I’m still working on getting this sermon posted on the writings page, but meanwhile here’s the sermon I preached on Sunday at Adam’s church …
FALLING SPIRIT
Acts 10:44-48
“While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of [...]

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For those of you who remember the spider on my face, can I say that I still feel like things are crawling on me? All the time. In bed, at the gym, inside, outside, at school, etc.
The last of which leads me to an amusing anecdote: I had to give a presentation in class a [...]

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To be fair, I’ve given it a good solid week and a half; and, I have to tell you, I am not liking this whole “springing ahead” business. There is distinctly no “springing” going on for me. In fact, I am more tired, less “springy” if you will, than I was before. I know some [...]

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(which makes me cool right?)
My friend Jina wrote for Christian Science Monitor this summer and two of her stories have just been published. This one is about Genocide, which is her particular passion (stopping it, not perpetrating it) and is about Mark Hanis and the antigenocide charity that he founded. It’s an intriguing story and [...]

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There are many ways in which one might critique the “garden state” of New Jersey, but today I am bemoaning (vocally) their strict immunization laws for students. Aside from a few unfortunate shots in the butt (to remedy nausea) and the foot (to remedy swelling) and giving blood, I have avoided the needle and arm [...]

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So. I started re-reading Harry Potter last weekend when I realized the final book comes out next weekend and I couldn’t remember what had happened (minus the BIG plot points) in the past two books. Chances are decent I would have read all of them before the book came out no matter what, but when [...]

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When I think ‘Soft Rock,’ I am immediately thrown backwards fifteen years to the dentist’s office my brother and I frequented far too often for cleanings, cavities, teeth pullings, and orthodontia  work. Always, there was the local soft rock station playing softly through the speakers, which did nothing to ease the pain involved in the [...]

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Here are some very brief reviews of books, music and movies …
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. You should judge this book by it’s cover – at least by the cover on the hardback edition. It is a beautiful book about a family’s decision to eat locally for a full year. It is honest, funny, [...]

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“It’s so lush and green here. I can’t tell if I’m in New Jersey or the Garden of Eden.”
[stunned, appalled silence]
“I get them confused so frequently – Jersey and Eden”
“Are you sure it’s not the naked children running around in front of our apartment that confuse you?”

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Life is still incredibly busy and stressful with school and life … BUT I have found time to read (over the course of a few weeks) one of the best books I’ve read in a long time: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert You must buy this book. You could borrow a copy, but I’m [...]

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