White-Out

Goodbye, Brooke.  She lasted longer than I thought she would, and probably 1 week longer than she really should have, but her time is now ended.  I still maintain that I could see owning her album, mostly because I like her sound on piano ballads.  I won’t buy it, but I could see me owning [...]

Cubic Zirconia

When I heard the contestants would be singing Neil Diamond songs last night, I was hopeful for a really great evening.  In the end, it felt like a cheap imitation of all of them.  I didn’t love any of the performances, though Syesha probably gets my vote for best of the evening.  I think David [...]

Buried Treasure

You may know this about me… I enjoy all things pirate.  From Puzzle Pirates online (still fun, though I don’t play often) to the pirate museum in Key West.  It may have started with the thought of finding buried treasure near our cabin in Pennsylvania while I was growing up.  I don’t know.
I do know, [...]

Conformation

I can’t tell you how many times I see students misspell “Confirmation” as “Conformation.”  This is highly amusing to me knowing the traditional confirmation ministry is much closer to conformation in design and mind set.  I suppose there is some Biblical evidence for the misspelled name:
Romans 8:29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined [...]

The End is Near

I spent the better part of Wednesday and Today at the Seminary finishing my major exegetical paper. If that sounds big, scary and long, well… it is. The good news is that I’m done with it pending a quick review on Monday/Tuesday to catch any mistakes I made and to clarify any [...]

Last Call

Our bar-tending, tattooed friend Carly Smithson got tossed last night in Idol.  I didn’t get to see the actually performances, but I was surprised by the decision based on the review of last night.  The good news is that she probably won’t have to yell out “Last Call” at the bar anymore, at least not [...]

Audio From Parenting the Internet Generation

I had some trouble getting the file uploaded, but everything seems to be working now. Here’s the audio from my class this evening in case you missed it and want to listen. More tomorrow when I have more time to write.

Parallel Cultures

I received a free issue of Collide Magazine with an order I placed for some books online recently.  They subtitle themselves, “Where Media and the Church Converge.”  I was drawn to their article titled “Our Parallel Universe: The Christian Subculture Goes Online.”  An excerpt:
For the purposes of this article, the Christian subculture or parallel universe [...]

Par for the Course

I went out golfing for the first time this season.  That’s one more time than I did last season.  Yay me!  My drive has improved as I hit 7 of 9 fairways, up from my usual 3 of 9 (on a good day).  I even hit 2 of the fairways with my driver and kept [...]

From Movies to Television

I’ve recently discovered that I’d much rather watch television shows on DVD than movies.  I think it’s because of the larger story that can be told over the course of several episodes or even years.  My first experience (and one of the pioneers in this area, I think) with a continuing story was Babylon 5.  [...]