Exploring the good news of the kingdom of God
For those of you looking for real time tweets on @kingdomtweets from the National Prayer Breakfast this morning, I apologize. My guess is the Secret Service disrupted digital data communications for security reasons, as I could not access Twitter or even send a text, even though I had five bars (which is a rare occurrence … Continue reading “Report From National Prayer Breakfast”
Today was another day at sea as we travelled from the Faroe Islands toward Iceland. There were three lectures today. I had picked up on the biases of one of the lecturers in his previous lectures and it was even more conspicuous today in his talk on the Vikings. If I had known nothing about … Continue reading “Viking Travel Journal––Day 11”
As I’ve mentioned here before, one of the secrets to reading faster is to read multiple books at the same time. When you are not in the mood to continue reading one you pick up where you left off on another. Reading multiple books at one time also challenges me to read on more subjects simultaneously. … Continue reading “What I’m Reading (June 2, 2016)”
I try to read at least 50 books per year. That may seem like a lot, but I’ve read that Teddy Roosevelt read 250 books per year, which makes me feel pretty lame since I’m sure he was pretty busy being President and all. I read because I want to be better at my job, … Continue reading “What I’m Reading (July 9, 2012)”
I blogged yesterday on the National Prayer Breakfast, which I had the privilege to attend. But I had two more thoughts I wanted to mention from the event. The first was Eric Metaxes’s theme that there is a difference between being phony religious and knowing Jesus. Metaxes told of his journey and how he rejected … Continue reading “2 Thoughts From Yesterday’s NPB”