Tag Archives: Published

Recap: Blogging and a New Church Website

Recap: Blogging and a New Church Website By Ryan

I’m implementing a post I’m going to start doing called Recap (the concept is more important than the name) where every week I’ll be dropping links to some things I’ve been involved in throughout the week, whether that’s site developments or new blog/writing being published, etc. I’ll use this to go back and grab past [...]

Published at Daily Blog Tips: Widen Your Blog

Published at Daily Blog Tips: Widen Your Blog By Ryan

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m on a regular posting schedule over at Daily Blog Tips now. A post of mine talking about widening your blog to take advantage of larger average screen sizes went up today. There is a decent discussion starting up on the topic, which will be worth checking out if that’s your [...]

Chapels Limit my Spiritual Formation

Chapels Limit my Spiritual Formation By Ryan

According to the HU website, chapels exist for the purpose of “spiritual formation.” Unfortunately, in practice, this doesn’t seem to be their true purpose. The true purpose of chapels is to coerce students to certain events which they wouldn’t otherwise be interested in going to.
Consider some of the events you receive chapel credit for. Now [...]

What are you giving up for Lent?

What are you giving up for Lent? By Ryan

This was originally published in Issue 6 of The Huntingtonian on March 8, 2007.
It is that season again: the season where all good Christian girls and boys sit around the table and talk about who is doing what for Lent. Popular choices include things like ice cream, fatty foods, and television. Not surprisingly, many of the things [...]

Chapel Speakers

Chapel Speakers By Ryan

This post was highlighted as a guest blog entry on The Huntington Cynic on March 11, 2007. 
A small group of my colleagues today (which could probably be extended into a much larger group) were unsettled by today’s chapel speaker. I’m not one to name names, but let’s just say it was insulting to us on both an academic [...]

The Price We Pay

The Price We Pay By Ryan

This was originally published in Issue 5 of The Huntingtonian on February 15, 2007. 
The American Heritage Dictionary says “inconsistency” means “the state or quality of being inconsistent.” Helpful, right? “Inconsistent” is defined as something which is “lacking in correct logical relation,” or “incompatible.”
By this definition, then, Huntington is inconsistent.

Santa - Still Coming to Town?

Santa - Still Coming to Town? By Ryan

This was originally published in Issue 4 of The Huntingtonian on December 7, 2006. 
If I have my way my kids won’t believe in Santa. I won’t teach them to believe in “him”.

Church - Should We Sell It?

Church - Should We Sell It? By Ryan

This was originally published in Issue 3 of The Huntingtonian on November 9, 2006.
What is the purpose of church, and how important is it to bring people in and keep them around?

The Naked Truth

The Naked Truth By Ryan

This was originally published in Issue 2 of The Huntingtonian on October 12th, 2006. More of my thoughts on this topic may be found in this post.
We should all be naked.

On the Pledge

On the Pledge By Ryan

This post was published in Issue 1 of The Huntingtonian on September 21st, 2006.
Please rise to recite the pledge of alleigance.
I refuse.