Archives for 2004

I’m in Siberia and things are going well. I told my first batch of stories tonight, including a 15 minute overview of the story of the bible. It is a little awkward telling stories through an interpreter, but many of the kids at this camp speak fairly good English. In fact, that is why many […]

I’ll take off in the morning. I don’t know if I’ll be able to post anything while I’m in Russia. If not, I’ll post a long update next week. Until then . . .

We’re in Abilene for a family reunion for Heather’s family. It’s been a good trip so far. Caleb and Elijah are getting to see their great-grandparents on both sides of the family. By far the strangest sight of the whole trip was just outside of Wichita Falls. We’re driving by a ranch when we saw […]

We’re off to scenic West Texas to see grandparents and friends. We’ll take a tour through Lubbock, Hobbs N. M., and Abilene.

Phil Baker has brought something to my attention about U2 that I didn’t know, but now that I think about it, it makes a lot of sense. I have been watching the U2 concert recorded in Ireland when the warm-up act was Ireland making the quarter finals of the world cup. Paul Morrison tells me […]

Jeff Berryman is writing some awfully good stuff over at his site. I’ve added him to the blog roll. He’s interacting with McKee’s book Story. I’ve had this book on my wishlist for over a year now, but haven’t pulled the trigger. Reading Berryman’s thoughts on it makes me think it may be time to […]

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Roger Ebert on the nature of documentaries. A reader writes: “In your articles discussing Michael Moore’s film ‘Fahrenheit 9/11,’ you call it a documentary. I always thought of documentaries as presenting facts objectively without editorializing. While I have enjoyed many of Mr. Moore’s films, I don’t think they fit the definition of a documentary.” That’s […]

I took a long lunch today with several other Garnett staffers and watched “Saved!” I found it to be a hilarious, embarrassing, and moving critique of the American Evangelical Christian subculture. It was hilarious in that the Christian stereotypes are over the top, but also spot on. It was embarrassing in that I recognized myself […]

Tonight I’m teaching a class from Eph. 5:21-6:9. This Sunday I’ll preach from the same text. That means I get to address the whole “wives submit to your husbands” issue. I’ve done quite a bit of research on this passage over the years and I think what it actually “says” is not all that chauvinistic, […]