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From CB:
I recently learned that a wonderful scholar and churchman died last week, Dr. Robert Webber. I got to know Dr. Webber briefly during my time at Wheaton College. He was known affectionately as “Book of the Month Club Bob” because he seemed to be writing one book a month. He wrote the very popular [...]
If ever someone deserved this honor he does. And their music is good too.
U2’s Bono awarded British knighthood on Yahoo! News
Irish rock star and global humanitarian Bono became a knight of the British empire Thursday - and joked that his youngest son thought he was about to become a Jedi instead. Bono, 46, was named [...]
One of my favorite Christmas gifts this year is “Jane Kenyon’s Collected Poems.” As the ornaments come down I thought I would share this poem from the collection.
Taking Down the Tree
“Give me some light!” cries Hamlet’s
uncle midway through the murder
of Gonzago. “Light! Light!” cry scattering
courtesans. Here, as in Denmark,
it’s dark at four, and even the [...]
Merry Christmas New Orleans
Once again, Studio 60 delivers a great show. This time Matthew Perry’s character is “a Jew and the only one who cares that its Christmas” (paraphrase) and insists on putting on a Christmas show. The finale is a group of NOLA musicians playing Oh Holy Night while images of the City are [...]
I recently read Tim Bascom’s book “Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia.” I gobbled it down in one afternoon it was so good, like a mini visit to Ethiopia.
When I was working as Press Officer for World Vision UK I helped lead a group of supporters to visit Ethiopia. I remember practicing complicated [...]
The Dude Abides Is a fun blog by Cathleen Falsani, the author of The God Factor. Check out her interview with Thomas Craughwell, author of Saints Behaving Badly. It’s a good reminder that the saints were not perfect people, but people who received grace.
In honor of All Saints Day next week, I intend to hoist [...]
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