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YIP: 2012: 10 a day

The year in preview continues. Most church going, Bible reading Christians have used a ā€œread through the Bible in a yearā€ program at one time or another. Or tried to, at least. Typically they give you two passages a day ā€“ one in the Old Testament and one in the New Testament. And they have [...]

December 27, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: stuff I think is cool  No Comments

Curious song of the day

My favorite Christmas movie is Holiday Inn. Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds. Itā€™s a musical with all the songs written by Irving Berlin, who if you donā€™t know, was a genius. On a soundtrack that includes White Christmas, the popular (at the time) Easter Parade and Be Careful Itā€™s My Heart, itā€™s easy to [...]

December 22, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: music, stuff I think is cool  No Comments

Cellar Dweller

Okay. Not dweller. But I did manage to get some books on sale today at the San Antonio Library. Carolyn had mentioned the ā€œBook Cellarā€ to me before but I had put it out of my mind ā€“ because honestly, do I really need to go buy more books? (Apparently the answer to this question [...]

November 30, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Books, stuff I think is cool  No Comments

Carrying On: Part 2

Over the years, Kerry has continued to write and record music, including writing most of the songs for the Kansas album Somewhere to Elsewhere (which is very good and you should get it). He also reformed an earlier version of Kansas (now called Proto-Kaw)and recorded four albums and toured in support of three of them. [...]

November 26, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: music, stuff I think is cool, worship and the church  No Comments

Carrying on: Part 1

Kerry Livgren is one of my personal heroes. Heā€™s best known as a musician and composer with the group Kansas, although most people who arenā€™t Wheatheads probably are not familiar with his name, only his music. In his autobiography Seeds of Change, Kerry tells of his spiritual journey, from being raised in a Christian home [...]

November 24, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: music, stuff I think is cool, worship and the church  No Comments

Now I’m Hungry

Youā€™ve probably already seen this. Seems like itā€™s making the rounds. But just in case you havenā€™t, hereā€™s 288,000 Jelly Bellys and Kina Grannis.

November 22, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: music, stuff I think is cool  No Comments

Thou dankish doghearted dewberry!

How to insult like Shakespeare. (From Stephen Altrogge (by way of Neatorama)):

November 9, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: stuff I think is cool, Stupid Things You Can Find on the Internet  No Comments

Master of the Metal

Believe it or not, that is the title of an ā€˜80s Christian rock album. The group was Messiah Prophet Band. And as I type this, I am recording said record into my computer to be cleaned up and transferred to mp3. Thatā€™s right, after finding all those classic tapes and getting them copied into the [...]

October 26, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: music, stuff I think is cool  3 Comments

This is not a post about baseball…

ā€¦in the way that War and Peace is not about Napoleonā€™s conquest of Russia, in the way Les Miserables is not about the French Revolution, and in the way The Princess Bride is not about Prince Humperdinckā€™s machinations to start a war with Guilder. The St. Louis Cardinals have been my team since I was [...]

October 21, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: St. Louis Cardinals, stuff I think is cool  One Comment

Dear Malcolm, Dear Alwyn

Don’t dress up my gospel in fancy clothes Don’t gloss up my Jesus for the London shows He’ll take care of Himself wherever He goes You just say it like it is You say it like it is You say it like it is Among the tapes I uncovered last week were a few recordings [...]

August 22, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: music, stuff I think is cool  One Comment