Stuff Apostolics Like

A quick note: Lately I’ve felt a bit of yearning to write for the blog and it just so happens to coincide with Joel and Glen starting to write again. With that said, this post isn’t going to conform strictly to the “Apostolics Like_______” model. It’s going to be sarcastic and hopefully funny. But, yeah, deal with it. The recent ballyhoo over Chick-fil-A’s support of “pro-family” groups is just ridiculous. I’m not going to rehash it here, you can go ahead and read up on it yourself; the odds are good that you’ve at least heard about it by now, anyway. What I want to suggest, nay, beg, is that Christians stop posting statuses, tweeting, and writing letters in support of Chick-fil-A as a “Christian” company. Side-bar: Before you read any further, open up a tab on your browser, log onto facebook, scroll down your homepage, and skim the first twenty or so statuses and updates from your “friends.” You were no doubt annoyed, disappointed, or marginally disgusted by some of what you saw...

I am coming to grips with some cold, hard facts about church. One of these facts: There will be an offering. Another fact: No one will have any clue how offering works. Not even the pastor. Seriously. For instance recall the many services you have attended as a guest at the church/special service. Now recall the moments leading up to the offering at these services. At that moment, you realize you have no clue how the offering is going to go down. You ponder the possibilities... 1) You realize the offering could be traditional. And by traditional, I mean 19th century. 19th century offerings are no fun. You do not have a chance for the bathroom. The offering plates will simply come to you. Just stay seated and let that little bowl full of money move it's hot self right across your lap. And all you can ponder is how in the world no one takes money out of the plate. Then you answer this question with a question: Is it a violation of the Rules of God for that U...

Editorial Comment: Another Glen Post because he's in his element right about now when it comes to this stuff. Think a Footloose Kevin Bacon. Think Holden Caulfield. Think a 1967 GTO that's just cruising man. The following post will be split into two parts, so enjoy and check back in a few days for the conclusion. This is a post about humanity. It is not about pitting belief against unbelief or liberal against conservative. It’s about living on this planet, as part of the human experience. In the last post I mentioned that I grew up believing things about “the world” that preachers often said over the pulpit, and those things turned out to be, more often than not, completely untrue. After a recent conversation with a friend about a mutual acquaintance I realized that there is a lot more to that little blurb that I wanted to expound upon. Before I go on, allow me to say that this is not going to be an introspective-lay my soul bare-tug your heartstrings post. No...

I've seen things no one would ever want to see. Two weeks ago, I saw a video of a 15 year old girl named Tamana,  murdered in the name of an "honor killing" in Afghanistan. Honor killings happen publicly. Tamana was one of 42 such honor killings in four months. Someone in the Taliban would tell you Tamana committed a sin that deserved death.  Last night a man (pictured) went into a movie theater during a midnight premiere of a movie. He let off some smoke bombs and then opened up fire on the audience. He has killed 12 people by the time of this writing and injured 59. Today someone on Facebook claiming to be Apostolic wrote this status: (names have been changed....even though he doesn't deserve it). The man seems to be implying that the movie theater's tragedy would serve the purpose of revealing the sins of an Apostolic who is committing a sin of watching a movie at the movie theater. Now whether or not you think going to a movie theater a...