Archive for April, 2007
monday evening…
Sweetous and I along with LB and Steve went for a walk after work today. It’s such a nice day ! Then we had supper at LB & Steve’s place. Sweetous says we will help them do yard work tomorrow after work. Yikes ! Speaking of work, I got a fair amount done today although there were some interruptions. I didn’t get a chance to work on the boxes of old files though; perhaps tomorrow.
links for 2007-04-30
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Star Wars is an epic science fiction-fantasy saga and fictional universe that was created by writer/producer/director George Lucas during the late 1970s. Over the next thirty years, Lucas and other writers developed the Star Wars saga with additional film
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Star Wars is an epic science fiction-fantasy saga and fictional universe that was created by writer/producer/director George Lucas during the late 1970s. Over the next thirty years, Lucas and other writers developed the Star Wars saga with additional film
sunday evening…
We went to church this morning; the Pastor did a good job with the Liturgy, which is a good. Sweetous went shopping with LB theis afternoon while I stayed at home and did a spreadsheet for work and rearranged my desk. Later on I went to Wal-Mart to buy some bottled water and then to Borders to look around a while. I found a book that looked interesting but did not buy it: Star Wars Jesus. I added that to my Amazon wish list for later consideration along with a bunch of other books.
links for 2007-04-29
saturday recap…
I got up at a sort of reasonable hour and went to my office after I had breakfast at Bob Evans. I did get a bunch of boxes packed and ready to ship, so that is good. There are still a lot of old files that need to be banished to the outer darkness though. Oh, I didn’t even mention all the new jobs that came in last week, so I am going to be busy as hell. When I finished at work I went to Borders for a while and bought two books: Metamorpha and The Great Transformation. I started reading Metamorpha and the other one I added to my stack of books waiting to be read. This evening I went to a Via de Cristo serenade. I should start going to more VdC events. The serenade was very good, lot of people came. I used to go to the serenades and Ultreyas all the time but somehow had got out of the habit. LB went with me, she went out with her friends after and I went to Barnes and Noble for a short while, but not very long ’cause I was tired. So now I will surf the web in preparation to goto bed.
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links for 2007-04-28
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LOGIA is a quarterly journal of Lutheran theology. As such it publishes articles on exegetical, historical, LOGIA systematic, and liturgical theology that promote the orthodox theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. We cling to God’s divinely institu
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Project Wittenberg is home to works by and about Martin Luther and other Lutherans. Here you will find all manner of texts from short quotations to commentaries, hymns to statements of faith, theological treatises to biographies, and links to other places
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The Lutheran Info Net provides you with access to information crucial for Christians who wish to be faithful to the Word of God as it is correctly set forth in the Confessions of the Lutheran Church.
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friday evening…
I am very tired tonight; a very busy day at work with lots of interruptions to prevent me from getting as much done as I wanted to. I also stayed late ’cause I am trying to get all the old files boxed and ready to ship to storage. Sweetous picked me up at Safeway and we had McDonalds for supper. Then I helped her do some house cleaning. Now, I will relax a while before I goto bed ’cause I want to get up early tomorrow and goto th eoffice for a while.
links for 2007-04-27
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site for listing books and discussing them with others.
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GuruLib Home Library Cataloging
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Book Listing Sites
I found a new book listing site today: Revish. An strange name, I have no idea what it means. Anyway I added the site to the two other book listing sites I belong to: Library Thing and Good Reads. They are all good sites. I think Library Thing has the most information in it, and Revish seems to have the nicest layout and user interface. Anyone else out there know any other book listing sites ? What is your favorite book site ?
links for 2007-04-26
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Map: Welcome to the Blogosphere | Technology | DISCOVER Magazine
Charting the network of jocks, gadget hounds, political junkies, and porn aficionados
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Søren Kierkegaard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (IPA: [ˈsœːɐn ˈkʰiɐ̯g̊əˌg̊ɒːˀ], but usually Anglicized as [ˈkirkəgɑ(ɹ)d]; Listen (help·info)) 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a prolific 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian. Kierkegaard strongly
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Numinous - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Numinous (IPA:/ˈnuːmənəs/ or /ˈnjuːmənəs/) is a Latin term coined by German theologian Rudolf Otto to describe that which is wholly other. The numinous is the mysterium tremendum et fascinans that leads in different cases to belief in deities, the
Secret Message
I just finished reading The Secret Message of Jesus. This is an outstanding book; I’ve read several of McLaren’s books and have liked every one of them; for the most part his thought rings very true to me. In Secret Message the author makes the point that the teachings of Jesus were and are about living in the present, not just about getting to heaven when you die. He relates the teachings of Jesus to the political situation at the time and extends them into our own time. The key is the “Kingdom of God” which is something Jesus frequently spoke about. Our task as His followers is to implement the Kingdom right here right now by practicing the things Jesus taught such as feeding the poor, forgiving others, going the extra mile etc. Yes, the world would be radically different and better if more people practiced the Kingdom of God. In the appendix to the book he asks “Why Didn’t we get it sooner?” Here he discusses how the church got hung up in politics, especially after Constantine and also hung up on doctrine and philosophy rather than practice. He makes some good points here, but I think that at least some in the Church have always been aware of the Secret Message: a good example from the early medieval period would be St Francis. But it is true that the church has often tended to emphasize other things at the expense of the Secret Message.
There are discussion questions at the end of the book. I think I may use these questions as writing prompts for the blog (unless I allow slothfulness to overtake me). This book would make a really good one for a discussion group, but I suspect that the book would not be well received in my church. I may ask the people in my Bible study group if they are familiar with McLaren to see what sort of reaction I get.
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wednesday afternoon…
This was a very hectic day at work ! I already have a full stack of stuff to do, and new jobs came in today ! Also, the clock is ticking on our upcoming move; the office manager asked me today how I was doing getting the old files shipped to permanent storage. I told her I was working on it. I set a target date for myself on May 15 to have most of the files gone. She said ok and asked if I wanted any help. I declined the offer because I have this thing of I’d rather do it myself. Of course I know that is not the recommended method to get things done, but I prefer it that way. So now I must get humping to meet my target date. To top that off, I had to call the file storage place to get files out twice today ! Oh well.
So now, I will go home.
