I lived nearly 29 years of my life with no knowledge of or association with Lou Tice. It was during my personal quarter-life crisis that I first discovered Lou and his organization, The Pacific Institute. A close friend of mine serendipitously happened to connect with an executive from TPI over the phone after an operator [...]
Somewhere along in the process of losing my own of faith, I experienced a hiccup of hope. Through Zach Lind’s blog, I discovered Samir Selmanovic’s book, It’s Really All About God. While the title didn’t really grab my attention, the subtitle: “Reflections of a Muslim Jewish Atheist Christian” absolutely demanded my further exploration. The book [...]
First things first: Fasting during daylight hours in November is WAY easier than fasting during daylight hours in August. My Muslim friends had intimated as much, but I was not expecting it to be as easy as it was today. I almost wished that it was harder. When I took a day off from Ramadan [...]
Good lord. I’ve been experiencing an enormous amount of creative avoidance with my Father Abraham series lately. You may be aware that I’ve been trying to add some more discipline in my life, even trying to create a structured process to do so. Even after tweaking it, I wasn’t any closer to reaching my goals [...]
About a week and a half ago, I decided to add some more discipline to my life and my daily regimen. First on my list: be early to rise. Well, I think that I managed that for about three or four days. Then I had an extended out of state trip for five days, and [...]
A local Seattle news station did a nice video piece on the relationship between the Seattle Seahawks coach and the founder/chairman of The Pacific Institute.
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September 11, 2011
If Love Doesn’t Win…
Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 23
Tuesday Newsday – Roman Polanski Arrested
Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 20
Another Pilgrimage to the Church of Rock and Roll
Remembering Lou Tice 1935-2012
The Best Friend of Religion… is an Atheist? Chris Stedman
Fun.: Some Nights – Album Review
The Many Roles of the Sound of Silence
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