Sep
4
Thinking and eating
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Not sure how to analyze this. I’ll think about it some more after I finish the Fritos and the gummi bears.
Aug
6
Good eats in Beijing
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As one who works from one language to another, I have a special sympathy and extra laugh for the sign purchased by this Beijing restaurateur, who apparently used an internet translation service to obtain an English sign to attract customers while the Olympics are in town.
I hear the “404 File Not Found Chicken” is to die for.
Jul
31
More jibbah-jabbuh about brittle crazie glasse
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George Herbert used stained glass as a metaphor for preachers. How would Herbert have written his poem if the stained glass in the cathedral looked like this?
Perhaps it is a fitting metaphor for my preaching ministry, anyway. I pity the fool who doesn’t comment.
Aug
28
Calvin, Hobbes, and Communicating
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I am a huge Calvin and Hobbes fan. So my interest was piqued when I saw Fred Sanders article entitle, What You Can Learn from Calvin and Hobbes about the Message and the Medium. In addition to being an excellent piece on the comic, it is also a thoughtful critique of mass marketing and Christianity. Check it out for a good read.
Aug
21
Theme Music
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Phillip, I’m calling you out. In a little interoffice frivolity this morning, we discussed how humorous it would be if a pastor had personal theme music played before he preached/taught. Since Phillip is a veritable consortium of musical knowledge extending across multiple genres and time periods, I figured I’d give him first shot at answering this question:
What would be your ministerial theme music?
Other pastors out there, feel free to answer in the comments below. Include a brief statement as to why you chose your particular song.
Apr
16
Happy birthday to you; I hope you won’t sue…
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You’ve probably noticed that the ubiquitous chorus Happy Birthday to You almost never appears in films or television programs. You may have heard it explained that Paul McCartney and/or Michael Jackson own the copyright to the song and charge an exorbitant licensing fee for authorized use of the tune. That is only partially true. Neither McCartney nor Jackson (please stop singing ‘Ebony and Ivory’–that means all of you…I mean it!) own the rights, but the company who does has deep pockets and an itchy trigger finger when it comes to enforcing their rights. For more on the history of the most widely-known song in the English language (yes, even more widely-known than Sinatra’s My Way), you can read Mark Steyn’s history on his ‘Song of the Week’ feature.
