One of the highlights of my vacation was practicing the discipline of fixed hour prayer using Phyllis Tickle’s The Divine Hours. I’ve been dipping into fixed hour prayer on and off for three years now and I’ve found it to be one of the more helpful disciplines to me. I like the rhythm it gives […]
Archives for 2005
Summer Reading
I read a number of books while on vacation. Some of them I actually read and others I listened to while running on the beach or while putting just over 2400 miles on the mini-van. I refused to read anything with footnotes in it. Some of the books I listened to may have contained footnotes, […]
August 10, 2005 by 5 Comments
Back in the Pool
We’ve been back in town for a week now, but I haven’t opened the blog back up because I’ve been so busy trying to catch up on everything else. I put some very unrealistic pressure on myself the first day or two back. I really thought that after being away for two weeks and not […]
August 8, 2005 by 8 Comments
On Vacation
No new posts until early August. I’m turning the comments off for all posts so that I don’t get nailed by spammers while I’m not watching. See you in a few weeks.
July 15, 2005 by
Here’s Why I Keep Asking
One of my favorite questions to ask these days in small groups, classes, blog posts, and informal conversations is: “What is the Gospel?” I keep asking because I’m convinced our present understanding of what the gospel is and what it’s meant to do is inadequate. Sometimes I wonder if I’m jousting at a gospel that […]
July 11, 2005 by 21 Comments
Destin?
We are supposed to leave this Sunday afternoon for a ten day vacation in Destin, Florida. I’m not sure what the plan is now. Destin got a good dose of Hurrican Dennis yesterday and we’re not sure what awaits us there if we head in that direction. Update: There’s still no word from the condo. […]
July 11, 2005 by 4 Comments
Book Meme
Mike Kruger has tagged me for a response to the “Book Meme.” I had the privelege of officiating Mike and Sara’s wedding many moons ago. Thanks Mike for the opportunity to blather on about one of my favorite subjects. 1) How many books have I owned? Just over a thousand. I have them spread through […]
July 6, 2005 by 7 Comments
Quantum Theory
I’ve been doing a little reading about quantum theory. After watching What the Bleep Do We Know?, I went down to Borders and found Quantum Theory, A Very Short Introduction by John Polkinghorne. I read Polkinghorne’s The Faith of a Physicist: Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker several years ago and really enjoyed it. As its […]
June 30, 2005 by 9 Comments
One Blog a Day
If you only have time to read one blog a day, then read Scot McKnight’s Jesus Creed.
June 28, 2005 by 1 Comment
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
So I finally got around to watching “What the Bleep Do We Know!?” the other day. After hearing so many different people talk about what an amazing movie it is, I pushed the play button on my remote with a great deal of anticipation. For the most part, I found it to be fascinating. Great […]
June 21, 2005 by 12 Comments
Telling Stories, Asking Questions, Learning Lessons