So, Tuesday I turned 28.
Doesn’t feel much different than 27.
Anna took me out to dinner at Longhorn’s Steakhouse to celebrate and also got me three books: The Seven Storey Mountain and No Man Is An Island by Thomas Merton, and The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx. Then yesterday she threw a whisk(e)y tasting for my birthday party, complete with a cake that was made to resemble a sushi roll! For any concerned parties, no one overindulged – there was no drunkenness or gluttony, and pix of the cake and the whisk(e)ies can be seen over on my Flickr page.
Anyways, seeing as how it’s Sunday – time for my favorite posts of the last seven days!
News:
- A church in Gainesville, Florida is planning to host a Quran-burning event on September 11. On top of that, tomorrow (August 2) they plan to protest their own city government due to their mayor being homosexual.
- Anne Rice “quits” Christianity. Okay, she didn’t actually quit being a follower of Christ, she’s just distancing herself from many of the unChristian attitudes that have become associated with mainstream Christianity. And after reading about that Gainesville, FL church, I can definitely sympathize with her.
Blogs:
- Donald Miller’s dog Lucy is back with another blog post, this time on building and defending a love fort.
- Jared Wilson shows just how easy it is to create a rational justification for legalism.
- Joe Thorn on legalism, license, the gospel and Godliness.
- Carlos Whittaker with some great advice to parents: your six year old will not remember your problems.
- Let your yes be yes and your no be no (Matthew 5:37); I wish more politicians were like this.
- A Gay Response to Christian Pride.
