Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow
- Oscar Wilde

Dale Meador's given me a new ratings system to play around with. It's a gauge to rate the PPH (Profundities Per Hour) in both hymns and contemporary P&W songs.

Check out the article. I'm going to play around with this and post some results in the near future.

Just in case you wanted my opinion on this.

Baseball has only one "morality" rule: "Don't bet on the game"

Pete Rose bet on the game.

Tough luck Pete. Take your crying somewhere else.

NOOOOOOOOOO!! pt. 2

Hey, if any of you are looking for a last minute Christmas gift for me, I have a suggestion.

The Huggy Jesus

No...its real alright.

Man, put sunglasses on him and he'd look like "The Dude" from "The Big Lebowski". The best part is he's machine-washable.

Signs of the Apocalypse?

I can't believe I got a blog hit for one of the bogus personality quizzes I made up.

"What Type of Cheese Are You"?

The fact that there may actually be a what type of cheese are you quiz boggles the mind. Truth is stranger than fiction I guess.

Aaaargh!

Forms, forms, forms! I'm trying to sort out all of these options available to me in loans and financial aid. FAFSA, FFEL, Stafford Loans, PLUS Loans, Pell and Cal Grants...Blech.

No wonder I stayed away from school for so long. To paraphrase Schliessel, "There aint enough Excedrin in the room".

I really appreciated Andrew Sandlin's irenic swan song for the Christian Reconstruction Movement in Razormouth today. The thing I'm grateful for the most about the article is that there's no chest-thumping, "I thank God I am no longer a Theonomist" type of attitude that tends to pervade much of the post-theonomic thinking. Also he gives a fair listing of both good and bad aspects of the movement. The good: a return to optimistic eschatology, a healthy respect for the Old Testament and a vigorous application of Reformed (i.e Vantillian) apologetics within a Kuyperian worldview. The bad: hyperpoliticization, triumphalism, conspiracy thinking and backbiting/stabbing one another over minor points of disagreement.

Now I can certainly understand the pitfalls of a movement mentality especially when its characterized by a harsh "for us or against us" spirit. I certainly would want no part of that movement as it downplays the spirit of unity in Christ. But to totally disregard it as historically unimportant while simultaneously dancing a jig on its grave is also to partake, more or less to a degree, in the least saliable aspect of the original movement: the "I got it figured out now" type of attitude. Because let's face it, whether your bag is Bahsenian Theonomy, Rushdoonistic Patriarchialism, Jordanian Ecclesiocentricism or the Renewal of Culture of the Dougs, or (like me) a mixture all of these things, all tend to have characteristics of a movement and therefore may be subject to a movement mentality. We all must tread cautiously, by the grace of God, with one another and our various pet ideologies.

Just a newbie's point of view FWIW.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Y'know, there's nothing like a good bout of 24 hour stomach flu to let you know where you stand in the world. It was a weird little virus that went from the youngest to the oldest in the household. All I can say is thank the Lord we had 2 bathrooms in the house or it would've gotten ugly.

On a happier, non-vomiting note, I have decided to go back to school. Yes, 8 years after my graduation from Calvary Chapel Bible College, I'm looking to get a degree that's actually worth more than a cup coaster. I'll be going to the University of Phoenix, once a week for the next three years in order to get my B.A. in Business Management. After that who knows, either an M.B.A.. or perhaps back to seminary for an M.Div. I'm excited yet nervous at the same time, but I have the full support of my family and that should definitely make the transition easier. Now I have to get back to the wonderful world of study groups, financial aid and term papers, but you know what, I'm ready. Heck, I've been ready for the last three years, but I was too comfortable with my my daily routine (which quickly turned into a rut). The great thing about UOP, is that it is structured around term papers (writing) and presentations (public speaking), two things I'm extremely comfortable with.

So pray for me as I literally plunge (the total time I took in this decision was about 24 hours) into this new endeavor.