parables of a prodigal world

N.T. Wright and Bart Ehrman debate The Problem of Evil: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5 , Part 6 . Trevin Wax interviews N.T. Wright . Doug Wilson responds to Wright's Jubilee-shaped call for action against "third-world debt." I don't know about you, but to me it sounds eerily like the arguments put forth against the abolition of slavery. Two more gems from iMonk, here and here . The beautiful and incomplete testimony of a seeker , from Eugene Cho. Love the sarcasm at Kamp Krusty , even if I'm not always in agreement with the implied theology. Love the sarcasm at the Wittenburg Door , and they can care less if I agree with their implied theology. Grace and Peace, Raffi

I've learned a few things about blogging over these first 100 posts. One thing is that blogging is one part pride (the sin, not the virtue) and one part love. Not equal parts, mind you. Sometimes a bit more love, sometimes a bit more pride. I'm happy to see, as I did a quick review of Posts 1-99, that the posts have become spiked with a bit more love along the way (or maybe that's just my pride talking). But I am proud of 100 posts (the virtue, not the sin). Its no BoingBoing, but its something. So, keeping with the pride/love theme: Pride According to Feedburner , these are the Top 3 posts, in terms of # of visitors, in the short lifespan of Parables of a Prodigal World (excluding the Pirate Review Series of N.T. Wright's Surprised by Hope , which were, collectively, far and away the most popular posts, with Day 2 claiming the top overall spot, for some reason). #3: Some Thoughts on Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, Brian McLaren, and 1st Grade Social Studies #2: The...

In continuing the recent thought/conversation about the huge concept of the utility of prayer, what that might mean in that context, and its multitudinous component concepts (sorry about the big words; I've been reading Polkinghorne's Quantum Physics and Theology and I think I've become infected with a certain verbiosity...aw, never mind), that has been being carried out of late in our little corner of the blogosphere (see, e.g., iMonk's thoughts , Mofast's thoughts , my thoughts ), let me share with you two "prayer scenarios," describing a situation that I was recently peripherally involved in. Scenario 1 Anne and Bob are having one of those disagreements; you know, the ones whose determinations are life-altering not only to Anne and Bob but to everyone around them, and perhaps so much more. They have tried every good, healthy attempt at seeing the other's perspective, and they do see the other's perspective, but at the end of the day they simply...