Monthly Archives: March 2008

“You don’t have to be good for nothing”

Today I did go to a Presbyterian church, not to be daunted by last week’s mistake. It was very little different from the Episcopalian service that I unintentionally attended last week. It was a little less formalized, with fewer distinct steps in the service and higher ratio of unique (as opposed to liturgical) content, but if you called it relaxed Read More


Still stealing furniture

My nearly vacant living room has been depressing me. It’s all I see from my perch in front of the computer, which is all I use to amuse myself. So even though I am almost always on the computer if I am not making supper, and I have a great Ikea-knock-off chair if I do want to sit, I have Read More


Triumph of the Light

When I moved into this apartment I bought one $17 lamp. I brought none with me. Most rooms had installed lights, but two did not, including the bedroom. That’s where I orginally used my one lamp. Eventually I decided it was a little too pathetic to light the room, and I wanted a light in my other room, so I Read More


Bad: Bible Twister

In the game of Twister, there’s a mat with rows of different colored spots and you must place the specified hand or foot on a dot of the specified color. In most cases of Bible teaching, you have to touch on a series of verses: Romans 2:11! Ephesians 5:1! Leviticus 20:4! Now make a sermon out of those verses! You Read More