Serving Bread

One of the beauties of the Internet (and especially Web 2.0) is that it allows for collaboration and learning apart from physical location. For years, I have been intrigued to initiate (or join an existing) virtual book club. I tried it a few years ago with a friend, but it didn’t catch as much steam [...]

A new book from InterVarsity Press asks the question, “Does Religion Cause War?” It seems that the popular answer to that questions is an emphatic “Yes!” I just read in the ‘Letters’ section of Time Magazine a reader respond negatively to Time’s portrayal of Pastor Rick Warren because she claims that it is a well [...]

I moved it here.

With a whopping four (albeit bronze) medals, Armenia is top dog at the Olympics. This celebration is unfortunately short-lived by the unsportsmanlike conduct from one of our own. Oh well… (at least he wasn’t wearing the Red, Blue and Orange) (HT: Life in the Armenian Diaspora)

My buddy Tyler published a post with his reflections on capitalism. In his post, he links to a Speaking of Faith interview with Jonathan Greenblatt, co-founder of Ethos Water. (It’s an excellent interview and I recommend you download the podcast) I appreciate Greenblatt’s motivation to eradicate poverty and how to use some of the good [...]

I endured the parade of nations on the opening night of the Olympics so I could root for the Lebanese team. But I’m not sure I wanted the kind of publicity we got on Friday Night. Ziad Richa was the proud flagbearer, whose event for the Olympics is Skeet Shooting. His story is extraordinary, but [...]

Check out the new pictures in my gallery A flower for you Tracks Palm Trees

These particular Olympics have generated some controversy and dialogue on whether we should be boycotting these games due to China’s poor human rights record. I’m of the mindset that these Olympics allow the world community to better engage with China and it’s government on these issues. A boycott in this particular instance would do less [...]