Archive for January, 2007
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2007I’m currently reading George Hunter’s The Celtic Way of Evangelism for two classes. This morning on the train I got to chapter 5, “How Celtic Christianity Communicated the Gospel” and came across some advice for preaching to pre- and post-Christian people. Hunter cites Kierkegaard’s advice1 : First, engage and speak as though personally, to individuals, [...]
Comment $p@m
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007Oh yes, I got a lot of it. But Spam Karma, a WordPress plug in, catches it and makes it go to a bad place. I check Spam Karma quite often to make sure it didn’t flag any friends. So today there are a ton and one of them says “Actually i am not an [...]
A Change
Friday, January 19th, 2007WASHINGTON, D.C. – President George Bush today announced that he has changed his shirt. “I have consulted fashion experts and members of congress and taken the bold and needed step of changing my shirt.” This change came after the President’s approval figures continued to slip in polls and the loss of Republican control of the [...]
Phoney
Friday, January 19th, 2007I would like to combine my Tungsten T3 and my cellphone into one device. Yea, the iPhone got me thinking. There is no way in the world I am going to get one, but a smart phone would be nice. So I started looking around. I’m on Verizon and I’m a Mac user so what’s [...]
Political Brush Shaking
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007I haven’t commented on politics in a while but recent events have stimulated some thoughts once again. Barak Obama has launched his exploratory committee paperwork. This isn’t an announcement of his intention to run but it is an increased commitment to that movement. When I look at the Democrats, the two leading almost-candidates are Obama [...]
Biblical Pragmatism?
Monday, January 15th, 2007We Westerners are pragmatic people. We go with what works. Hollywood does films of successful television program, and video games and sequels of successful movies , our infomercials focus on testimonials, books on business cite success stories of companies who’ve used their model, and on and on. This make sense. Why do what hasn’t worked [...]
Bean in Chicago
Saturday, January 13th, 2007Last weekend I got tired of hanging around the house and took the family down to Millennium Park in downtown Chicago before Ben and I start back at school. We had a great afternoon. Took the train so I didn’t have to drive and that’s always a good thing. So here are a few pictures: [...]
Luke’s Genealogy of Jesus
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007I’m up to Luke 4 and I feel like the story is just beginning. Luke spent some time on some details of a few people, most notably John the Baptist. The first three chapters show God’s initiative in all these events. Zechariah didn’t go into the temple and tell God that he would be a [...]
Excellent Mac Screensaver
Monday, January 8th, 2007If you have a Mac, check out this screensaver. The concept is simple and the execution elegant. And its free. If you don’t have a Mac, consider buying one. You can find refurbished ones at reasonable prices.
The Silver Chair
Monday, January 1st, 2007I just finished reading Lewis’ book The Silver Chair to my girls. It was a great story. I love reading The Chronicles of Narnia to them. Though I’ve read it before, I didn’t recall this paragraph which struck me as quite funny: And the wall, at Aslan’s word, was made whole again. When the police [...]
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