This is seventh post in a series. To read the entire series, click here. A book was recommended to me a couple months back, that I just got to reading… well… listening to. The book is Predictably Irrational. In this book, which I am barely into at this point, the author talks about the idea of anchoring....
This is sixth post in a series. To read the entire series, click here. So, Patrick has been relatively vague in my blog posts until now (so says Melissa), but we wish to be a bit more straightforward here. So, there are many things that we wish to question regarding the way we do Christianity, in particular,...
This is fifth post in a series. To read the entire series, click here. One of my kids asked me a question the other day where I had to explain ethics. This was quite the arduous task, especially given the language barrier. Regardless, I chose my favorite ethics paradigm, virtue ethics, and attempted to explain the 7 virtues:...
This is the fourth is a series. Click here to see the complete series. Melissa: Disclaimer: This one’s corny and rambling 😉 Patrick: So, as I was driving home today, I kept having the thought of Christ and the Church running through my head. I was listening to my David Crowder station on Pandora, realizing...
This is the third post in a series. Patrick here, again. When I think of the times throughout my life where I experienced Christ, those experiences may surprise others. I remember Brother Bob doing a talent show skit as Elvis, popping out of a coffin singing blue suede shoes. I think of pot-luck dinners. I...
This is the second in a series. To read the entire series, click here. Years ago, there was a professor at a local university who started a Bible study. Quite a few zealous college students started attending. Before long, they had formed a tight-knit community as they sought out God individually and corporately. I won’t...
The following is a guest post from my other (and probably better) half. So, if you know me, you know that I grew up as part of a Catholic family. I deeply value this background now that I am older, but when I was younger, I really struggled. Somewhere around the age of 14, I...
My apologies for how quiet it’s been around here lately. The quietness here is inversely related to real life. I’ve had another post I’ve been drafting for over a week, but just haven’t had the time to finish it. I’m currently in Haiti. The weeks leading up to my trip have been a whirlwind of...