parables of a prodigal world

Another exciting week in the quest to get Parables of a Prodigal Son published. On the weight of Bishop N.T. Wright's endorsement , I sent letters to a dozen or so of the top Christian literary agents in the country to see if they might consider representing me in this endeavor. Standard response time is about a month. Standard response time for a manuscript containing a non-celebrity's testimony? Well, you usually don't get one, unless its a form rejection letter. Here's a good explanation as to why that's the case. Within two days, three highly-regarded agents in the Christian publishing world wrote back requesting a full proposal, and two have since asked for the entire manuscript. I continue to covet the prayers of the 4-5 of you who read this blog regularly. I think I have some really important choices to make in the weeks ahead. And again, thank you, good Bishop. Eugene shares some cool, though gooey, pictures . I mentioned this in my last post, but this is ...

This post is to this blog what the Gnostic gospels are the canonicals: snippets of random thoughts devoid of any overarching storyline. I'm having that kind of day. Ever had one? Random thoughts. No structure. Quiet, but cantankerous. Can't connect. Don't think I really want to. Dark. Bright horizon. Suspicious. Not sure about what. Something' stirring. Can't put my finger on it. Hillary's pissing me off. But then again, large-scale politics often does. I ate something today I had never eaten before. That was pretty cool. Can't wait for Game 1. Can't reconcile my love of sports with my love of God. Probably 'cause it's irreconcilable. Gettin' tired of preaching to the choir. Too many amens ; not enough riots. A true disciple of the Lord told me that he thought Jesus' summary of the Law and Prophets (love God, neighbor) was an exercise in systematic theology. It left me speechless. It shouldn't have. It was a crepe filled with strawber...

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" [John 3:16]. "...don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God" [James 4:4]. Which one of these Scriptures is true and which is false? They can't both be true, right? We can't in one breath say that God loved the world , and with the next say that we should not even be friends with the world, because that would make us an enemy of God, who Himself loved it. Can we? I hope you're hearing the sarcasm here. Of course we can love the world and hate the world. Of course both John 3:16 and James 4:4 are true. It all depends on what sense we're using the term "the earth." Which brings me to the bigger point. I'm not an enemy of propositional truth. Of course propositions may be true or false. Even the most hardened pos...