http://ebispo.com Thoughts on faith, theology, pop culture, Christian business, and technology Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:08:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You may or may not know this, but Google has a feature known as Google Suggest which suggests search phrases as you begin typing. According to their FAQ, it offers suggestions based on the popularity of various searches. So, let's conduct a little experiment and see what the world searches for ... http://ebispo.com/2008/11/19/fun-with-google-suggest-christian-edition/ You stopped same-sex marriage but your 15 year-old daughter can still get an abortion without you knowing. This was my first election as a non-Californian. It was a bit strange being on the outside looking in. Not only strange, but disappointing. Nice Priorites I read about your Prop 8 prayer vigils. Your fasting. ... http://ebispo.com/2008/11/15/congrats-california-christians/ So, I took a little time off from this blog–primarily because (a) I went on a week-long baseball trip in September with some friends/brothers/co-workers, (b) I really didn't want to write about politics, and (c) I was really busy. I'm back at it now and I've got plenty of posts and ... http://ebispo.com/2008/11/09/back-from-hiatus/ I was reading this month's Esquire Magazine on the treadmill the other day. I find 3.6 is the perfect treadmill speed–slow enough to read a magazine and fast enough that it doesn't look like I'm standing still. In the center of the magazine Tom Chiarella writes an article entitled The 75 ... http://ebispo.com/2008/08/26/fasting-and-scuba-diving/ In a letter to Anglican church leaders (penned in 1945), C.S. Lews stated: But I insist that wherever you draw the lines, bounding lines must exist, beyond which your doctrine will cease either to be Anglican or to be Christian: and I suggest also that the lines come a great deal ... http://ebispo.com/2008/08/12/drawing-lines/ When I was in high school and college, being on a worship team was the pinnacle. If you played drums, bass, guitar, or sang, you were admired. People from various congregations knew you. You were invited to lead worship at special events or mission trips. Girls (or guys) were infatuated ... http://ebispo.com/2008/08/04/author-is-the-new-worship-leader/ I've long been intrigued by black history and issues. I was excited when CNN recently aired Black in America, examining the trials and triumphs of black men, women, and families (for the record, I'm about as black as Google's home page). I haven't finished the entire show, but so far it's ... http://ebispo.com/2008/07/30/black-in-america/ Trey Graham, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Melissa, Texas has a nice post in the opinion section of the Dallas Morning News. In it, he poses the question how much church is enough?–arguing that when Christians spend too much time in the bubble of Christianity, they neglect the ... http://ebispo.com/2008/07/23/too-much-church/ Update: the link to the pulse was broken. It has been fixed. Apologies. In an effort to make this site more valuable–but without me having to do any extra work–I'm launching a little experiment I'm calling The Pulse (trendy name, eh?). The Pulse is a social news site with a focus on ... http://ebispo.com/2008/07/20/introducing-ebispo-pulse/ Every Friday I'll try and post some links to articles or stories of interest (. Got an extra iPod at home? Donate it to an African pastor (I'd remove that Miley Cyrus album first, though) LA Times explores several scientific theories behind why Americans are so fat? Couldn't there be any spiritual ... http://ebispo.com/2008/07/18/weekend-links-ipods-and-pastor-auctions/