Gaudete Sunday came early for Indiana University basketball fans Saturday. Here’s the shot that gave them a long-awaited win over a top-ranked team (their first since 2002). Even sweeter for Hoosier nation, it came against Kentucky. The season is young, but don’t look now, expectations just went through the roof in the heartland.
Crossing Borders
19 Sep by
Last week, our local Borders bookstore closed, as they are doing everywhere across the country. On my final visit, I was able to pick up eight or nine books for $1.00 each. On any other day, that would have been a cause for celebration. On this day, I had a sick feeling in my stomach. [...]
John Stott Has Gone Home
27 Jul by
By Chaplain Mike This editor’s note from Christianity Today this afternoon: John Stott died today at 3:15 London time (about 9:15 a.m. CST), according to John Stott Ministries President Benjamin Homan. Homan said that Stott’s death came after complications related to old age and that he has been in discomfort for the last several weeks. [...]
Major Megachurch Maniacal Missional Madness!
28 Jun by
By Chaplain Mike Headline from Christianity Today: “Multi-Site Churches Go Interstate.” Subject: Megachurches are now expanding beyond their localities and regions to other cities and states. Example: “Pastor Mark Driscoll’s megachurch [Seattle, WA] recently announced plans to expand into Portland, Oregon, and Orange County, California, using multi-site campuses that feature live bands and a sermon [...]
The Insatiable Beast Takes Another Bite
28 May by
By Chaplain Mike That wonderful old Christian satire magazine The Wittenberg Door used to have a regular feature called, “Truth Is Stranger than Fiction.” That would be an apt way to describe this story I came across today. I couldn’t have made this up in a thousand years. And I don’t know whether to laugh [...]
Happy 70th, Bob Dylan
24 May by
By Chaplain Mike Part way through my morning, I remembered it was Bob Dylan’s seventieth birthday. I scrolled through my iPod playlist and saw that I had a “Dylan Mix” there. So, here are the 25 songs with which I celebrated Dylan today. There could have been a hundred more, but these 25 served just [...]
Official Historian of the Culture War (for the Right)
11 May by
By Chaplain Mike What Ken Ham is to evolutionary biology, David Barton is to American history. Ham is not a scientist, nor is Barton a historian. Yet both claim to know and present THE truth about their respective subjects. And because they are such hard workers and good marketers, they have become the spokesmen of [...]
Special Announcement!
15 Apr by
A new baby boy was born into the world today at 5:30pm. Join us in welcoming Silas Michael, just over seven pounds, to Noel and Ryan, daughter and son-in-law of Michael and Denise Spencer. All are well, and we thank God for love and new life. I will extol you, my God and King, and [...]
150 Years Ago, Today…
12 Apr by
By Chaplain Mike Today is the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of what is considered the official beginning of the American Civil War—the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, SC (April 12-13, 1861). Ft. Sumter was one of five Union forts that remained in the newly formed Confederacy. In the months preceding the battle, [...]
Statue Update! Big Jesus—Polish-style
9 Nov by
By Chaplain Mike “This is the culmination of my life’s work as a priest. I felt inspired to fulfill Jesus’ will, and today I give thanks to him for allowing me to fulfill his will,” said Father Sylvester Zawadzki, known as the “builder priest” by the people of Swiebodzin in western Poland. He was speaking [...]
