I’ve only been blogging since August of 2009 (what’s that, like five months?), but I felt left out because all of the blogs I read are posting their 2009 top ten lists. So, like my friend Dan, I thought I would post my top five favorite posts of 2009. Enjoy! #5) What is a Friend:…
Diary
The Martyr’s Body
I’m still reading The Purple Crown: The Politics of Martyrdom by Tripp York. I’m slowly reading through chapter 2, Body: The Field of Combat. In this chapter York attempts to “examine how the early church attempted to reconfigure the body to better perform its doxological role. York says that the “the shaping of the body…
The Good God and The Evil God
The Good God and the Evil God met on the mountain top. The Good God said, “Good day to you, brother.” The Evil God made no answer. And the Good God said, “You are in a bad humour today.” “Yes,” said the Evil God, “for of late I have been often mistaken for you, called…
Christmas as an Overture
Full disclosure: I have not really been in the Christmas spirit this year. In all honesty, I’m almost ready to completely give up on the holiday, totally skip it. Christmas used to be exciting for me; the religious significance was especially important to me. But as of late, it simply does not have the same…
Interesting Movie Posters
Darlings of God: Perpetua and Felicitas
The day of their victory dawned, and the martyrs went from the prison to the amphitheatre as if they were on their way to heaven. Their faces were radiant; they were beautiful. They were moved, not by fear but by joy. Perpetua followed at a gentle pace, as a great lady of Christ, as the…
This is what kings, presidents and all powerful leaders will do.
6 But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.7 And the LORD told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. 8 As they have…
Nostalgic Retro Print Ads
Old magazine ads found of flickr.
Baseball, Medicine, Pain and Death
A few family members and I had an impassive conversation the other day concerning why it is that entertainers and professional athletes often make 10x the amount of money that health professionals make. Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees made $33,000,000 in 2009, while the average salary for an Emergency Room Physician was $231,368–that…
Illustrated Cityscapes by Matteo Pericoli
Here are some wonderful drawings by Italian artist Matteo Pericoli. His most recent collection of drawings is a series of illustrated cityscapes from windows in Manhattan. Might make a nice Christmas gift.