August 2011

Angel cakes and goat stew: Gideon 8

To impress his guest, Gideon makes the angel cakes (presumably not angel food cake?) and goat stew(next time you have an important visitor, I dare you to prepare them a…
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“You are that Dad!”

Our younger son (Noah, 14) confronted Shannon and I a few days ago on how we spend our money.  He said we should be giving more to the…
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“It’s about cooking”: Julie & Julia

"It's about cooking."  I knew that would grab their attention. My two teenage sons and I were driving home from soccer practice.  Their favorite films were the Pirates…
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The Wrath of Dave

About six months ago, IVP asked me to write an article on "Wrath" for their upcoming Dictionary of the Old Testament Prophetic Books (I wrote on "Jehu Dynasty"…
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Answers in unexpected ways: Gideon 5

In the last post in this series, Gideon asked the divine messenger why are the Midianites oppressing them and where are YHWH's wonderful acts of deliverance (Judg. 6:13).  (Gideon apparently…
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Her.meneutics: The Newest U.S. Mission Field: Women

A fascinating blog post on why women, particularly younger, professional women are disappearing from churches. Her.meneutics: The Newest U.S. Mission Field: Women.  (Her.meneutics is a Christianity Today blog that "provides…
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The Jerk

While we were down in the Caribbean (Turks and Caicos) for our anniversary last month we ate a lot of meat with jerk seasoning.  Spicy hot, but very tasty.  This past…
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Larry King on “Wait, Wait”

I listen to "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me", the NPR news quiz on my morning runs (or sometimes "Car Talk").  It takes the focus off my pain.  Each…
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