I became more comfortable with my doubts. I became more confident in asking questions. I realized before I was a Christian I was a strong broad skeptic; now that I was a Christian, I remained a skeptic. But at least I was sane.
Normally, reading from the Bible in church is an accepted part of the service, but last October Maureen Barrow was escorted out of the The Rock Church in Elk Grove by the ushers for reading out of Isaiah. But then she was reading a prophetic judgement and meant it specifically for the congregation. And the [...]
[T]hose … meditations about Jesus that begin “… is a swear word.” may not appeal to the Christians in attendance. … Perhaps they only connect with me.
I said: You should go with your sister to the nightclub. He said: But then how would I be different? (i.e. how can I show that I’m Christian if I hang out in worldly, sinful places like nightclubs?) I said: You’d be different because you follow Jesus and would be light in a dark world. [...]
Imagine a tribe of hayseed yokels stumbling on a record collection of funky soul albums. Congratulations, now you’ve got Pufferbilly. They’re a local band that my band (you know, the one with the awful name) played with a couple times. Man, can these guys lay it down. They remind me a little bit of Creedence [...]