The Eagle & Child

Well, the trees are in full bloom ’round these parts, abuzz with bees and their ilk, and I, whilst a pork tenderloin cooked in indirect heat on the barbecue, went out bird watching for the first time.  Dixie bought me binoculars for my birthday, along with The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North [...]

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I haven’t written anything about creation/evolution in a while.  I’m not really going to in this post, either. At least not in terms of theories or possibilities. However, the BioLogos Foundation has been posting a series of short video clips on YouTube, in which a variety of Biblical scholars talk about various aspects of creation/evolution, [...]

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Came across these during some morning “fun” (i.e. non-assignment) reading this morning. II I dream of a quiet man who explains nothing and defends nothing, but only knows where the rarest wildflowers are blooming, and who goes, and finds that he is smiling not by his own will. * * * IV What consolation it [...]

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Dixie taped me walking home from the library this afternoon.  By that time the snow had stopped blowing around, but the wind was still high.  This video gives you an idea of the drifts that have grown on the road in front of our trailer.  The drift I pat near the end is sitting on [...]

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…I killed two mice with the classic Victor mouse trap-ock. Well, I’ve lost two valuable working evenings cleaning up this shit.  And I mean that literally. Caught one mouse in the lazy-susan 4 a.m. Sunday morning.  Caught another in our bedroom closet 1 a.m. Monday morning.  On Sunday I set up five traps throughout the [...]

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A couple of years ago, I pondered the meaning of physical death in terms of the predicted result of eating the forbidden fruit. Given that in the Genesis story Adam and Eve lived on several centuries after eating the fruit, the prediction seemed wrong unless it was spiritual death of which God was speaking. Bob [...]

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Does [the Bible] match up with scientific evidence? Who cares? … I do not believe science, history or archaeology of any kind establishes the truthfulness of the scripture in any way. Scripture is true by virtue of God speaking it. If God spoke poetry, or parable, or fiction or a prescientific description of creation, it [...]

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(I’m a fan of simple stats–hit counts, sports stats, etc.–and I’ve just noticed that in June I did not break the 10 post mark for the first time since February 2004.  What an unproductive month.  I don’t even really think what I’m about to post is worth posting.  I’m hoping inspiration will hit on our [...]

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Things went well today yesterday, I think, other than a few mishaps and distractions. I was inspired by the Wendell Berry-inspired workshop at last week’s conference to speak about the implications for creation care that arise out of scripture.  The Bible does not have a green agenda; if it has any agenda, it’s a redemptive [...]

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If I had true nightmares (rather than just the occasional scary dream), this is what they would consist of (via Darren Barefoot): If you’re thoroughly horrified by this, read the comments on Darren’s post, which will make you feel better (but only slightly).

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