A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget’s Thesaurus crashed yesterday losing its entire load. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyzed, dazed, bewildered, mixed up, surprised. (With thanks to the Pine Creek poster). Read more
This picture was taken by my Aussie friend Caleb Allen, who once came on a tour of the lands of the Bible with me. These references from the KJV were originally compiled by Daniel Robinson and originally published at https://wvlightning.com/COUNTENANCE.HTML * Exodus 19:16 – And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all... Read more
Sadly, Steven Wright died earlier this year. I have always loved his deadpan humor. He was a genuine and true Bostonian who loved irony— Here are some of the funnier lines attributed to him….. I was once walking through the forest alone. A tree fell right in front of me, and I didn’t hear a thing. I have a large seashell collection which I keep scattered on the beaches all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen it. Curiosity killed the... Read more
Russell Moore, above, is the new chief editor of Christianity Today, and formerly the head of the Ethics Committee of the Southern Baptist Church. I had a chance to meet with him and get to know him at our John Wesley Fellows meeting at the Museum of the Bible in January, and he impressed me as a devout Christian through and through. Here he is commending this pastor in Charlotte for calling out the total misuse of the Bible to... Read more
The lost colony has been one of the favorite mysteries N.C. school children have been regaled with forever. My personal theory, having gone to see the Lost Colony play, is that the colonists were carted off my giant mosquitoes. If you go to the play in summer, bring your spray. We are fortunate that we have early drawings by John White and others of what such a colony would have looked like. Before the 17th century, Thomas Harriot published his... Read more
Of the various special collections there are indeed some amazing rare books, for instance this one from John Adams. There is as well a special exhibit on John Audubon… In our next and final post we will say more about the exhibit on the Lost Colony. Read more
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