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Why your salad costs more than a Big Mac
I grew up in Iowa, so I know most of the arguments in favor of agricultural subsidies. It’s time to rethink the whole system. Our current scheme is bad for the planet and bad for our health. Corn (used...
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Coffee as a health beverage
Coffee is my vice, so I’m always glad to read about how it’s good for me. As Wired reports: Even though several studies have found a cup-a-day habit imparts health benefits such as decreased risk of...
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Apples & oranges
Now you’ll have the skinny next time someone says, “That’s like comparing apples and oranges”. Squeeze of the juicer for the NGM Blog Central.
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The United States of Facebook
Mashable has some interesting data. Here’s the intro. Facebook’s official company statistics outline the breakdown of the sites over 400 million active users. While the site points out about 70% of...
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The potential effects of same-sex marriage
Folks on the right love to paint a picture of gloom and doom if same-sex marriage were to become legal throughout the country. Never mind that in places where same-sex marriage is the law of the land,...
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Counting “sheep” in church
Many of my Facebook friends will have noticed that many nights my last status update of the day relates to counting sheep. It turns out I’m not the only one around who thinks about counting sheep, even...
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Episco-upgrades: Taking measure
This is the second post in a series. Click here for the previous post or here for the next post. The Episcopal Church appears to be in slow, steady decline. Our pews are not as full as they once were,...
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Around the world with $10
What can you buy with $10? CNN.com has the answer. This chart is a little short on data for the developing world. I was astounded a few years ago when I was in Bangalore in southern India. In the...
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The economics of climate change
A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times had a fantastic article by Nobel Prize-winner Paul Krugman on building a Green Economy. It’s the best writing on this issue I’ve read. Covering both the basics...
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Top 10 of Oh-Ten!
Here are the Top 10 posts on 7WD this year, based on page views. Draw whatever conclusions you like. In any case, have fun reliving great moments on 7WD! In support of Dan Martins Tales from ACNA-Land:...
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What did the interwebs want to know in 2010?
This is one of my favorite posts to write, and it’s an annual tradition. Below you will find actual queries that people typed into Google to land on 7WD. I have not edited these. Because I care about...
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Let me eat cake
There’s a lot of lousy stuff happening in the world. In my own life, I’ve had more than my share of stress lately. (Think “crowds with torches” level of stress.) Well, I could use some good news, and I...
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River maps
Maps are among the many things I love, especially creative maps. Harry Beck’s masterful map of the London Tube is pure genius. In that vein, perhaps you will enjoy these river maps. Below you will find...
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A dashboard for your congregation?
No, I’m not talking about dashboard Jesus. In fact, we’re talking about virtual dashboards. It seems that the Methodists have been experimenting with the idea of “dashboards” to provide up-to-date...
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Blogging “Blue”: Deputies’ committees
This is a fourth in a series of posts on the “Blue” Book for General Convention 2012. Previously, I blogged about the bishops’ committees. Next up is Anglican and International Peace with Justice...
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ACNA by the numbers
Over at some conservative Anglican websites (for example, here or here), one of the favorite pastimes is to post statistics of the Episcopal Church or of particular parishes and scoff at the decline in...
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Preparing for the zombie (church) apocalypse
Zombies are trendy these days, and the Christian publishing industry is always churning out books on church leadership. So it should not surprise anyone that there’s a book called “Zombie Church:...
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Do numbers matter?
A couple of recent conversations have led me to revisit an unending topic of debate in the world of church leadership. Do numbers matter when it comes to looking at our churches? Should we or can we...
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Tangled Up in Blue: State of the Church
This is the seventh post in a series on resolutions for General Convention 2015. See also the index of resolutions and the list of resources related to #GC78. After yesterday’s resolution-palooza...
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Evangelism and race in the Episcopal Church
Now that I’m back from my hiatus, I’ve got a backlog of posts to write. This is one I had been meaning to write since July, when an article on evangelism and race was the cover story in Christianity...
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