This is for all of my friends who are enamoured of The West Wing.

A quote from The Democratization of American Christianity by Nathan O. Hatch, p. 96 ( Read more... )

Spent some time on the phone with that higher-up Mac expert this morning ( Read more... )

I love my MacBook. I am a hard-core AppleUser and have been since 2002 ( Read more... )

Sermons are an oral form of communication. Yes, many ministers write manuscripts from which they/we preach. However, how the sermon comes across can be very different in being preached than it is read from manuscript.

I'll try something here and post what I preached in class on Tuesday. It's far from fantastic, and would benefit from some careful ( Read more... )

Last night, I joined singer/songwriter Ann Reed on stage (along with the rest of my church choir) at her big CD release concert. We sang a wonderful song, "We Will", that Ann wrote for my church's sesquicentennial celebrations. The choir part adds a lot to the song, so our voices are also on the CD, which we recorded back in June ( Read more... )

First - if it is a book-signing that might be popular (as the Wheel of Time reality proved last night), be on time. This is not just so that you get the chance to hear the author read and ask questions, but also because the bookstore will probably hand out numbers so that those who got their first get into line first. Just passing this on as an ( Read more... )

Just got off the phone with DreamHaven. They have a copy of Mistborn, brand new, in hardcover.

So, problem solved. =) I'm going to miss the drumming circle I'd planned to attend, but attending the book-signing is something that's much less likely for me to experience at a later date.

Woot! Off to DreamHaven!

Brandon Sanderson is one of our favorite fantasy authors. Chances are that if you've mentioned to me that you enjoy fantasy novels, I've told you about his book Elantris and Mistborn series. They are masterfully crafted to build up to a significant climax. His characters feel human and have interesting inner lives and motivations. He creates ( Read more... )

I'm taking World Religions this semester, and we're starting our look at Islam.

I have a lot of respect for the textbook the professor selected, A New Introduction to Islam, second edition, by Daniel W. Brown. The author is competent in demonstrating the diversity in and complexity of the tradition, its history, and the field of scholarship ( Read more... )

A friend posted the following link on our college blogging system ( Read more... )