Christianity

My relationship with God and desire to glorify Him form the core of the real "me," but bringing such lofty aspirations to real-world situations isn't always easy. These small essays (many of them quite old) mostly focus on the practical aspects of living as a follower of Christ.

On File-Sharing Networks and Civil Disobedience: Is there anything wrong with participating in casual trading of copyrighted music? The world certainly doesn't seem to think so, and neither do many Christians.
On Buttercup and Pleasing God: Drawing an example from The Princess Bride, I talk about how we can best show our love for God.
On "Christian" Music: What attributes should music have for it to be accurately labeled "Christian," or does that label have any meaning at all? What kind of music should Christians listen to?
On the Enigma of God's Will: A major topic of much Christian literature is knowing or finding God's will for our lives. Why all this effort, and why does He seem to hide it from us? Ought we to search? How?
On Stereotypes of Heaven: What will heaven be like? Will it be as boring as it's portrayed in many popular books? How will we ever have fun doing the same thing every day forever?
On Silence: "Be still and know" isn't casual advice -- it's a command, and I present my thoughts on how it applies to our entertainment-drenched society.
On Retroactive Prayer: Is it okay to pray for something that already happened to change? What if you don't know the outcome yet? How does time work when we time-limited mortals pray to God outside of time?