Category Archives: Spirituality

The BSA Funding Hornet’s Nest

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Devin

Earlier today I posted a Scouting-related tweet that provoked drew a strong reaction from several people. Here’s the tweet: Intel Corporation: Pull your financial support until the Boy Scouts pull their anti-gay policy http://www.change.org/petitions/intel-corporation-pull-your-financial-support-until-the-boy-scouts-pull-their-anti-gay-policy … via @change I was asked if … Continue reading →

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Things They Forgot

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Devin

Pat Robertson’s comments on Haiti basically boil down to “they got what was coming to them.” Mr. Robertson, I think you forgot Matthew 25:34-46 (KJV): 34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of … Continue reading →

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Defend THIS

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Devin

Iowa’s Supreme Court handed out a fairly shocking unanimous decision this morning striking down the definition of marriage as “one man, one woman”, upholding a 2007 Polk Country ruling If you follow along my blog, you probably already know that … Continue reading →

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Jesus in my arm

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Devin

Summer is here and school is out, so the kids are looking for more to do. One thing they won’t be doing for the next couple of weeks, however, is riding their bikes. You see, some bastard(s) stole their bikes … Continue reading →

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Rare or well-done?

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Devin

Today commemorates the burning at the stake of Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VIII and Edward VI, at the hands of the court of Mary I. Cranmer was influential in guiding the reformation of the churches in England … Continue reading →

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A nine-word poem

Posted on January 27, 2007 by Devin

My friend Mir was telling me about a writing challenge she's been working on lately on one of her web forums; someone posts nine words and then people write a poem incorporating them. I decided to do something different: write … Continue reading →

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Boy, I wasn’t kidding…

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Devin

…in my last post when I said this was the year of the outage. About the time Steph and I tried to get the domain controller back online, we had a completely unrelated bit of breakage take down the blog … Continue reading →

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