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"But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny" --Mark 12:42

How the actions of this poor widow challenges a slightly irreverant, Linux-using, business school educated Christian. And his money.

Merry Christmas?

Over the years it seems like Christmas has had a lot of critics.  I must admit that I have my complaints.  Many of us do.  What’s yours?  Complete this sentence:

Christmas is too…
Divisive and Religious
Secular
Commercial and Materialistic
Stressful
Much Trouble
Cheery
Sad
Much time with family
Much time away from family
Traditional
Anything else to add to the list? I’m probably missing a [...]

Yay for Hayley!

Now that Hayley’s mostly done with with her PhD dissertation, she’s got time for the important stuff in life, like redesigning my logo image for this blog. Tonight, she declared my former logo, which had the old name, “hideous”:

and replaced it with this:

My new logo even has two millennia-old copper coins from the Roman [...]

What Do You Believe?

I got a homework assignment from church today. I need to write a personal Statement of Faith.
Typically, homework assignments from churches tend to be things like “do something nice” or “forgive someone you’re mad at”. I, in response, would perform some cursory deed like put the toilet seat down for my wife and [...]