The Wandering Heretic

Neither Protestant nor Catholic, Reformed nor Evangelical, Conservative nor Liberal; But Some Strange Flute-Playing Mutation Between

Archive for March, 2006

MTD: Give Me That Old Time Religion

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

The National Study of Youth and Religion made quite a splash in 2005. They conducted telephone interviews from 2001 to 2005 with children ages 13 to 17.  In addition, in-depth interviews were made with 297 of the teens interviewed previously on the phone.  Their findings were summarized by Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton in [...]

Joshua’s People 03/28/06

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

Click on the "joshuas-people" tag on the sidebar under Galleries to see all of the cartoons published this far. Also, click on the "Joshua's People" tag on the sidebar to read about the background of the strip. A link to the gallery is included on that page as well. Enjoy!

A Tribute: William Stringfellow

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

William Stringfellow was the only layman on a panel to interview Karl Barth on one of his few visits to America. During that interview, Stringfellow asked a question that fascinated Barth. Knowing Barth’s conflicts with the Nazi party during the war as well as the present (at that time) civil crisis in America, Stringfellow’s question [...]

No Posting For This Week

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

I have a big report due (indeed, overdue) for a client. All my free time will be spent getting it ready to send. As a consequence, I will not be posting until I get this report out the door.
Thanks for your patience. Please feel free to review my past 100 plus posts [...]

Joshua’s People 03/18/06

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

Click on the "joshuas-people" tag on the sidebar under Galleries to see all of the cartoons published this far. Also, click on the "Joshua's People" tag on the sidebar to read about the background of the strip. A link to the gallery is included on that page as well. Enjoy!

Jacques Ellul: Borg Basher

Friday, March 17th, 2006

For those in the know, my last post had a hidden joke in it. The article dealt with the increasingly controlling presence of technological gadgets in our society and how they made us appear more and more like the Borg of Star Trek fame. In the article, I showed an example of a Photoshop [...]

The New Borg: Gadgets, Gadgets, and More Gadgets

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

At the end of the third season of Star Trek, The Next Generation, Picard was abducted and assimilated by the Borg. For those not in the know, the Borg are a group of cyborgs (part humanoid, part machine) in the Star Trek fictional universe. They are known both within and beyond Star Trek fandom for [...]

Joshua’s People 02/15/06

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Click on the “joshuas-people” tag on the sidebar under Galleries to see all of the cartoons published this far. Also, click on the “Joshua’s People” tag on the sidebar to read about the background of the strip. A link to the gallery is included on that page as well. Enjoy!

The New Temple: Dead and Resurrected

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

While he was enrolled at Reed College, Donald Miller (the author of Blue Like Jazz) set up a Confession Booth during a Student Days festival. This Booth was staffed with Christian students dressed in monk’s robes. The purpose of the Booth, though, was not for the students to seek forgiveness from the Christians, [...]

Joshua’s People 03/10/06

Friday, March 10th, 2006

A new gallery feature has been installed. Click on the “joshuas-people” tag on the sidebar to see all of the cartoons published this far. I think you will find the navigation through the panels much easier. Also, click on the “Joshua’s People” tag on the sidebar to read about the background of [...]