Nolesrock's Blog

I purposely ended my last post before launching into one of my favorite subjects—Grace. This topic has come up in some recent threads on The...

“What’s the point of it all?,” you may have asked once or twice before. I’ve been asking that a lot lately…not because I feel hopeless and d...

I have always wrestled with my propensity to look beyond where I am to where I’m going. The destination has always been foremost in my mind ...

One of my favorite places to worship is at Camp Suwannee in Dowling Park, Florida. This beautiful campground is situated on the Suwannee Riv...

I'm sorry, but as soon as I saw the star of Fox's new melodramatic med-drama I knew that I wouldn't be watching. For years,...

Yep, that's me, the bearded one, standing in front of my newly leased White H3. Can I tell you that I love this SUV? So do my wife and d...

This morning as I lay in bed, I began thinking about how differently my faith expresses itself these days. Whereas I once thought that faith...

When I was deeply entrenched in the Christian Subculture (aka the Christian Ghetto), I used to wear "The Lord's Gym" T-shirt, ...

http://www.nacholibre.com/ Click the link above. It's the new Jack Black movie from the producers of Napoleon Dynamite due out this summ...

This week, I found out that one of my newest co-workers attended school with my wife through grade and middle school. They were childhood fr...

The second idea that I’ve been deconstructing over the last year is my concept of who God is. Who is I AM? Could He possibly be contained in...

Well, it’s a new year and time to reflect on the year that just ended. I don’t want this to be a cheesy year in review, so I’ll spare you th...

(Disclaimer: Pay no attention to my last two posts on grace and humility…you’ll find little in this one.) Okay, I know it’s the week before ...

I mentioned in my last post about the new book I just started, If God is Love by Phillip Gulley and James Mulholland (see jpeg in righthand...

Okay, I ripped that title from the subtitle of a new book I started last night, If God Is Love . Good so far, but more on that in a later po...

It's a sleepless night in early December. I'm up--fully awake--at 11:00 PM contemplating the humanness of Jesus the Messiah. Okay, w...

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...