One of the difficulties we have as Christians opposed to social evils like abortion is perception. The world expects us (and rightly so) to be “meek and mild” and not prone to anger, hypocrisy, etc. These are high standards and, for Christians especially, very appropriate. When discussing extremely sensitive “personal” issues like abortion (and homosexuality, …
Recently at work, we looked, ever so briefly, at a new web framework called Stripes. It looked rather cool, as it was largely annotation-based, but, given its glaring lack of any wide-spread usage, we never seriously considered it. Today, I was on The Server Side (you do read TSS, right? 😉 and noticed that Struts …
Evolution is a pretty hot topic. Pretty much every atheist believes it, as do some Christians. Stories like this one only bolster the arguments for evolution being real (or do they?) At any rate, I’ve always been a bit annoyed by the evolutionist’s attack on creationism by claiming the we fall victim to the God …
I was late to work today. Again. The problem is Andrew. This morning, Andrew came in to our room sometime after 5:00 and climbed in to bed with us. After I remove his feet from my neck, he just snuggled up and went to sleep. Knowing that Angela’s parents were going to keep him tonight …
Wednesday, I went with Angela to see the OB, where we got to see an ultrasound of the baby. At this early stage, it was mostly a jumble of white lines and blobs on a black background, but one item was clearly visible: the baby’s heart beat. Having gone through this once with Andrew, one …
One thing that’s often overlooked in discussions of Plan B is that it presupposes that there’s a Plan A. That plan, given the context, is another form of birth control, which usually doesn’t include abstinence. Rather, it usually means The Pill. The idea being, I guess, that if Plan A fails (or fails to be …
Effective March 20, Wal-Mart began stocking the non-abortion abortion pill Plan B. This policy reversal was made after the company lost lawsuits in Illinois and Massachusetts, forcing them to carry the pill in those states. From the Sapulpa Daily Herald, “We expect more states to require us to sell emergency contraceptives,” said Ron Chomiuk, vice …
There’s been much furor recently over President Bush’s allegedly illegal wiretaps without a court order. My brother has even voiced his concerns over the issue. Though it is likely to get me flaid, I just have to say that I can’t find the energy to get worked up over it. Sure, there’s probably a reason …
I’m a bit torn at work. I’ve long described our shop as a JSF, Spring, and Hibernate shop, a designation with which I am perfectly happy. Last week, however, after pointing my boss to a blog entry by a someone I “know” (I quote that, because he’s someone I talk to on IRC ;), I …
Anybody that follows abortion laws even loosely will know by now that South Dakota has passed into a law a bill that will outlaw all abortions except those done to save the life of the mother. Christianity Today has a pretty good article describing many groups’ disappointment with the bill. Even President Bush differs with …