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 [...]

[Read more →]

I have spent the better part of two hours writing a post about Gay marriage in California. Normally I am all over this issue and full of opinions. Now … it is honestly and probably one of the most difficult “marriage” posts I have written. At least that’s what it feels like. In the rough [...]

[Read more →]

***UPDATE: At the end of the post, after the jump***
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 [...]

[Read more →]

While in DC, at a Pastor’s conference, I did a local debate regarding the APA silencing people holding the “ex-gay” viewpoint from speaking into a symposium they had scheduled and then canceled at the last minute.  Someone forwarded the transcript to me.  I phoned in to the local CBS affiliate there in town because it [...]

[Read more →]

Here is another reprint from an article of mine on Boundless.  It is my testimony and was originally published last May.
***

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 [...]

[Read more →]

The following was originally published on Boundless last October.  I thought I would add it here as well.
***Begin***
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 - [...]

[Read more →]

Anne posted a very humble testimony about her struggle with pornography. From Dirty Girls, The New Porn Addicts:
… It’s been close to 10 years since my first encounter with online porn, and I’d like to admit I’ve had a perfect run at purity. I wish I could say I’ve always lingered on the right [...]

[Read more →]

Throughout my life I have loved music. I haven’t just loved music … I LOVE music. My bio Dad, before he outright disappeared, owned several bars. One of my few memories of him was standing in the middle of a dance floor (as a kid), during the day when no one [...]

[Read more →]

Throughout my life I have loved music. I haven’t just loved music … I LOVE music. My bio Dad, before he outright disappeared, owned several bars. One of my few memories of him was standing in the middle of a dance floor (as a kid), during the day when no one [...]

[Read more →]

This is a powerful video. There are more and more testimonies like this coming forward. Testimonies of women on the brink of abortion changing their minds at the last minute to give birth to some amazing people.
Sharevar el = document.getElementById(’share-link-577671432′);el.params = {title: ‘Can I Live?’, link: ‘http://randythomas.org/2008/01/19/can-i-live/’, skin: ‘blue’, content: ‘http://randythomas.org/?ibegin_share_action=get_content&id=2511′};

[Read more →]