Author Archives: Optimistic Chad

About Optimistic Chad

Chad really really hopes things are going to turn out ok. He loves his wife - with the passion of 1000 exploding suns, and is a diligent, but surely mediocre father to his brilliant and subversive children. He likes Chinese food.

CW Poisons the Well, or, Stop Messing With the Source Material… (I’m looking at you, Arrow)

There have been many great adaptations of comic books for television and film over the years. By way of example, I give you: The Avengers (Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Cap all included here), Donner’s Superman (Christopher Reeve), Nolan’s Batman series, … Continue reading

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I need some suggestions – top 3-5

I am moving into the next phase of my life (slowly…), where I am to be the senior minister at a church. Since the vast majority of Christians that I know either can’t remember what was taught at their baptism/confirmation/communicant’s … Continue reading

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More Time, Less Time

I have been doing some thinking this morning about our faith. It seems that there is no shortage of Christians who want to somehow justify the tenets of Christianity to the rest of the world. It is almost like we … Continue reading

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Would Jesus Occupy Wall Street? (The Answer Might Surprise You)

I have been asked a lot lately about this issue. People both within the Occupy Wall Street movement and without come to this question assuming that Jesus would basically be doing whatever they want to be doing. Those on the … Continue reading

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Nazarite November

For the last few years, I have participated, to some degree or another, in Movember (No-shave November). Movember is a month of mustache growing for the purpose of raising funds and awareness for prostate and/or other male cancers. While I … Continue reading

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