The News Story Making the Internet rounds is the story of a 17-year old girl who was kicked out of a homeschool senior prom. She was wearing a dress that was deemed inappropriate in length for the dance by the chaperones. As someone who has seen some of the dresses and Halloween costumes that pass as clothing I want to firmly say, “YES, there are inappropriate clothing choices that people make and YES the school does Read More …
The Movie Last week I saw This is The End. On RottenTomatoes it earned on the Tomatometer an 85% from critics and an 84% from fans. These reviews, especially from the critics, surprised me because I thought the film was ok in humor but poor in message. I get why people liked this movie. It is irreverent, funny, and movie stars play a version of themselves that poke fun at the Hollywood lifestyle. It had Read More …
Rachel Held Evans posted on her blog a wonderful article, 11 Things I Wish More Pastors Would Say. As a Pastor in training, I think the flip side of the coin is also important. Here are 10 Things I Wish More Parishioners Would Say in no particular order. “Take some time off, we can handle it around here.” “I pray for you daily” (And actually does it). “Can I take you out to lunch?” “I didn’t understand Read More …
Today Pope Benedict announced that he’s going to retire–here’s a CNN News Article on it. This may not sound like a big deal, but he is the first Pope to do this in 600 years. I hope he sets a precedence for whoever follows him. But, what is a Pope to do after retiring from being the Vicar of Christ? (I’m not even sure one can retire from that) I for one hope that he Read More …
“Unhappy with having to pay a restaurant’s auto-gratuity of 18% for parties of eight or more, a pissed-off pastor used his receipt to express his indignation.” If you’re a pastor, heck if you are a human being, DON’T DO THIS! You can read the article here. -jpserrano
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Zombie movies. I have been a connoisseur of the Z genre for a long time (puts on hipster glasses) before it was cool. Well, with any movie genre there comes instant classics- Zombieland, and flops- Zombie Apocalypse: Redemption. It’s in the latter film, that I heard THE MOST offensive line I can remember from any movie. It was so offensive that I immediately turned off the film. Read More …
If you have not been watching the news or going online today then you might not know that Hostess is going out of business. For a full article check this out: http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/16/news/companies/hostess-closing/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 This makes me wonder, did Zombieland give us insight into the future? So that we all don’t turn into Tallahassee (from Zombieland) in our own World War Z let us put our love for Hostess to rest. In the comment section below, write the Read More …
Hi, I’m Leslie from “Big Rich Texas” and I am going to show you how to make an adult baptism stylish. It really is appropriate to have a baptism anywhere. I mean, you can have it in a beautiful lake, you could actually have it in a church. I mean, sometimes that’s more traditional. But I prefer a beautiful swimming pool. It’s a little bit more controlled, and it’s a little bit cleaner. It is appropriate for Read More …
In her blog My One and Only Post on the Recent Hoopla Regarding #BiblicalWomanhood @ Cheesewearing Theology Amanda MacInnis writes: “Here are just a few of the pieces of advice I have heard over the years by well-meaning older women eager to guide and mentor the younger generation of women, from a variety of congregations: A woman’s highest calling is to be a wife and mother. If you don’t invest 100% of yourself in your kids every single Read More …
My brother Joshua Serrano wrote on the spiritual discipline of letting your children be noisy in church. He was inspired by Wes who did a marvelous job explaining why children should be in the pews. Both of these posts have led me to think, “How do we build a culture within our congregation that allows children to be children in the pews?” First of all, I get it. Having children in worship is a challenging thing Read More …