Sermon: THE BATTLE OF FAMILIARITY

Link to sermon here: The Battle of Familiarity by Pastor Carter Conlon. August 25, 2013 - We will all fight the battle of familiarity. It’s part of our sin nature to become bored with what we are doing. We can become familiar with the presence of God, ministry and relationships. Today we are reminded that when GodContinue reading "Sermon: THE BATTLE OF FAMILIARITY"

Film Review: SON OF GOD

Honestly, I was hooked from the first few seconds.... Soon, however, I was thrown by the choppy feel of the scene tranisitons and the increasing sense that the movie was more of a reading of select passages than a reactment of a very important period of the Christian lifestory. {Follow the link to read the full post.}

A conversation and a song

We were still in the middle of a slow-moving line in a restaurant in Union Square. He began singing a beautiful song in his beautiful voice. Halfway through I began lip-syncing along with him. My heart was lifted and I believe he lifted the hearts of several people in the line also.

The sexing of media and the dumbing of the public

At a certain point, higher education becomes another process for dumbing down, in that students are taught to "think" in a certain way that makes them appropiately "academic". As long as you are attaining knowledge, it’s good. However, there is a peak to everything. After the peak, the more you acquire does you less and less good. So it is with education.