Donations Buy Access… Why Not Taxes?

I love the idea of a dinner for the top taxpayers. That’s brilliant. If donations buy access, then why not taxes?

Sentences to ponder

…I find it remarkable that I have yet to receive a thank you note for paying my taxes. When I fill out my taxes, I notice that even receipts for $25 donations have thank you notes attached. But for t…

Depressing

Wow.

Freakonomics » Speaking Ill of the Dead Apparently Okay if the Dead Worked for Chick-fil‑A

Sysco is the latest food giant—it’s the largest food distributor in the country—to come out against gestation crate confinement of pigs. The National Pork Producers Council’s communications director w…

XKCD Gets 4 Stars

The mouseover text on this XKCD is fabulous.

xkcd: Star Ratings

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Kudos Where Kudos Are Due

My pastor just got an article published in Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox. Way to go, Scott!

New NET Bible website is awesome

The NET Bible website just got an overhaul and it is awesome. Check it out (be sure to mouse over the footnotes). And they seem to have renamed the web portion of their project NEXT Bible: http://nextbible.org

Chi Alpha Worldwide on the Facebook

A clever Chi Alphan noticed that the Facebook now supports global groups. So they set up one titled: XA- CHI ALPHA WORLDWIDE ‑XA (I don’t know if that link will work or not — I took out the school prefix)

So Chi Alphans worldwide, unite!

My Favorite Line From My Sermon This Week

“Of course, then the witches showed up and so we didn’t get to finish our conversation.”

Richard Mouw rocks

I just finished reading Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport by Richard Mouw (president of Fuller Theological Seminary). It was great. I’ve read one other book of his, Consulting the Faithful: What Christian Intellectuals Can Learn from Popular Religion, and I loved it as well. I’d have to say he’s one of my favorite low-volume authors.

Dog the Bounty Hunter

Dog the Bounty Hunter has to be one of the most fascinating individuals I’ve ever seen on television. If you ever get a chance to watch the show, I highly recommend it.

Dana Has Named Our Yellow Guppy

His name is “Fishstick.” 🙂