Slow Boat from Adramyttium

Paul traveled on a boat from Adramyttium against the wind in Acts 27. I feel like that quite often.

Archive for October, 2007

No Sleep ’til Brooklyn

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

I am a light sleeper and when I am in unusual places, I sleep even less. Right now, I am in LA, which is smoky and hazy from all the fires. Arriving at dusk on Thursday, the city was even uglier than I remembered from the last time I was here as a kid. But [...]

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The Great Crossing between Doubt and Faith

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Today, I read something in one of the books I am reading for one of my seminary classes (I can’t remember which one) about doubt and faith. I thought about that crazy disciple Thomas and I remembered a conversation I had with a friend who has a pretty literal take on the Bible. He presumed [...]

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High strangeness

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

I am here because Gordon Atkinson of RealLivePreacher sent me here! I am a regular visitor to his blog and way back when he was first starting out, he even responded to an email I sent him within 24 hours. These days he is a busy man - keeping a church, a blog, a family [...]

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