I’m Philly, born and bred – it’s my cultural identity. A huge part of that cultural core of my being is a passion about sports – Philadelphia is simply the greatest sports town in the nation. End of story. Every generation of Philadelphians has a set of characters which drew them into the sports lore…
Category: Thoughts
Just my general thoughts on things.
Talking Genesis with Peter Enns
I’m in a familiar place, McInnis Auditorium, getting ready for Peter Enns to start his talk on Genesis and the Ancient Near East context. I already had to help him get his mac working with his laptop, glad I was hear (he traded me an autograph for it). And here we go, Dwight Peterson is…
Hands on with the DSi
OK, here’s the scoop. My DS was dying thanks to having spent a year being passed between myself and two rowdy children. The kids eventually got their own DS systems, but mine never recovered. The mic was flaky, one hinge was breaking, and the cartridge slot was more miss than hit. So, when Game Stop…
Peter Enns at Eastern
This Tuesday at 7:00 Peter Enns will be speaking at Eastern University. I enjoy Dr. Enns, and think his book Inspiration and Incarnation is incredibly helpful for Evangelicals (or people people from and Evangelical background, like yours truly) who want to deal with Biblical Scholarship and yet maintain a high doctrine of Scripture. I’m going…
My First Kindle Experience
Shortly before I left for Seattle I finished Flickering Pixels by Shane Hipps through the Kindle Service on my iTouch. The experience was pretty good. I do have to say that the idea of purchasing a book on the Internet and being able to read it in just under a minute is a pretty impressive…
I’m starting a cult
Folks, I’m tired of being part of a religion that has people always telling me what to do and who to be. I want more out of life than that. That why I’m starting a cult where I get to tell people what to do and what do be. No more dealing with pesky traditions,…
