Hip Notes

My apologies for those of you who now have that “about dat bass” song in your head now, but lately I’ve been perplexed about something. Is following the Messiah really a trouble free, easy grace ride? I’m not at all trying to suggest that we are rescued (saved) from...

I’ve never been fond of labels. The words conservative, liberal, even Christian are thrown around so much that the meaning morphs depending on the target or the thrower. Many Christians don’t know that their favorite label likely started as a derogatory slam. It...

Time sneaks around like Flash the superhero. Sometimes you don’t even realize it’s moving and zoom — weeks, months, years have passed. Then there is that moment of lucidity where you feel the faint afterbreeze of that passing whirlwind and you marvel at how you ended...

I live in the most prosperous country in history, but I'm so hungry. My biggest food dilemma is whether I'm going to make nachos or just have Cheetos for a midnight snack, but I'm so hungry. We have the choice of several mega markets within minutes of our house...

Yeah I know it sounds like a National Enquirer headline, but today is my birthday of sorts. Actually a rebirth day would be more accurate. A year ago today I attended church after a long time away and had an unexpected encounter with God's grace and forgiveness that...

Anybody remember that Depeche Mode song from the eighties. Some thought it sacrilege. But this post isn't really about that song, except for the similarities to a doctrine that to me is a total misrepresentation of what following the Messiah is all about. Recently I...

By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. (Hebrews 11:3 NKJV)   I love Star Trek. The thought of having a holodeck where any environment can be emulated is...