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Romancing the ordinary.

On Thursday, my friend Kawania stopped by to pick up a flash drive. She was just leaving her job as an elementary school teacher, and as I opened the door to let…

January 1, 2013
Esther: Heroine or Harlot?

(Source) Have you heard about Mark Driscoll’s sermon series on the Old Testament book of Esther? It’s making a big splash on the interwebs, sadly (but not surprisingly) for all the wrong…

January 1, 2013
A totally awesome life lesson via “The Simpsons”.

I was re-watching “A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again”, an episode of “The Simpsons” from last season, and I thought, “If only people, especially in our pleasure-above-all culture, could…

January 1, 2013
If we have a war on women, this is Armageddon.

Slutwalks. Giant costumes of vaginas. The war on women. After being bombarded with stories like these, it becomes all too easy to grow jaded. I admit, I had. From Sandra Fluke to…

January 1, 2013
Romancing the extraordinary.

If there is one thing I truly, wholeheartedly miss about attending my former church, it’s the praise and worship time. The worship team and musicians were very talented, but it isn’t the…

January 1, 2013
Blog Repost: Single & Committed: The Ever Rising Phoenix

In about five hours, my friend Cathy will be single no more! She is marrying a wonderful, loving Godly man named Peter. To celebrate, I’m reposting an interview I did with Cathy…

January 1, 2013
Welcome to East of Eden!

Happy New Year and welcome to East of Eden! After blogging at Far Above Rubies for nearly four years, I’ve decided to move on. But it’s not so much of an…

January 1, 2013
Christian Music suckage.

After I took a stab at romancing the extraordinary, getting some word choice help from Contemporary Christian music (CCM), I stumbled upon this piece by Jordon Bloom at The American Conservative. The…

January 1, 2013
Pro-Dialogue

An interesting convo between pro-life activist and Christian ethicist David Gushee and pro-choice former president of Catholics for Choice, Frances Kissling. From On Being: No issue is more intractable than abortion. Or…

December 31, 2012
Pulpit Free

Did your church participate in Pulpit Freedom Sunday yesterday? Yeah, neither did mine. Instead, I listened to a homily on importance of family and showing love to all of God’s children. There…

December 31, 2012