Reading, Reading, Reading…

These are my textbooks for the classes I’m taking this semester. There are more books that I’ll read for specific papers, so this represents about half of the reading. Yee-ha! Best, Steven, and Douglas Kellner. 1997. The postmodern turn, Critical perspectives....

What is Crisis?

An interesting thing just happened to me. I had drafted the following note and quotation in order to provide a pithy, uplifting post on my blog. The next time you feel overwhelmed by your circumstances, consider this quote from David Bosch in Transforming Mission: The...

Psalm 11 for 9/11

Many times when I feel cluttered in my mind I will grab the Bible and read the Psalm for the day. Today is the 11th, so I read Psalm 11. It is also the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Look what I read… 1 In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul,...

A Palate Expander for My Brain

When my son was younger he had a palate expander cemented into the roof of his mouth. Every day we had to insert a metal rod into the fly wheel at the center of the contraption and crank on it. This motion pushed the butterfly wing extensions on each side of the...

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