Nolesrock's Blog

My Thanksgiving holiday was spent mostly on the road. My parents and siblings live in Central Indiana, so I loaded up the family truckster a...

After my last post--and watching Steve Martin's The Jerk over the weekend--I've decided to compile a list of the movies that make m...

In looking at my blog, things have been way too serious lately. So I thought it was time to lighten the mood with a little Napoleon Dynamite...

I saw an interesting bumper sticker yesterday on the way to work. It read, "I am for the separation of Church & Hate." Now, I...

Recently, I've been pondering the Lazarus story and how his story is really our story. The way I see it, we've all been called out f...

After recently explaining to a pastor friend what I’ve been up to, he asked, “So where are you anchored in?” In church-speak he was basicall...

The Good Shepherd taught his flock, his students (talmidim), that their one identifying mark would be their love one for another (see John 1...

Fair Wages. Do your work well and get paid well. Do your work not-so-well; get paid not-so-well. We would typically call that a loss of wag...

WHOA ...33 days since my last post?!?! What is up with that?? Sorry to my half-dozen readers. I just finished reading Rob Bell's Velvet ...

My prayer journal and my blog are sitting untouched for several days. What have I been so busy doing? Well, for one, I've been building ...

I recently discovered The Hunger Site , where you can click daily to fight hunger. Really, it's that simple. You can click from any comp...

Well, it's not quite here, yet, but in less than 12 hours I get my hair cut! This week overdue appointment has me excited not just becau...

This topic came up this week in one of the books I’m reading, Rabbi Jesus by Bruce Chilton, and on a website I was perusing, Follow the Rab...

In recent years there has been much attention paid to the Ten Commandments because of all the media hype around public displays of these ten...

During my morning walk, I prayed and offered myself to the Lord as a “right sacrifice.” I fully placed my trust in him. I know that he hears...

Whenever I hear the word trust now, I think of Greg Focker and his breech of “the circle of trust” in the movie Meet the Parents . If you th...

Yesterday over lunch, I was discussing the issue of tithing with some friends. These questions were asked, “Will you rob God?” and “Why does...

A recent critique of the "emerging church" claims that "there is no sense of gospel wonder" [1] . The phrase itself mad...

Too much life going on to post to my blog, lately. I'll share briefly my first experience in a traditional church setting since Easter. ...

Moses, ancient emancipator of enslaved Jews, had a vision. His vision was of a burning bush that spoke with a voice he could understand. Tha...