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Too Many Open Doors
I'm chronically bad at making decisions. Not that I usually make bad ones; actually, most of them end up being pretty...
sursumcorda, 22 May 2008 |
What Would You Save if Your House Were on Fire?
The proper answer, at least as taught in elementary school, is "nothing." Get yourself out as fast as you can; don't waste time...
Prince Caspian
P rince Caspian , One Sentence Review: Not a bad movie, but several times I had to wonder where the story line came from. A few...
James Bond -- 40 Years Later
Having finished watching all the available “Best Picture” Oscar-winners—all except for one or two he decided early...
Going to Italy
I won't have time for an update for a while, but to keep yourself entertained you can check out the five star hotel I'll be staying...
Family History without Regrets
I recently read the answers to a genealogist's request for people's "top three genealogical regrets," and discovered that I...
Genealogy in Flesh and Blood
Earlier this month the Seattle Times ran a heartwarming genealogy story by Jan Burak Schwert about her husband's accidental...
The Evangelical Manifesto
Having been alerted to the Evangelical Manifesto by both GroshLink and John Stackhouse , I decided it was probably worth...
Pentecost and Mother's Day
A friend of mine once lamented that at her church Mother's Day received more attention than Easter. I'm sure most churches do...
Come to the Cabaret, and Opera without Costumes
As my father would say, we were sloppin' up culture like a hawg yesterday. (I believe the reference was to a L'il Abner comic...
The Cult of the Amateur, Somewhere in the Middle of the...
The Cult of the Amateur , by Andrew Keen (Doubleday, 2007) I'm finally reading the book I first wrote about a month an a...
Long Time No Update 4: Third Week of April
I had some classes canceled again today, so I figured I should continue the trend of catching up with updates since soon I’ll...
Do You Think It's Hard to Be a Woman Today?
Today's NEHGS eNews includes the following lovely passage written on July 4, 1632 by New England Puritan leader John Winthrop ....
Long Time No Update 3: Second Week of April
I woke up this morning to find that my morning classes had been canceled. I decided to celebrate by writing an update before...
A Robust Faith?
I won't pretend anything other than a highly selfish interest in my dismay at the decision by the Catholic Church to forbid...
Take That, Straw Man!
Someone on one of my Internet forums alerted me to Rush, Little Baby , a Boston Globe article of a few months back. As...
Stop Wasting Their Time!
While chatting with the dental hygienist yesterday, I learned about a science project that had been assigned to her fifth-grade son:...
For This Relief, Much Thanks
The end month of Porter's recent gig was very stressful, with lots of pressure and 80+ hour work weeks. My father often said...
Does Anything Stop -- or even Pause -- for Tragedy?
Picture this: During the upcoming Olympics, the second place finisher of a big race suddenly collapses and dies. ...
Liturgical Theology by Simon Chan
I am behind on my book reviews as well as updates, but I’ve started a book that I can’t keep quiet about. Thanks...
Dried Pineapple
When I was in Pittsburgh, we bought some dried pineapple at Trader Joe's, and it was very, very good! Thus when I saw the same...
How's That Again?
The acoustics in our house are such that the sound from the television is loudest in every room except the one in which the TV...
Long Time No Update 2: Surprise Birthday Party
. . . the dog was oddly suspended in the air, in the arms of Sarah S. In fact, the room was full of people and I suddenly...
Long Time No Update 1 (First week of April)
Yeeps. It’s been a month since a real update. And what a month it has been! Full of concerts. ...
The Importance of Learning History
Thanks to Tim at Random Observations for alerting me to this interesting commentary on John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath...