On Saturday, I posted something about the release of the new revised version of my book Spirituality of the Cross, in which I told about the changes, explained what I was trying to do, and said a few things about how the book has reached
On Saturday, I posted something about the release of the new revised version of my book Spirituality of the Cross, in which I told about the changes, explained what I was trying to do, and said a few things about how the book has reached
Happy Presidents Day. And yet, what are celebrating? The holiday was originally to commemorate the birthday of George Washington, a man who certainly deserves such an honor. Then what we might call semantic inflation clicked in: What started as a specific day of the year
Do you think the Canadian Olympics Committee was culpable in the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili on the luge track? The Mounties ruled that the death was due not so much to the track, though it had already been criticized as way too fast, but to
This chapter of Climategate scandal is even bigger yet. Prof. Phil Jones of the University of East Anglia is the guy whose e-mails were leaked. Now he admits that he can’t find the data that he used to create the famous “hockey stick” graph and
The new revised, enhanced, and slightly expanded edition of my book The Spirituality of the Cross: The Way of the First Evangelicals has just been released by Concordia Publishing House. That book has brought lots of people into the Lutheran orbit. More than that, it
Maddy Curtis, the 16-year-old from around here who became an “American Idol” contestant whom I have been blogging about was cut in the Hollywood round. Ironically, that happened the very day her initial Boston audition was aired, so that her acclaim began at the very
Thanks to Webmonk for alerting me to this curious phenomenon. What started as a mass computer linkup to search for life in outer space has turned into a tool for other kinds of astronomical study. And all those individual computers working together now constitute a
The nation of Greece is in the middle of a debt crisis that, because the European Union, has a single integrated currency, the euro, is pulling down the European economy. And its effects may reach here. The analysis by the British”Financial Times” is sobering reading.
Well, February 11 came and went, and I’m still waiting to be “stunned” by Iran’s announced surprise to the West. The nation was busy: Banning Google mail. Upgrading some uranium. Suppressing mass demonstrations. Is that the one-two-three punch? That’s not very impressive for the descendants
What a GREAT and helpful discussion we had yesterday about introverts and church! It should be required reading for pastors, seminarians, and church growth consultants. I was struck with the number of commenters who said, in effect, “so that’s it! I thought I was weird
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