... of far greater (eternal and spiritual) value than their FREE price would indicate:
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Don't think I'm not thinking about it ...
I know, I know. I need to go back and clean up some previous entries to make them more properly html-ish. Sorry about that.
Meanwhile, apropos of nothing, I've really been pleased with my MacBook Air, and have not felt the need to rush into the whole iPad thing. (How's that for a non sequitur?) I'm told they're great for viewing media, but not so much for generating content, and that put my mind at ease, since content, not consumption, is more where my energies and interest lie.
But, don't think I'm not tempted.
Meanwhile, apropos of nothing, I've really been pleased with my MacBook Air, and have not felt the need to rush into the whole iPad thing. (How's that for a non sequitur?) I'm told they're great for viewing media, but not so much for generating content, and that put my mind at ease, since content, not consumption, is more where my energies and interest lie.
But, don't think I'm not tempted.
The Presidential biographical/historical work of Ronald White
I was privileged to meet and listen to Ronald C. White, Jr., former dean of San Francisco Theological Seminary and theologian-turned-presidential biographer, earlier this year when he came to the area in the pursuit of further research. A delightful and gracious man, White is uniquely attuned to the theological and scriptural dimensions in Lincoln's rhetoric that are largely lost on secular(ist/izing) historians. (His Lincoln biography was an NYT bestseller.)
A versatile organ solution for the small church
The small churches I have served have both been blessed with great organists and fine instruments. But I have also preached in many a small church that was not so blessed, or let us say, that was blessed in other (!) ways. If your church is thinking of replacing an old organ that just can't hack it anymore and you don't have tens of thousands of dollars to spend, the Nord C2 may be worth a look.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Good news: Year D is under contract
Dear Readers of The Year D Project:
You may have noticed I have not been posting new material for a while, merely bumping the liturgy up a year so as to have the next event at the top of the list.
This is just to let you know I've not been idle. Year D is now under contract with a non-denominational publisher, and will (Lord willing) be available later this year. There is still a lot to do on the book, however, so I'd appreciate your prayers, specifically, that it will be brought to completion on schedule.
Cordially in Christ,
TMS
You may have noticed I have not been posting new material for a while, merely bumping the liturgy up a year so as to have the next event at the top of the list.
This is just to let you know I've not been idle. Year D is now under contract with a non-denominational publisher, and will (Lord willing) be available later this year. There is still a lot to do on the book, however, so I'd appreciate your prayers, specifically, that it will be brought to completion on schedule.
Cordially in Christ,
TMS
With a Department of Education like this ...
With stories like this, it is becoming harder and harder to support the argument that legislators who want to defund the Department of Education are crazy. I can perhaps understand why, in a Soviet-style Orwellian state, the Department of Re-education would want to strut their SWAT teams about town, shaking down deadbeats, but the US Department of Education? This dad should demand a lot more than a new door. On your mark, get set, contact your legislators!
UPDATED: This is certainly the first time I have ever scooped Glenn Reynolds, and will likely be the last (since "scooping" is not exactly the aim of The Year D Project).
UPDATED AGAIN: Evidently the D. of Ed. denies this had to do with mere loan defaults, but again, I would ask, what is the Education Department doing with a SWAT team ... at all?
UPDATED: This is certainly the first time I have ever scooped Glenn Reynolds, and will likely be the last (since "scooping" is not exactly the aim of The Year D Project).
UPDATED AGAIN: Evidently the D. of Ed. denies this had to do with mere loan defaults, but again, I would ask, what is the Education Department doing with a SWAT team ... at all?
Monday, May 2, 2011
Thoughts on the occasion of the death of an arch terrorist ...
"For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord GOD. Turn, then, and live" (Ezek. 18:32).
"Say to them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from their ways and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways ..." (Ezek. 33:11).
UPDATED [May 3, 2011]: It is remarkable how almost none of the countless commentaries on this occasion have made mention of the fact that the terrorist in question was killed on Holocaust Memorial Day, itself a day not for "celebration," but for somber remembering and, no doubt, for intercessory prayer for Israel, for the church, and for the (unreached) "peoples, nations, and languages" of the earth. Please, be reminded!
UPDATED [May 3, 2011]: It is remarkable how almost none of the countless commentaries on this occasion have made mention of the fact that the terrorist in question was killed on Holocaust Memorial Day, itself a day not for "celebration," but for somber remembering and, no doubt, for intercessory prayer for Israel, for the church, and for the (unreached) "peoples, nations, and languages" of the earth. Please, be reminded!
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