Jared Bridges

Lenten Fish

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As regular readers will note, I’m not Catholic, and neither do I observe Lent (although I know many Protestants who do). I grew up in heavily evangelicalized East Tennessee, where Lent was known as something that accumulated in one’s belly button. Since I moved to heavily-Catholic Louisville, I’ve been confronted with the vast number of … Read more

What’s in a Name?

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If I were an enemy of the United Stated Navy and I heard that the USS Ronald Reagan was coming to get me, I’d be shaking in my boots. Run fer th’ hills! Somehow I don’t think the USS Jimmy Carter will evoke the same kind of response… UPDATE: The cartoon Day by Day has … Read more

The Content of the Gospel

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David Wayne has an excellent post on just what is the Gospel. For our soundbite-laden culture, we’re often tempted to reduce the Gospel to elements that can easily be handled or transferred: When someone asks what the gospel is, they are asking a question that is a bit more dfficult than we may think. Typically, … Read more

Shameless. Simply Shameless.

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I swore to myself I would never stoop to such a level, but stooped I have. I’m now in the running for a free Mac Mini computer. I saw that another was in need, so I helped out. It also helped that I was going to sign up for Blockbuster Online anyway (how else could … Read more

Around the ‘Sphere

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A few places I’ve been surfing in the blogosphere: J. Mark Bertrand has a thoughtful post on wisdom. He notes: In the book of Proverbs, wisdom and folly are compared to archetypes of the feminine: the good girl and the bad. Folly is easy. She makes herself available. She throws herself at you and tells … Read more

Offbeat DVDs

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It’s always a treat to watch films that are far from the Hollywood norm of formula films where the protagonist is: (1) faced with a problem, (2) sets out to solve it, (3) along the way falls in love with a girl who helps him with the problem, (4) in the case of a comedy–lies … Read more

The Fresh Prince of Marriage

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Will Smith has worn many different hats, from rapper to TV star to the big screen. A few years back, he had hit song devoted to his son called “Just the Two of Us,” in which he gave his son words of wisdom amidst Smith’s divorce from the child’s mother: I pledge to you I … Read more

The Greening of Evangelicals?

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A surprisingly well-informed article in Sunday’s Washington Post notes the trend of a rise in environmental concern among American evangelicals. I say well-informed because the reporter, Blaine Harden, actually did his homework and got a number of perspectives on the issue. He writes: There is growing evidence — in polling and in public statements of … Read more