It is February and time when a young professor's fancy turns to thoughts of summer. So, how do I best spend my summer? Options include...

I read this thing Bethany wrote and made a comment but I thought it might make an interesting blog entry on it's own so here it is, alm...

Jenna Elfman (Dharma of Dharma and Greg fame) says she is “absolutely relentless and unreasonable about grasping [Scientology technology] an...

Some days the news is just too good to pass up. MSNBC - Study finds it unlikely lobsters feel pain

A charity we can all get behind: Save Toby

I have been listening to CCM (in addition to mainstream music) for almost as long as the genre has been around as have many of you. I have b...

How does one deal with stress? Here's my top five ways: 1. yell at my kids - not recommended. Usually doesn't help. 2. excercise...

I attended and spoke at the Symposium on Worship and The Arts this week and had a good time. I actually had a bit of an inspiration for my ...

We have a lot of snow and my snowblower won't start. This is especially irritating because a) we just paid $70 to get it fixed and b) it...

This catapult magazine article by by Kate Bowman is really good. I love the quote at the end: Do we not know by now that, as Madeleine L’...

Calvin College - News - Calvin Prof's Book Wins Newbery Honor Congrats to Gary Schmidt on his Newbery award. Pretty impressive. ...

After a whirlwind trip to Dublin and the UK (including Liverpool) I am safe and sound back home. I did a lot of sightseeing on the day and ...

I got a Neil Morse CD for Christmas. I was pretty unfamiliar with his music. In fact, before Phil Keaggy made a guest appearance on his CD I...

U2 news article - from @U2 Interesting U2 interview. I love the reason why they didn't sell "Where the Streets Have No Name" ...

In the song "Mofo", do you think Bono is referring to the church when he says "mother am I still your son?" The Alter...

Here is a description of the season premier of ALIAS which will air on January 5. I'm pretty geeked about this show and have been sinc...

This is a pretty good article from the PCA regarding U2 and their faith journey. I like how the author places HTDAAB in thecontext of the r...

Here is a sermon based on the song "Miracle Drug" from the latest U2 album. I really appreciate the way Bono weaves scripture int...

It's always nice when theology comes in handy What would Jesus Drive?

This is a post about writing a post that no one reads. I was pretty secure in the knowledge that no one knew about this blog. Seriously. ...