zac | May 31, 2007
I was driving through the fair city of Colorado Springs yesterday, when I saw what I would later understand to be an anti-war rally. Rally is a strong word: there were three people on the street corner. The first sign I saw was being held up high by a young man. Across the top of [...]
zac | May 24, 2007
I was standing on the Shingle Creek golf course in Orlando, Florida yesterday when I saw something somewhat unnerving. The course is very expansive and very green with few large trees. The result is a links-style golf course where the heavy winds can affect your play. There is also a large quantity of water along [...]
zac | May 17, 2007
Evangelicals agree that hell is a very real place where those who refuse to believe in Jesus will go. There is a distinction as to what happens in hell, though. Some believe that hell is a place where the wicked are punished and then they cease to exist. Others believe that hell is a place [...]
zac | May 10, 2007
When first you became a mother,
Your life changed; you changed,
You lost sleep, you lost strength, yet amid it all you gained power.
Unselfishness blossomed,
You left your life behind,
Oh, Elizabeth Darling: how you look like your mother!
When you next became a mother,
You were an expert,
Your fears had subsided, your strength emerged through weakness.
Your hands were full,
Work never [...]
zac | May 3, 2007
When I was in Cairo, Egypt, I had the pleasure of visiting the Cairo Museum. This museum houses an astounding number of artifacts that appropriately have to do with pharaohs, pyramids, sarcophagi, and other ancient Egyptian traditions. I saw a large number of mummies including Rameses II, who most believe to be the Pharaoh in [...]
