Vocation in the Valley

Lutheran Inquisition – Episode 1

Monday, April 6th, 2009

So here’s the game I’ve been working on since the start of the year. It’s a little rough, and I’m no Ed McMahon, but I hope someone finds it enjoyable.

If you want to embed it in your site, copy and paste:
<embed src=”http://joyfulgames.com/LutheranInquisition.swf” width=”600″ height=”400″ />

Update: I moved the game to my other blog. http://joyfulgames.com/2009/04/07/lutheran-inquisition-episode-1

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One of those Parental Moments

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Yesterday, after pastor said, “Please rise for the reading of the Gospel,” I told the 2.5 year-old to stand up. She proceeds to yell, “Yea!!!” This got a chuckle from the congregation and some nice comments about having children in church after service. However, as the parent, it was not all that delightful. The problem is that while I would love to think this was some pious response, I know she was just as likely to start saying, “bye-bye.”

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What Happens When a Pastor Ignores Christ?

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

The secular elites have this famous conference called, TED. There are some really fascinating talks about ideas and technology, but it does have a fairly anti-Christian bent. Evolution is king, Richard Dawkins is a hero, and the most orthodox Christian to ever speak there is probably Rick Warren. Today I found this talk by an Anglican pastor.

This poor pastor tries to explain how God could have allowed the tsunamis in 2004 without once mentioning Christ. He comes to the conclusion that either God is almighty and caused it or God is not almighty and couldn’t control it. And since a god that could cause such a catastrophe isn’t worthy of worship, then God must not be almighty. He comes to the conclusion that the way to view god is that it is a spirit of the universe in all of us.
The talk wasn’t a total loss. I did learn the meaning of the word “namaste” which loosely means, “that which is of god in me, greets that which is of god in you.” Won’t be using that greeting anytime soon.

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Another Mention on Issues, Etc.

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

One of my other sites, Wittenberg Media, was mentioned in the listener email section. Paul in Baghdad mentioned that he listened to the 10 part series on the historic liturgy. I’m glad he found it useful and here’s the clip:

I really would like to update that site more often. I think the old shows are timeless. Maybe once a week would be a good start. We’ll see if I can squeeze it in.

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