• Jezebel's approach to sexual harassment

    I have mixed feelings about this article on Jezebel. Obviously sexual harassment is a problem, and we do need to talk about it... but is this the right way to talk about it? (By the way, as to what Obama said, here is the full quote: “You have to be careful to, first of all, say she is brill…
  • Kids

    As of late, I have been enjoying my time with children more so than I usually have in my lifetime. Let's get something straight: I hate kids. They hate me. The only exception of course, are my nieces and nephew, because they are mine. However, I went over to the home of an acquaintance who had 3 ch…
  • Puritanical hedonism

    JDN 2456375 EDT 22:14. There is a segment of our culture that prides itself on pleasure without consequences; "party all night"; "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints"; "wrong in all the right ways"; "so delicious it's sinful", "YOLO". A lot of people who speak this way seem…
  • A thought on Andrea in season three

    I think I've mentioned this before (?) but I'm not doing a post on Andrea until the end of season three, which is only in two weeks. And I think then I'll do a season 3 Andrea post, and later do an Andrea, as a whole character, post because there is so much to discuss with her. But I was re-watchi…
  • Being Official and Engaged is Off the Market

    I don't recall a topic ever being written in-depth about this, so I thought I'd point this out. While some people have insulted me on what I think about "open marriage," I'm still keeping to my views. No amount of name calling is going to make me change my thoughts, not especially when someone com…
  • Noah's Neighbors (and the Moral Barometer)

    Noah’s Neighbors & the Moral Barometer Author: Dean T. Olson Source: RaptureReady.com [Related Article: Prayer Requests for the Sedgefield Community] One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded struck Japan in March 2011. It was so powerful that it moved the entire pla…
  • The end justifies the means if it's for Jesus

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N64eyUpKrXs After the first few minutes of this 2005 episode, talking of how to meet or contact members involved in this weekly show, the hosts begin (03:26) to discuss their attending a protest at the Capital Building, presumably in Austin, Texas. The protest concer…
  • Is the Catholic Church a force for good in the world?

    A good question for debate. A pity the person asking the question begins to rant and shout and seemingly foams at the mouth.
  • The one book on economics everyone should read

    JDN 2456341 EDT 15:44. In Freefall, Joseph Stiglitz, one of the great economists of our time (Krugman called him "an insanely great economist"), outlines what caused the crisis in 2008, the depression from which we are still recovering today. He saw it coming at the time, and tried to warn regulat…
  • Proof and merits

    I took a sentence from a revelife post and commented on it, copied and revised below. ( http://www.revelife.com/771717879/will-those-who-havent-heard-the-gospel-go-to-heaven-or-hell/?page=1&jump=1528078011#1528078011) "In John 15, Jesus says, "If I had not come and spoken to them, they would…