Maybe technology isn’t really progress after all. Maybe it’s all a sham perpetrated by capitalist Western nations to give them something to capitalize on. Well, maybe not all technology is a scam. I certainly wouldn’t want to give up my cel phone, PDA, or internet connection. For the first time in my life though I [...]
January 30, 2008
Categories: life . Tags: Amish, car repairs, Climate Change, Green Peace, horse and buggy, technology . Author: benyamen . Comments: 2 Comments
Well I’m sitting here at the conference and it’s been kind of a mixed bag. It has offered some of the best and some of the most mundane that christianity has to offer. The best has sent a chill down my spine while the rest has put a chill in my bones. For those me [...]
January 29, 2008
Categories: church, faith, life . Tags: Breakforth, Chris Seay, emotionalism, Erwin McManus, Lee Strobel, Paul Baloche, post-christian . Author: benyamen . Comments: 3 Comments
Ever have one of those “it seemed like a good idea at the time” kind of moments? That’s what I’m rumblin’, bumblin’, stumblin’ my way through right now. Before I explain my canundrum though let’s step into the wayback machine and travel about 6 months into the past. The year is 2007. The Boston Red [...]
January 15, 2008
Categories: church . Tags: birthing, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Bears, handcuffs, lectionary, liturgy, preaching, sermon, time travel . Author: benyamen . Comments: 2 Comments
So this likely won’t be anything profound, and to some of you it may not even be interesting, but for those of your still reading I will regale you with a tale of my life as it stands. This is after all kind of a compilation of my life here so why not include stories [...]
January 14, 2008
Categories: kids, life . Tags: babysitting, Dad, home alone, Payton . Author: benyamen . Comments: Leave a Comment
Okay, so the secret is finally out thanks for Jon’s blog: I have been living a secret life under the pseudonym of “Fred Durst” for the past decade or more. It’s not something I’m proud of, but when you grow up in the church and go to bible college you can’t do a lot of [...]
January 3, 2008
Categories: Random . Tags: Fred Durst, pseudonym, secret life . Author: benyamen . Comments: Leave a Comment