Random stuff that I write or think or copy or share. Since 2005.

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Washington Park

I ran across this poem by Gerald Costanzo the other day and it made me long for the Pacific Northwest. I grew up just outside of Portland, but my dad lived there ...

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Affections, Poetry

Piper on Grieving the Loss of a Child

“But there is another way God is honored in our grieving. When we taste the loss so deeply because we loved so deeply and treasured God’s gift — and God in his gi...

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Trueman on Thatcher and the Teenage Years

Recently, two connected thoughts have entered my conscience. First, that at 42, an end approaches. Second, that I still live much of my life in my teenage years. ...

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Affections, Politics, Movies

The Art of Saying NO

“Time is the raw material of creation. Wipe away the magic and myth of creating and all that remains is work: the work of becoming expert through study and practi...

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Art, Creativity, Quotes

Page CXVI Jubilee

From the Page CXVI and Autumn Film announcement:To celebrate 7 years of making music together, the members of Page CXVI and The Autumn Film are giving away their ...

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Music

Why I Like Apple

People think I am just an Apple fanboy, which I am, but it is because of people like Joni Ive. TUAW recently wrote this:In a May 2012 interview with the Tele...

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Apple

Even in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“All of these approaches can help achieve Lahey’s aim of giving shy students the confidence to speak up for themselves. But none of this necessarily means we shou...

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Education, Teaching

Three Fantastic Sentences

My friend bought me Reamde for Christmas, a massive 1,044 page techno-thriller written by Neal Stephenson. It is brilliant. I am only 169 pages in and loving...

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Andy Naselli

BCS recently announced that we are hiring Andy Naselli as our new Assistant Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology. I am very excited about him coming o...

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Reading, Fun

Books Completed in 2012

Here is the list of books I completed during the calendar year 2012. My goal is a minimum of 12 books completed per year, or an average of one per month. If I sta...

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Lists, Books
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