practicing what you preach?

Off to Denver..........a quarterly, mind-numbing industry meeting. woohoo! i'm not a huge fan of denver, other than the 1/4 of the horizon that includes the mighty rockies. but 1/4 of a good view does not a good city make. the rest is mostly flat and brown. and the super low humidity that sucks every ounce of moisture from one's body is not appealing.

sorry denver. i'll give you this, nothing could be as awful as your neighbor, that bastion of christian evangelicalism, colorado springs. i find many harper's magazine features a bit long winded these days. generally, i'm in for about 1/2 an article. but a recent piece on the rise of mega-churches, their doctrine and drones, kept me rapt all the way through.

i suppose it's easy to be smug about this stuff from my sunny spot in hedonistic CA :). my sunday morning spent at the farmers market, bookstore and coffee shop. well, i'm willing to say "to each his own", if only they would, too. let's just agree to disagree. but i suppose that is the essense of evangelicalism. literally defined it "emphasizes the importance of preaching, as contrasted with the ritual". or in my words: not so concerned about actually acting like a good christian as talking about it.

off my soapbox now. hehe. anyway - here are a few pics taken on a recent walk-about in Oakland. Cheers!