Idle musings of a bookseller

Idle musings by a once again bookseller, always bibliophile, current copyeditor and proofreader. Complete with ramblings about biblical studies, the ancient Near East, bicycling, gardening, or anything else I am reading (or experiencing). All more or less live from Red Wing, MN

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

What kind of Pizza?

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Take the faith plunge. If you have to make a decision quickly, trust that God is going to make it through you. And once you take that plunge...
Monday, August 30, 2010

Organic versus "deep" organic

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<idle musing> I just got a copy of The Winter Harvest Handbook from the library last week. Because of the garden, I didn't have t...

Listening

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Here are three practical points about hearing God. First, more often that not, you're going to hear His voice in the mess. When external...
Friday, August 27, 2010

This is dangerous

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Someone will object, “It's too dangerous to tell people to trust the inner voice, to learn to identify the inner voice and go with it.” ...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Varia

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Andy Le Peau is running a nice little series on electronic reading, especially hyper-inked electronic reading, versus print. This from yes...

Agreeing with God

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You experience victory when you agree with how God sees you. Stop debating with Him: “But...but...but... I know how you see me, but... I kno...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

In denial?

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Our main objective now is not to manipulate the seen and temporal realm, to make it as we want it, but to interpret the seen and temporal by...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

More buts

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Most of us want to escape our circumstances, because we don't know how to operate the but . If we don't know inner life, we want to ...

A pet peeve of mine

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I take quite a few phone calls from people looking for a particular book on a particular subject. I enjoy that; it is fun helping match peop...
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Monday, August 23, 2010

More harvesting

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I ended up canning the peaches on Tuesday; I got 12 quarts. Saturday I bought another 1/2 bushel, which I'll probably can tonight; it wi...
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But, again

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Friday's post introduced the idea of the word "but" being an indicator of what we really believe. Here's some more: To...
Friday, August 20, 2010

Another one bites the dust

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"Another what?" you ask. Another university press. Today's Inside Higher Ed carries the story of the shuttering of Rice Univ...
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Some good stuff to chew on

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Out of Ur has good post on Job. After the exchange between Job and his friends, God speaks: God pushes back not on Job, but on the four ac...

But...

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People always live after the but. The word, I mean: but . Go out and listen to people talk. Everyone lives after the but , whether they are ...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Free at last

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It is important to know that we don't have any more spiritual needs. We don't need any more life. We don't need any more spiritu...

New sale at Eisenbrauns

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This is one of my favorite sales. Why? Because it is one of my favorite languages :) Here's the blurb from BookNews : BookNews from Eis...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

The I AM

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Jesus was encountered by Martha first [after Lazarus died], who spoke in terms of past and future. The past was, “Lord, if you had been here...
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Monday, August 16, 2010

It's harvest time

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This weekend was full of harvesting goodness. On Saturday, I picked about 3.5-4 bushels of apples. They are smallish, but perfect for apples...

Everything necessary

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There's nothing spiritual about saying you're seeking more of Jesus. Because He can't give you any more. He can give you more aw...
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Friday, August 13, 2010

You will never hunger or thirst

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He [Jesus] is saying that if we know whom we are in union with—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit—if we know and live from...
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