Guest Blogger: Lynn Hopkins on the Death Penalty

Homicide, other duties as assigned
On November 10th, a small group of men entered the dwelling place of a man in Virginia, bound him, transported him to another location, and killed him.  It was intentional and premeditated, planned in detail. No one claims that the homicide was self-defense or that this man posed any imminent threat.  [...]

The Church and Domestic Abuse

Here is a link to an interesting article by Internet Monk. Very interesting.
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Happy New Year!

Just a quick post to thank all of you who have read and subcribed to this blog over the last few years. Over the course of its short life, you’ve taken quite a few journeys with me around the globe and for this I’m very very thankful!
2009 promises to be a very interesting and special [...]

An End of Summer Detox- Day One

Over the last several months Laura and I have had our fair share of stress, transitions, and new beginnings. It continues to be quite a trip!
Yeah, yeah, we’ve managed things, and have even managed to have some time off and away with family. You may remember blogs from the last few months about our trip [...]

Why I Love Beginners!!

There are a few reasons why I love to deep sea fish when there are people who never have on the boat:
1. There is always the option for sea sickness (this year however, both my brothers got sick;));
2. There is always the opportunity for really silly questions to be asked (for instance: if the fish [...]

Living with the Browns and transitioning stories

Laura and I have been and will continue to live the Browns off and on over the next couple of months. While we have already found an apartment, we’ve yet to furnish it. So, the ever so gracious Josh, Anna, Jack, and Bubba (aka Little Bit Brown) are letting us share living space with them.
So [...]

Apple=Community Part 2

So a few weeks back I posted a video about Apple culture. Well now, even more of what we-who-love Apple suspected is proving true according to Josh Brown.
Josh recently posted this blog about Apple culture in which he described the sense of relief with retail-that-works-for-good and a memorial service (of sorts) for one of the [...]

A Beautiful Day

Today was a good, no, a beautiful day.
First, we attended Holy Trinity Church Geneva where there was a baptism service. The children were so cute and none of them budged during the service. Furthermore, Micheal French did a great job of describing the purpose and place of rituals and symbols and in our world today. [...]

World AIDS Day 2007

(HT: IUSY)
International statistics

Last Updated: November 2007
People living with HIV
33.2 million people worldwide
30.8 million adults
15.4 million women
2.5 million children under 15
New HIV cases in 2007
2.5 million total new cases
2.1 million adults
420,000 children under 15
AIDS deaths in 2007
2.1 million total deaths
1.7 million adults
330,000 children under 15
HIV by Region 2007
Sub-Saharan Africa
22.5 million adults and children living with HIV
1.7 [...]

World AIDS Day ACTION!!!!

My friends in Geneva at the Anglican UN Office Geneva have just released a report entitled, “Working Together!? The Anglican Response to HIV & AIDS in Africa“. It is a good comprehensive read. If you click on the title, you can down load the pdf. Here is the article about the article.
The report took quite [...]