by Jason Fox | Jul 4, 2010 | Idle Chatter |
If you’re one of those people who insist on keeping time according to the strict decay of the cesium atom, slicing and dicing the temporal plane into neat little quadrants of years, months, days, hours, minutes, nanoseconds and so on and so fifth, then you’re probably...
by Jason Fox | May 2, 2010 | Idle Chatter |
With the exception, I hope, of Pentecostals, the Day of Pentecost is one of those undoubtedly important days in Christendom about which most of the laity know half a thimble of diddly-squat. Which, sadly enough, is to be expected. After all, Pentecost is all about the...
by Jason Fox | Apr 4, 2010 | Idle Chatter |
When it comes to righteous (and generally justified) indignation, few things compare to the annual culture clash over the commercialization of Christmas (this column brought to you be the letter C). You’ve heard the pleas for holiday justice. “Jesus is the...
by Jason Fox | Mar 7, 2010 | Idle Chatter |
Christians – especially evangelicals who live in southern climes – aren’t exactly known as the 24-hour party people of the planet. In fact, we’re more often regarded as the Grand Poobahs in Charge of Party Pooping and General Shushing. Granted,...
by Jason Fox | Feb 7, 2010 | Idle Chatter |
In the 1980 major motion biblical allegory “The Blues Brothers,” titular brother Jake Blues repeatedly insists, “We’re on a mission from God.” And the man was right. We are all on a mission from God. Sure, our mission may not include...
by Jason Fox | Jan 3, 2010 | Idle Chatter |
Tucked away in the biblical account of Abram (before he went all P. Diddy and changed his nom de robe to Abraham), a brief-yet-important reference is made to a priest-king named Melchizedek. Brief, because his cameo-like appearance happens over three verses (18-20) in...
