Happy birthday, Kate!
            Good morning Kate (and the rest of the world),  Today you are ** years old. As we are now six hours
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
    
        To the fringes…
            The thrust of seculariztion is not to destroy religion but to make it irrelevant.[1] The individual's faith is to
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
        Midnight Falling
            Life is final. There are no do-overs. There are no mulligans. The consequences are real. The stakes are high. When
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
    
        Francis Schaeffer on Heresy and Separation
            This, I believe, was spoken at the Berlin Congress:  Let us never forget that we who stand in the historic
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
    
        Dark days ahead
            Brendan Eich, the CEO of Mozilla–the people who develop the web browser Firefox, was forced to step down today.
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
    
        Free doesn't always mean free
            Watch this seven minute video explaining the situation that a Christian florist in Washington has found herself in after refusing
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
    
        Same-sex Marriage, Young People, and Leaving the Church
            Letters from ex-evangelical, ex-fundamentalists, ex-whatever-is-traditional are always popular. In light of the changing culture on marriage, a particularly interesting one
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
    
        Are you from around here?
            Churches are communities. At least, they are supposed to be. Every community has a something that ties the members together.
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
    
        They speak better than they know…
            Denny Burk made some excellent points about the situation at the Grammys. What I appreciated most about his approach is
        
     
    
                
    
    
    
    
        The Pale Blue Dot | Link from HeadHeartHand Blog
            Earth from Space David Murray writes a short post linking to an incredible video:  For me, the high point of