Author Archive
Abstinence and Temperance
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008Abstinence is the virtue of the weak, temperance is the virtue of the strong.
- A.B. Bruce - The Training of the Twelve
Picking songs for your 8GB iPhone.
Thursday, July 31st, 2008I got an iPhone
I have roughly 30GB of music. My iPhone contains 8GB of data. How to choose, how to choose…
Step 1: Create a folder in iTunes called “top ten best songs”
Step 2: Go through your playlist and add songs to that folder.
Step 3: Roughly 5GB of music later, you should have about enough.
Step 4: […]
What Flavor Is Your Theology?
Thursday, July 24th, 2008How would you describe your theology? That is, if you’ve even ever thought about that question. Have you ever considered how you would label your theology?
The correct answer, of course is “biblical.” If you are a Christian, hopefully you would say that your theology is “biblical.” You’d say to […]
Movie Review: The Dark Knight
Sunday, July 20th, 2008The Batman. My favorite comic book character of all time. Followed secondly by The Daredevil, then the usual suspects (X-Men, Superman, Spiderman, etc…)
I wrote an excited review of Batman Begins. When I heard they were making another movie in this series, I knew I had to see it. All the hype […]
Religion is a Problem in the World
Monday, May 12th, 2008Great explanation on one of the main problems with religion (INCLUDING CHRISTIANITY) in the world.
Meditate on this.
Saturday Night at The Heeremas
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008(Matt and Nancy sitting across from each other at the dinner table, each messing with their computers…)
Matt: humming annoying song
Nancy: “If you’re trying to impress me, that song isn’t helping.”
Matt: “What if I tried a different one.”
Nancy: Rolls eyes
Matt: sings “You never close your eyes, anymore whe…”
Nancy: interrupting “Okay, THAT makes me want to close […]
Potty Humor
Thursday, March 20th, 2008Today was a big day for us. Elena used the potty for the first time (and she did it four times at different points throughout the day.)
This lead to no end of discussion of pee-pee and poo-pee (as we have affectionately termed it in our household.)
Tonight on our date, which is when we have […]
My New Hobby: Productivity
Thursday, March 20th, 2008Oh great. Matt has a new hobby.
Most of you who know me know I have a wide variety of interests and passions. I tend to dive into things I do with a lot of vigor and excitement. Most of you who know me WELL know I tend to have a hard time […]
Hi, my name is Matt, and I’m creative.
Monday, March 10th, 2008Today, I read a compelling, and surprisingly well-written article in an online magazine that I follow on the topic of Web design. I think I saw a little bit of myself in it. At least, myself as I want to be.
Creativity is an inborn capacity for thinking differently than most, seeing […]
Dobson’s Absurdity
Monday, February 11th, 2008Dobson is not going to cast a vote if McCain gets the nomination.
Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for president in my lifetime. I certainly can’t vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama based on their virulently anti-family policy positions. […]
Another Political Statement
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Be as involved as you possibly can be in politics, without derailing yourself from your mission.
And try to remember that your mission isn’t politics.
Exercise your God-ordained freedom to be a part of choosing (snicker) your next leader.
Be as informed as it is possible to be about the issues.
Be as informed as it is possible to […]
My Political Statement
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008I hate politics. (Though, sometimes I am guilty of playing them.)
There is as much hope to be found in politics as there is in religion and religion is a lie.
There is no hope to be found in any political candidate.
There are no men worthy to be looked to as leader of the free world. If such a man existed, […]
Web site-ings are back!
Monday, January 28th, 2008In my journeys around the Web, I used to bookmark interesting or amusing articles, videos, etc so they would show up in the sidebar of this site. I stopped doing that for awhile because life got too busy to read the Internet. However, there were some very interesting articles around today, so I […]
Christmas Letter
Thursday, December 13th, 2007This is the of time giving and receiving, but looking back over the past year, this brief page cannot contain all the gifts (material and otherwise) that we’ve been given. I’m not quite sure how we ended up with all these blessings and gifts. We certainly did not earn them or deserve them.
It […]
Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007My Thanksgiving wishes are best summed up by the following. I am a blessed man. Wonderful family, beautiful daughter, amazing career, nice house, good cars, faithful friends… but the thing I am most thankful for…
Well, King David put it best:
Psalm 116 (”The Message” translation)
I love God because he listened to me, listened as […]
Poetry Slam: We Forget…
Friday, November 2nd, 2007I used to write a lot of poetry. I stopped for some reason. (Mostly because it wasn’t very good). I’m always hesitant to put what I write out there for others to see, but I’ve been inspired recently (especially by the last post…) I think I’m going to start doing it more […]
Speak with Authority
Friday, October 26th, 2007I love this poem. I found it (and thought I linked to it, though apparently not) a couple years ago somewhere. It’s great to hear it spoken. This man is a word smith. Preachers take note. In 3 minutes he give a coherent, compelling, memorable, important thought.
“Totally Like Whatever” by Taylor […]
Common Grace: Budgets, Schedules, and Weight Watchers
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007I am a terrible money manager, am even worse at time management, and have zero discipline when it comes to eating. Contrast this with the fact that I am blessed with a good income, have very flexible time commitments, and access to any and all food I could want.
Not a good combination.
The end result […]
Inspiration Revisited
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007My last post on inspiration needs some follow-up, I think. My intention was to speak to inspiration with regards to skill-sets and art. People I look to when I am trying to discover how better to do something (like make web sites, sing and lead a band, or preach). But there is […]
Christianity Today Poll - Should Churches Teach Cultural Literacy
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Christianity Today has posted an interesting poll today asking: “Should churches teach Christians ‘cultural literacy’ as well as biblical literacy?”
The choices are as follows:
Yes. No, Cultural literacy is not important to Christian life. No, Christians should learn about culture, but not necessarily from the church.
69% of people who have responded so far say “yes” 4% Say No, it’s […]
