Check out CNN’s view of what is happening in Washington right now compared to AP! The two results really don’t mesh…

Here are the latest D+D questions
The Questions
1. Who is Jesus’ daddy? I don’t mean this in jest. What are the implications of the LORD God as Father, what are the implications of Joseph as father? If Joseph is only a step father how can Jesus be a descendent of David?(see G. Matthew) For that matter how do we reconcile the Genealogy in Matthew with that in Luke?
2. Can/should Christians practice typology (reading the Hebrew scriptures as analogous to the New Testament)? If this can be done to what extent, if not how do Christians read their Old Testament?
3. Most religious services include the singing of hymns? What does this add to a service?
4. Why is Song of Songs in the Bible?
5. To quote JB McLeesh(sp) “If God is God, can God be good? If God is good can God be God?” In other words if God is omnipotent and such and the world around us is the way it is is God good? If God is good can he be omnipotent and such?
6. What is an appropriate way to celebrate Lent, the season of 40 days in the wilderness, the season of remembering the death of Jesus?

Hey. Check out the primary results of washington so far. My boy Kerry is doing well, and so is Dean. Kucinich is actually beating some people! A very strange thing, not a bad thing, just surprizing.

Hey. I just found a non-bizzaro world version of my blog. Check it out, it is a pretty nice blog, a lot more coherent than mine.

Here are the latest Questions from D+D. Just a reminder D+D is a theological discussion group held at Expresso Romas Wednesdays at 6:30 PM here in Eugene. There is a similar event on Tuesdays in Cheyenne Wyoming, T+T which is at the local Taco Johns.
At any rate here they are.
The Questions
1. If God is neither male nor female (see Gen. 1) then why do we, in worship etc, refer to Him as Him?
2. If the Bible was written in a context then how do we as Christians make it pertain to our daily life?
3. Is the Bible more than a “Guidebook for daily living?” If so how? What is it?
4. If God is love how do we love God? Is our love of God anything more than a reflection of God Godself?
5. The Bible says “You can’t love both money and God.” Seeing as America is one of the most churched countries in the world, and seeing as how it is capitalist how is this quote from Matthew true? Am I ripping the quote out of context?
6. Who/what is the Anti-Christ?
7. Is any ritual actually necessary to worship God?

Hey. I found a quiz ala the bizzarro world blog. This quiz tells you which Christian theologian you are. I'm

"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is."

You are Desiderius Erasmus! You have great love for others and will do just about anything to show it to them. You are tolerant and avoid confrontations, so people generally are drawn to you. You are more quiet and reserved in front of strangers, but around some people you open up. When things get tough, you like to meditate alone. Unfortunately you often get things like "what a pansy," or "you're such a liberal."

What theologian are you?

A creation of Henderson
I'm not sure how I feel about that characterization, but then again it is just a silly online quiz.

Hey. I got the Residence Hall Damage Charge Notification for last term
Damage Date Description
10/24/03 Window by door to living room is broken. .42
11/25/03 Charge to cleanup urine from north stairwell. .09
12/02/03 Charge to cleanup vomit from 4-S stairwell. .09
Total Billed .60
College life Priceless
Gotta love the dorms! It makes me wonder if I should stay here senior year or bite the bullet and find a place of my own. We will see.

Check this out. This is an actual clip from CNN at Bush's SOTU.

Check out the Iowa results.

Proof that College Republicans are a danger to society.


Two political rallies turned into a brawl Saturday night in Des Moines.

A Democratic rally at Drake's Olmstead Center, urged young Iowans to get out and vote. It was targeted toward high school and college students. A group known for not voting. The rally featured comedian Janene Garafalo and classic rock star Joan Jett, but it got a surprise visit from some unwanted guests.

A group of college republicans at their Midwest caucus leadership conference heard about the rally and stormed in.

"There are seven of us who worked really hard at putting this conference together, said Jason Cole of the college republicans. "so, we met, discussed and majority ruled. We went down there."

What they didn't discuss is what to do if things get out of hand. One of the Bush supporters shoved Jett and she pushed back in anger. Ole said that was the decision of one person, and not at all representative of what the conference was trying to do.

Campus security did show up break things up. The concert did resume as planned. In fact, Jett wrapped up her day with two more performances. One in Fort Dodge, the other in Marshalltown.

Hey. I'm about to go off to Portland for the day, but before I go check out these quotes from New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton.
"These is actually no more dangerous solitude then that of the man who is lost in a crowd, who does not know he is alone, and who does not function as a person in a community either."
On God--> "He is at once infinite solitude (one nature) and perfect society (three persons)."

Many of you will be having a day off this Monday. I don’t want a single one of you to forget why.
Some Speeches of MLK
Chris Halverson

Check out the Moveon.org's 30 second ad against Bush.

Yet another rejection slip!
Hello, Chris, and thank you for submitting your story "Miscellaneious
Divine
Being.." to Wicked Hollow, but I'm afraid I won't be accepting it for
publication.

Sorry, but not quite a match here. I don't pick up too many stories
dealing
directly with angels, demons, or the like. More just a personal taste
issue
than anything specifically wrong with the ilk. I also felt there was
too
much telling here where you could have instead showed the reader
something,
thus bringing them further into the story. For example, in describing
the
cat you say, "It is skinny and malnourished." Very well, but why not
show
us that it's skinny and malnourished instead of telling us?

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to read this, however, and feel
free to
send along your next.

Blessings,
Jon Hodges, Wicked Hollow
http://blindside.net/WickedHollow

What can I say. I'm batting around zero. Eh.