Comments on JASON BOYETT: O Me of Little Faith: Tacky Christian Art, Part 2: More Thoughts

I just want to throw this out there for you: I us...

2009-12-15T23:12:18.961-06:00

I just want to throw this out there for you:

I used to smoke pot and it got so bad that I had a mental break down of a sort and could not control my body for minutes on end. Inside, however, I did not feel the movements I was making, the noises I shouted or what else I did. Instead, I felt like someone or something was twisting my arms around my back: a demon, I believe. Everything was

What disturbs me is that there is such a "Shock an...

2009-03-31T23:51:00.000-05:00

What disturbs me is that there is such a "Shock and Awe" attitude with a lot of Christianity these days. We have become complicit in the modern culture's dumbing down of art for the sake of reaching the lowest common denominator, which usually can be found wearing a wife-beater in a trailer park in West Virginia, drinking a 40 and surfing porn on a Friday night. Do we no longer elevate culture

Jason, why didn't you call me and tell me the Rabb...

2009-03-31T10:07:00.000-05:00

Jason, why didn't you call me and tell me the Rabbi had my back?! : )

Seriously, good conversation. The more I think about it, the thing that worries me is the potential snobishness of it - the potential for even more division in an ancient faith that has been divided by so many petty issues over the course of so many years. I have often felt the sting of wondering if I was "cool enough"