parables of a prodigal world

In the tradition of The Greatest Book Review of All Time and The Best Customer Complaint Letter of All Time , I now bring to your attention what is by far, hands-down, the greatest exam scantron sheet (w/ professor's comments) ever. EVER! Grace and Peace, Raffi

The human brain is a gift from God. Failure to use it, therefore, is a sin. Here's this week's most egregious sinner... Grace and Peace, Raffi

Thanks to my buddy Steve Knight for posting my first ever article at Emergent Village . Grace and Peace, Raffi

It's been about 9 months or so since my last act of processing/synthesizing the latest segment of my Christian journey . Figured its about time for another one. So, in no particular order... 10. You can either embrace humility, or get crushed by the reality of your relative insignificance vis-à-vis the big picture. 9. God is unfair. If that claim bothers you, look at it again, this time from His perspective. 8. Love works. 7. The more I think about theistic evolution, the bigger my vision of God's grace becomes. 6. Never trust a guy who touts narrative theology and the importance of storytelling, then opens a Twitter account . 5. I want to love people more than I love people. 4. My attention is most ardently focused on circumstances and events where God is not present, and that by a rather large margin. 3. I get the sense that my "most Christian" actions are not my actions at all. 2. The more I want to love people, the more I love people. 1. I've found that praye...

What say we flood Twitter with good news on Easter morning. Here's what I'm thinking... At exactly 6:00 A.M. GMT on Sunday, April 12th, we flood Twitter with the following, simple, three-word tweet: He is Risen OK, here's how we pull it off. 1. There's a site called Twuffer . It allows you to schedule tweets for future release. Sign up. 2. Next, convert 6:00 AM GMT to your local time zone. You can use a time zone converter, like this one (remember, you're converting 6:00 A.M. GMT to your local time , not the other way around). If you're in the continental U.S., I've done the math for you: Pacific: 4/12/09 6:00 A.M. GMT = 4/11/09 11:00 P.M. Mountain: 4/12/09 6:00 A.M. GMT = 4/12/09 12:00 A.M. Central: 4/12/09 6:00 A.M. GMT = 4/12/09 1:00 A.M. Eastern: 4/12/09 6:00 A.M. GMT = 4/12/09 2:00 A.M. 3. Then go back to Twuffer and schedule your tweet for the appropriate time. That's it. Oh, and... 4. Tweet this post. Quickest way is to click the little bl...

Haven't prepared much for Holy Week. Been busy working out the details of a scheme I'm hatching involving Twitter, Easter and euangelion. Check back tomorrow for the details. Meanwhile, enjoy this PPW classic from last year.... [TRIVIA NOTE: The 140-character limit was imposed later, c. 57 A.D., in response to the uproar caused by St. Paul's ridiculously long tweets.] lord&savior Just freaked Mary out. That was WAY COOL!! Which way to Emmaus from here? 3 minutes ago from twitteriffic. lord&savior I'm baa-aaaaack!!! Sorry for the lack of updates...I was, well, out of commission for a while. Wow, everything's different now. Everything's...new. 14 minutes ago from twitteriffic. lord&savior It is finished. 3:04 PM, April 15, 30 from twitteriffic. lord&savior I said Eloi , not Elijah ! I give up. These guys'll never get it. 2:56 PM, April 15, 30 from twitteriffic. lord&savior I kinda like this guy on the right. 1:23 PM, April 15, 30 from tw...