>Best CD's on the mellow side:1. Train: Save Me, San Francisco (released late 2009). Just a lot of fun!2. Mumford and Sons: Sigh No More. I love the cd, but the language means I can't listen to it at church or with the kiddo's in the care. Makes me want to drink a stout.3. Zach … Continue reading >Best of 2010
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>The Silmarillion
>"Then Iluvatar arose, and the Ainur perceived that he smiled; and he lifted up his left hand, and a new theme began amid the storm, like and yet unlike to the former theme, and it gather power and had new beauty. But the discord of Melkor rose in uproar and contended with it, and again … Continue reading >The Silmarillion
>Racialization and the Church
>Well, I haven't posted anything substantive for a while now. Selling and buying my truck took up way too much of my time, and we've been fighting illness in our house too - so in addition to not having time I haven't had much energy. But, I am finally reading a book that a friend … Continue reading >Racialization and the Church
>Scooby-Doo and the New Testament
>Have you ever watched Scooby Doo? Who hasn't, right? You know how at the end of the episode, after the kids rip off the mask of the mystery monster, one of them, usually Velma, goes on to explain how the pieces of the puzzle began to fall into place? It usually happens right before the … Continue reading >Scooby-Doo and the New Testament
>Catechism
>This morning I started a new devotional path with the boys. Over the summer we focused on the Bible's big story (again. We did that last summer too, but got distracted by the little - and fun - stories). We're using the Heidelberg Catechism - a Reformed Catechism that is old (1563; though the language … Continue reading >Catechism