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

Monday, April 30, 2012

Compost bin

›
We put all vegetable and fruit scraps from the kitchen in the northern bin. All weeding and trimming go in as well. I turn all 3 bins with a...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Busy

›
That's the best way to describe life at Eisenbrauns right now. We are transitioning to a new ERP system (that's the software that ru...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

How we live

›
“Not one day, not one temptation, not one responsibility may we take on without the Lord Jesus. Our truly good works are never our own. They...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Scan that grace card...

›
“'Christianity' that offers peace and pardon and a home in heaven with no change in one's way of living is a false Christianity....
Monday, April 23, 2012

New Blogger interface

›
The new blogger interface is terrible! Bring back the old look!!!

Our Victory

›
“We have no power against the enemy apart from the power of Christ. Without our spiritual union with Jesus, we are 'toast.' This is ...
1 comment:
Friday, April 20, 2012

Run a bit faster, would you...

›
“Those who really wish to know God will not fit well into the pace and lifestyle of Western culture. Modern schedules and priorities are gea...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Row cover

›
The next installment in my gardening musings: Use ½ inch CPVC tubing, cut into 5' lengths, one every 3-4 feet. I have used garden staple...

Devotions or devotion?

›
“'Devotional time,' that is, time spent in prayer and Bible study, is easily misunderstood. Every Christian must learn this: God...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Living and active

›
“Jesus living in the believer, then, does not obliterate the believer. He does not make us inactive or reduce us to nothing. Rather, He enga...
1 comment:

Strawberries

›
Picking up on my garden musings, here's my experience with strawberries. I have Jewel June-bearing. Every fall cover them with wheat str...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Some days

›
Some days I despise computers—well, maybe not the computers, but the way it is too easy to screw up with them. I've been working on our ...

You can't do it!

›
“How easily religious people slip into the trap of trying to live the Christian life in their own strength! This can happen even after we ha...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Another book

›
Time for something a bit less academic. I'll be blogging through The Victorious Life for the next week or two. Join me on the journey;...
3 comments:
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Garlic

›
The next installment on my gardening musings, concerning garlic: Plant, root down, in late September/early October, allowing 2-6 inches betw...
2 comments:

The epilogue

›
“Job ends up a wiser man, for he sees better the nature of God’s work in the world and recognizes the limitations of his former viewpoint. T...

This is serious

›
It seems that God is being bandied about as a cheerleader in favor of one side or the other in just about every debate. But, the Psalms have...

A belated eulogy for Steve Jobs

›
I read this the other day and forgot to post it. This is a eulogy(? more like a dyslogy!) for all who trust in their own wealth instead of G...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Rhubarb

›
Today's gardening moment... I cover with my two rhubarb beds a few inches of leaf mold in the fall. I cut the foliage after a killing fr...

Vindicated!

›
“From the epilogue, it is clear that God’s vindication of Job’s honesty, proven in his passionate recriminations against God and against his...
‹
›
Home
View web version

Who? What? Where? Why?

My photo
jps
Red Wing, Minnesota, United States
I'm a freelance editor/proofreader in Red Wing, MN along the Mississippi River.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.