I’ve collected a few things to share. There are a variety of things that I’m learning but don’t share because either I don’t have the time or you don’t have the interest. Fun: Here’s a prank done in Grand Central Station. Cool: We sold our queen mattress to a silver medalist in track at… Read More »
Anybody ever heard of Desmond Tutu? Well, apparently he has heard of me. I don’t usually talk about my fame here (ok, that would be a short talk. Real short.) But my two fans might like to know that the Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town has this to say: “The Cambridge Companion to the Bible… Read More »
You might consider this case made by guys I respect: Our Conservative Choice: An Endorsement of Mike Huckabee But this doesn’t sound so good. And now this reporter rebuts the WSJ article.
I need this kind of insult.
I don’t have any right to be, but I am still proud of this: Santa Clarita, California, August 27, 2007—The Master’s College has been ranked 2nd in the West (the top tier) as one of America’s Best Colleges in the category of Best Comprehensive Baccalaureate Colleges in the 2008 Edition of “America’s Best Colleges” released… Read More »
This could help pay for my PhD, especially if it were retroactive… Hundreds of religious-Zionist singles have signed a letter to their leading rabbis and other prominent figures, asking for the institution of a new/old practice of paying matchmakers. This, they feel, will encourage qualified people to offer more shidduchim (potential matches). “The problem of… Read More »
Yesterday the army announced that Jason Kessler was killed in fighting in Iraq. From the News Tribune of Tacoma, Washington: A 29-year-old Army Ranger from Fort Lewis was killed Monday in northern Iraq, the military said Thursday. Cpl. Jason M. Kessler, a college graduate and veteran of two previous Iraq deployments, died after his tactical… Read More »
On Sunday night, I took the boys to see the first-ever professional baseball game in Israel. The “league” has six teams and three fields and they’ll play 45 games each in the next couple of months. The atmosphere was decidedly American – even the announcer was calling it in English. Most Israelis don’t understand baseball… Read More »
I know that I haven’t blogged in a while and it’s been pretty weak even when I have. I fear that it’s going to get worse before it gets better. Starting with this post… So, 3,000 flights are cancelled in New England and the result is that I spend Sunday at places like Mount Gerizim… Read More »
Videos from the Passion Conference 07 are online for a short time here. I don’t see a way to save the files or to skip ahead to the preaching. A couple of the speakers are John Piper and Francis Chan. Didn’t that second guy have humble beginnings?