Archives for the ‘Culture’ Category

James Dobson’s Take on ‘08

By Shaun LePage • Mar 25th, 2008 • Category: Culture, Great Reading

Dr. James Dobson — head of Focus on the Family — weighed in recently on the choices we have for our next President. I won’t say whether I agree or not, but I thought this article was a great read. Here’s a quote to whet your appetite:
“Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, [...]



CBC Identity: Introduction

By Shaun LePage • Feb 1st, 2008 • Category: CBC Identity, Culture

Who are you? What is your identity?
Identity is a buzz-word in our time. For example, there’s a lot of talk about “identity theft”. This, of course, is when someone steals your numbers (e.g., social security, bank accounts, credit card accounts, etc.) in order to steal your stuff. “Identity theft” seems like an exaggeration to me. [...]



The gift of chewing?

By Shaun LePage • Dec 7th, 2007 • Category: Culture, Pastor's Blog

From Keep Your Head - Pastor LePage’s blog
You’ll hear a lot of crazy things this time of year. Advertisers of various sorts telling us all about the real meaning of Christmas.
Jay Leno’s book Headlines shows an advertisement for a dentist offering a special on dentures. The ad is tagged, “After all, the gift of chewing [...]



Is “The Golden Compass” the new Narnia?

By Shaun LePage • Dec 1st, 2007 • Category: Culture, News

Be careful what you let your kids see and hear. The writer of the books that inspired the recently released movie, The Golden Compass (starring Nicole Kidman) is named Philip Pullman. Pullman said in a 2003 interview, “My books are about killing God” and before that (2001) he said frankly that he was “trying to [...]



Lovers of Self?

By Shaun LePage • Aug 24th, 2007 • Category: Culture, Pastor's Blog, Worship

From Keep Your Head - Pastor LePage’s blog
Numerous websites offer “Tips for How to Love Yourself”. A google search for “love yourself” produces more than a million hits. One site—written by a psychotherapist—gives such an extensive list of ways to “boost your self-love” that if you followed all the directions, you would be constantly talking [...]