joel's thoughts

Interesting article over at Newsweek on the history of the resurrection of Jesus, and the theology of the early church. It’s a fairly even-to-positive portrayal of the subject matter, and makes for worthwhile reading. Thanks to chambrook for the tip.

I wasn’t planning on writing any more on the Terri Schiavo case, but in chatting with Andi about it over dinner tonight I think I finally hit on what bothers me the most about this whole episode. It’s not her husband, or the video clip, or the Congress suddenly acutely aware of the ‘values vote’, […]

The judge says no tube, and the clock starts to tick. But the more I read up on the case (like you should have done before you opened your big mouth, bonehead) the more I realize that yes, indeed, she is in a “persistent vegitative state”, brief aged home video clips (and forwarded emails) notwithstanding, […]

So, the astute among you will notice that there used to be a post here that isn’t anymore. If you missed it, too bad. It was basically a criticism of a local real estate agent’s web page (and her apparent approach to the web in general), and I decided the spirit of it wasn’t the […]

Our oldest daughter is now about three and a half, and one of the things we’re trying to work on at this point is whining. She has a pretty strong dramatic streak, and tends to play up any injury, physical or emotional, real or imagined. She is, after all, 3. But we’re trying to teach […]