I really enjoy using Accordance. Every time I turn it on it seems that I learn something new – it’s amazing. Still, I’m basically a skilled novice so I’ve been hoping that an Accordance training seminar would be coming to the Philly area. I figured I might as well be part of the solution, so I…
Author: Wes Allen
Wes got back in to Role Playing Games during the pandemic and it’s blown up into a wonderful mid-life crisis. He runs the DM Tales YouTube channel and website, GMs two campaigns, and plays online in another with some old friends. His “day job” is a Baptist Pastor in Philadelphia’s Jersey suburbs.
A New Language
In the fall of 1994 (several months after the clip below aired) I was introduced to “the Internet.” My transport was a creaky old portable computer, my engine was a 9600 baud modem, and the highway was called “Prodigy.” I was blown away. It took forever to do anything, but the endless minutes I spent…
Clueless
People seem to think I know what I’m doing. The truth is, I’m just willing to fall on my face to see if something “works.” That’s half the fun (and much of the agony).
The Battle Mobile: Olive Tree Reader 5 and Accordance
Introduction I’ve been an Olive Tree user since 2001 when I picked up an iPaq as a seminary graduation present. By the time I’d moved from Palm and on to iOS I had collected quite a library for my personal study. In fact, after Seminary I rarely carried a print Bible with me! When Olive…
New Fangled
A few years ago I selected “Lift High The Cross” to sing at the Closing of worship. As people left quite a few told me they didn’t care for the “new hymn” (which was written in 1916). That experience is the inspiration for this strip.
War
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been watching “The War” by Ken Burns on Netflix. I guess Veteran’s day is as good a day as any to share some reflections on the nature of this documentary series. First, due to my Mennonite background, I lean heavily towards a pacifist expression of the Christian faith….
