Nerd Heaven

Lutheranism, Liberty, and the pursuit of all things Macintosh

Harry Potter Rant

Sam | June 19, 2007

If I hear one more person say that “Harry Potter is satanic” or “Harry Potter is evil” I’m going to snap. I had a old guy say it that to me tonight. He hadn’t read the books. He hadn’t seen the movies. Someone told him they were satanic and evil. If you haven’t read them…. [...]

Baptized like Jesus

Sam | June 19, 2007

Growing up in a small town in Central Missouri means most of my friends were Southern Baptist. Their classic line in attacking my Baptism was “you weren’t baptized like Jesus was.” They meant I wasn’t baptized as an adult and I was not immersed. Thankfully, I had a good head on my shoulder and didn’t [...]

Have to love mothers….

Sam | June 17, 2007

Okay… I know it is father’s day… but here is a post about my mom.
My mom enjoys trying to raise my blood pressure. She works for a very large state college and often gets “fun” e-mail announcements that are sent to faculty, staff, and students. One this week was advertising a book signing and [...]

Hyper-Euro?

Sam | June 16, 2007

The phrase “hyper-euro” gets thrown around a lot by some conservatives in the synod. I’ve struggled in pinning down a legitimate definition of this phrase? Anyone care to give me their definition of this phrase means?