jimi sometimes talks about the awful toll extracted by graduate school, how oft times the merry life of a pizza delivery driver seems like a frolic in paradise compared to the dreary misadventures of those seeking stature in the academy. Harry Hutton (who I've just discovered) wonders about the downfalls ...

Don’t forget to check out Six O’Clock Vintage Photography. Find a new image posted every day. In addition, Six O'Clock Vintage Photography has recently been added to VFXY Photos, Photoblog Community, and photoblogs.org. Don't forget to check those sites out as well. A preview of the last 5 days of photographs ...

I’ve been craving some George MacDonald lately. I’ve scoured all the best used bookstores in town over the last week and have come up essentially dry. I did find an old illustrated hardback copy of At the Back of the North Wind, but it was illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, ...

Regardless of what you think about Global Warming and whether, or to what extent, human actions are primarily responsible for it, there's a good chance you might be interested in the potential event below. The following text from an actual invitation: The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley presents his compliments to Vice-President ...

Yesterday I returned from a weekend missions trip in Cleveland at the Nehemiah Mission. My Lifegroup spent almost two days at the Mission doing service projects and interacting with the community. The time was really meaningful to us and I hope to the community we served as well. Cleveland is ...

Have you ever noticed that new Christians have an earnest confidence in their faith that has the capacity to reach others for Christ in powerful way? A lot of the time, a fresh believer shares the Gospel more often and more effectively than those who have been Christians for decades. ...

March is a great month; usually it is full of unpredictable weather (it went from 76 degrees to 34 within a matter of hours the other day), but the ever-growing hints of spring prove exhilarating. March is also the month of several great events; you’ve got the Ides of March ...

Maybe you’ve seen the uproar this story has created. Here’s the introductory paragraph from the New York Times: WASHINGTON, March 13 — Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declined today to apologize for saying that he believes homosexuality is “immoral” and that he therefore supports ...

Thanks to Britt for the best birthday card ever!

I can’t wait to go see 300. Every preview I’ve seen makes me shiver with anticipation; only a 30 second glimpse is enough to grab my full attention: brilliant other-worldly colors and movement, the epically pervasive grandiose desire for glory that inspires men to do impossible things and of course ...