Friday, July 31, 2009

Serving the king

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Nice thoughts by Ted Gossard yesterday about a Christian and wordly kingdoms. Here's a snippet to whet your appetite: It's not jus...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Book or Kindle?

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I found out about a fun little video series being done by a bookstore in San Francisco today. They are doing a ten-day Smackdown between t...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Bicycling violence

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A co-worker forwarded this to me yesterday: Police say firefighter Charles Diez was upset that a man was riding a bike with his 3-year-old ...
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The violence of religion, or not

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I enjoy reading other publisher's blogs. Some are obviously official blogs and treated as such. Others are more informal and allow you t...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Apologetics?

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Robin Parry has an interesting idea today when engaging in discussion with someone who disagrees with you: The person who has an objection ...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Beer drinkers beware

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OK, I said I wouldn't be quoting from the gardening book that Debbie gave me. I won't, but I will paraphrase a recurring statement. ...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

New books

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Updated: fixed the title of the first book (thanks to Jim West for pointing it out) I love my job! Today, three new books arrived that I per...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Theology and life

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Alan Knox has a good comment on biblical theology: Someone who does not offer grace and forgiveness to others does not understand the grac...

More Garden stuff

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Renee asked in a comment if it was OK to have "godly envy." I doubt it, but the garden is doing very well. Tomatoes are starting...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

New Eisenbrauns sale

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We have another 10 day sale going on. This one is for all of you Akkadian lovers (yes, all 2 of you!). Here's your chance to get the fiv...
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Is cyber-space real?

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Nice thoughts on how “real” cyberspace is by Ben Myers . If you want to insist that such an avatar could never be the “real you”, then you m...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Garden goodness

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Over the weekend, I managed to get a good bit of gardening done. We froze green beans and some sweet corn; made dill pickles and pickled som...
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Friday, July 17, 2009

The end of church as we know it?

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Nice look at how technology is changing the church over at The Jesus Creed . Here's a snippet to whet your appetite: The virtually-conn...
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Geek at heart

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I guess I'm just a geek at heart. Today I received a link to the original Apollo 11 mission. They are playing back in real time the au...
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Promise? Well, maybe...

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When we first got married (over 30 years ago now), we had a nice poster with Isaiah 30:15 on it. It had a nice forest scene, designed to get...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Gardening in Indiana

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Debbie bought me a neat book the other day: Month-By-Month Gardening in Indiana . I had gardened in Minnesota for years, and Kentucky befor...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Thought for today

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We need leadership to make sure we don’t accept everything as truth and to make sure we don’t spin our wheels thinking there is no truth. Th...

A new blog

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Steve Wiggens, former editor at Gorgias, has started a new blog . I like the title: Sects and Violence in the Ancient World: Topics on the ...
Monday, July 13, 2009

Though for today

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"We need to sift through the dirt of history to find the gems, no matter what tradition we come from. Part of my frustration with the M...
Friday, July 10, 2009

Garden goodness

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Last night, after a nice bike ride, I went to the garden. I expected to find a few green beans ready to pick, some raspberries, and some let...
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