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Father Dark – A Review

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the author and/or publisher through the Speakeasy blogging book review network. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR,Part 255. Several months back…

The Rise of Parody

This is an excerpt from Dr. Silly Freehold’s talk, “The rise of parody.” This was given in Boar’s Blemish University on the 15th anniversary of Invocation Day – 3 years after the War of Injunction ended. You all, of course, know the story of the early days of the war. In Spring 225 1 the…

Not Quiet

This post is an edited manuscript for my sermon on Luke 18:35-43. Jesus comes near Jericho. If you’ve been keeping track to our sermon series this is actually an event which happens before the story with the wee little man up in a tree 1. I think the lectionary switched the order around because of…

Journey reflection – one month down

Exactly one month ago I began my year-long commitment to blog every day of 2105. After 30 days it’s shifted from chore to habit, and I’ve really enjoyed the process. I thought I’d take a moment to share some “one month in” thoughts. Patterns are good With the encouragement from some folks in my congregation,…

Crossing the Threshold to Middle Age

Well, in 2015 I guess I have officially hit “middle age.” I guess I could have claimed this toward the end of 2013, when I got my first pair of reading glasses, but now it seems I’ve crossed the rubicon. It happened just over a week ago. I wasn’t feeling well. I’d noticed a cold…

The age of ePub

Yesterday I wrote about my fun day writing something which was terribly boring – a user documentation manual. As I wrote it led me to ponder the nature of user documentation in general. Specifically, what format it should take when it’s shared with the users. For years the go to choice has been “Portable Document Format,”…