ETC: Everyday Thoughts Collected

Well, most of this holiday has been vegging out at home. Last Thursday night was the big fireworks show about two miles away. I went and watched them from the porch of my “ultra liberal Bostonian” neighbors. I use quotes because that is how they describe themselves. Anyway more about that in a minute.
Friday, didn’t [...]

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Visit Wordle
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Of course this is a dynamic template, always shifting just a little but the gist is the same over and over again …
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Can you believe so and so said blah blah blah? I mean seriously… they said blah blah blah! Like, who do they think they are saying blah blah blah? If they really meant [...]

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Seemingly, in Canada, not only can you be punished for speaking out about your religious convictions concerning sexuality, you can be banned from ever communicating about them ever again.
From the Exodus: Live Out Loud Blog:
“Mr. Boissoin and The Concerned Christian Coalition Inc. shall cease publishing in newspapers, by e-mail, on the radio, in public speeches, [...]

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I first wrote about Augusten Burroughs‘ not long ago. I was impressed with his writing ability and honesty.
I mentioned that I wasn’t really ready to read his book A Wolf At The Table because it sounded traumatizing. I knew it would trigger some of my own [...]

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I was in DC last week for a Pastor’s conference. It ended Friday around 2pm and our next meeting was really a birthday party at 6pm. In between I took a nap and then went to Barnes & Noble. While there I saw a book by Augusten Burroughs called A Wolf At [...]

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Apparently so.
An article by AdvanceUSA, in which I interviewed for, was published today.  I will lift two quotes as something I think speaks to today’s decision.  The first quote does not address the decision directly but I hope it will speak to how I approach these type of public policy issues.  The second quote does [...]

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Here is another reprint from an article of mine on Boundless.  It is my testimony and was originally published last May.
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Same-Sex Struggles
by Randy Thomas
Fifteen years ago I was a very different man from who I am now.
All of my relational, political, and social needs were defined by a worldview that fed my appetites and met [...]

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The following was originally published on Boundless last October.  I thought I would add it here as well.
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Schaeffer’s Manifesto: A Revolution Realized
by Randy Thomas
The culture war is coming to an inevitable and dangerous turning point and Francis Schaeffer knew it would. The battle between Christianity and secular humanism - absolute Truth versus personal truth - [...]

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Tonight I caught up on all the political news for the first time in about two weeks: Obama and Clinton are fighting like two cats in a burlap bag.  There are cries of “YOUR and ELITIST!  No…YOU’RE an ELITIST” being thrown around.
… and McCain is still old … and kinda’ funny.
::: sigh :::
Tonight I watched [...]

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