Apr 8
Instead of being productive with my Good Friday off of work like I should have been, I messed around and made this song.
I had the melody and little bits of lyrics rattling around in my head for a while so I dusted off the ol’ microphone and laid down a few tracks in honor of Easter.
Sarah, on the other hand, went to watch Titanic 3D. Look who’s spiritual now. Read more
Today, Eggplant Bus 13 visited the traditional location of he house of Caiaphas the High Priest. The road in the foreground dates from the 1st cen. and may have been the road Jesus walked to Caiaphas’ house after his arrest at Gethsemane. The temple mount and the Mt. of Olives rise in the distance.
360 View: http://360.io/caDGSE
Jesus did more miracles in Capernaum than anywhere else. Now’s your chance to stand inside the ancient city’s synagogue….
Click the photo to explore the 360 panorama….
Feb 27
It was a favorite theme of C.S. Lewis that only lazy people work hard. By lazily abdicating the essential work of deciding and directing, establishing values and setting goals, other people do it for us; then we find ourselves frantically, at the last minute, trying to satisfy a half dozen different demands on our time, none of which is essential to our vocation, to stave off the disaster of disappointing someone.
Eugene Peterson, “The Contemplative Pastor”
Why do we praise people who have a checkered past, but judge those with a checkered present?
Let’s be honest. Most of the time, IMs are for impromptu movie references and swapping LOLs.
But, every once in a while, you actually have a deep, useful instant message exchange that gives you an idea or helps you see something in a new way. I had one of those conversations with two friends this week….
The project of learning has changed fundamentally in the past few decades. Not too long ago, much of education was a matter of learning how to find information. That’s no longer the case.
Thanks to the advent of the Internet, locating a wealth of information on any topic is as quick and easy as tapping a few words into your web browser.
Finding information is easy. Figuring out what to do with it is the new challenge. What sources are trustworthy? How do I prioritize what I find? What is the difference between fact and opinion? These are the kind of questions a contemporary education must prepare the learner to answer. Read more
Theme: Linen by The Theme Foundry
