Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Gary Haugen (International Justice Mission) has just published a new book titled, Just Courage: God’s Great Expedition for the Restless Christian. While I do not have a copy (nor plan to), you can click the “Search Inside” link and read an excerpt on Amazon (note: *low* priority on wish list). I know it [...]
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thanks to Ben of openswitch, I have become the latest victim of the 123 Meme (did you know that the origin of the word ‘meme’ comes from evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins?). Essentially, this latest online cultural idea — that, supposedly like a gene, can replicate and evolve — requires you to select the nearest [...]
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
There and Back Again: Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have worked out their differences. I suppose that I will have to postpone my twelve hour Middle Earth movie marathon until 2012, which is the year after the second film based on “The Hobbit” will likely be released on DVD (or 2013 if an [...]
For some time I have been intending to pick up Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. My wife, father-in-law, one brother-in-law and an English professor friend have all read and recommended the series–with certain caveats, of course. I am sure that by now you have heard about the controversy. One can hardly [...]
