthew 14:22-33 (NRSV) 22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24but by this time the boat, [...]

Christ, I’m still winging it.I want to know you have a plan.Help me to see it.I feel like I catch glimpses of you from time to time and then you’re gone.I feel like I understand you a little and then I forget and you are beyond my grasp.I feel like I see you occasionally and [...]

we must always keep into account the frailty of our humanness, and to remember we can be outspokenly wrong, not completely informed, and even offensive the the open-minded Christ we serve.  In other words, let us not cast the first stone upon the homosexual, just like Christ does not cast the first stone upon the [...]

Jacob Eckeberger posted this on his new blog.  There’s a link on his page.  This quote is incredible: This is from Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh: When Jesus said, “I am the way,” He meant that to have a true relationship with God, you must practice His way. In the Acts of [...]

I take the Metrolink to Starbucks at Union Station when I work.  It’s midtown, which isn’t as bad as downtown but its still St. Louis city.  Sometimes I get nervous, but I’ve been more than okay thus far and probably will be.  People have to get where they’re going and that’s all they’re concerned about [...]

Just finished the Fountain.  Thought it was good, not great.  7/10.  It’s a very well done, well-written, and quite beautiful movie.  Very well thought out, planned, and edited.  The storyline is good, believable within it’s universe, and the relationship between Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz is compelling and even emotionally draining at parts, but I [...]