ah Stephan, punmaster general is at it again and this time it is at the expense of Rat who is being himselfed out... [For a different Pearls Before Swine word play strip featuring the kissing, click here] [For a different Pearls before Swine pun strip about language, click here]
Defending the gift of singleness Ah, another discussion on Singleness. I steel myself against the well-meaning platitudes of the Marrieds, and bite my tongue on my real take on this issue. I have discovered that, bar a precious few, it’s easier to agree blandly and change the subject than try to get my point across. But now for once I can say, uninterrupted, what too many church people seem to find threatening or evidence of [...]
you probably have to be a regular reader of Pearls [before Swine] and an appreciator of the croc and 'Zeeba' dynamic to appreciate this one... but if you are then you will dig it - snuck into my inbox while i was in South Africa... [For a Pearls before Swine cartoon depicting the great intellect - not-so-much - of Pig, click here] [For a Pearls before Swine strip one listening well, click here]
It started with a #neknomination [well, let's be honest - it likely started with a drunk Australian feeling like this was something he thought was a good idea for more people to do?] an online video'd drinking challenge game where you "film themselves drinking a pint of an alcoholic beverage, usually beer, in one gulp and upload the footage to the web" [wikipedia] and then nominate two other people to do the same, paying it [...]
so about a week ago, Blue Like Jazz author 'Donald Miller' blogged about why 'I don't worship God by Singing, I connect with Him elsewhere' and the internet went wild - Burn the Witch! Okay not quite, although Don did tweet a little later, 'Blogged about not going to church today. More shame and guilt @replies than I’ve ever received on twitter. I feel immense forgiveness.' He followed this one up with one titled, 'Why I [...]
this is a super great psalm and just one of those where virtually every verse can be looked at and appreciated and spoken into - for that reason i want to encourage you to go and read the whole psalm and then come back here and share what stood out for you. i am just going to be looking at two specific sections that stood out for me: 8 Praise our God, all peoples, let the sound [...]
ah what a softie at heart. Stephan Pastis shows his true colours in this rare deeply moving Pearls before Swine cartoon strip, proving his range and diversity as well as his ability to make an audience go, 'Awwwwwwww...' [For a Pearls before Swine strip on the frustrating phenomenon of losing a call with someone and both trying to phone back at the same time, click here] [For the Pearls before Swine strip that introduced [...]
music played such a huge role in my visit back to South Africa that we have just returned from. the first was a gift within a gift. we were given the use of a car by two people [only one of whom i actually knew before the trip and hadn't been in contact with for about 15 years til a week before i posted a 'looking for a car' ad on Facebook] who decided that [...]
so today we fly back to americaland and i leave a changed man. but maybe not in the way you would expect... i don't feel like i have grown so much as i have regressed, but in a good way though. as in 'returned to former state' - or returning at least. in some Christian senses i guess we have been living the dream - 19 months at the Simple Way [you know, the mecca [...]
had lunch with a friend of mine who doesn't 'go to church' any more... i know, i know, i should have been spending the whole meal challenging him about how important it is and how pathetically self-focused he is being and something something about the body of Christ and all that... but i was too busy finding the encounter so refreshing. you see, Bill [let's call him that - i know how friendly you okes [...]