[Was, “What is an e-book, asks a publisher.” I updated the title of this post. Yes it is a bit more provocative but I think it accurately reflects what Galassi is ultimately saying (hoping).] The NY Times has an op-ed by Jonathan Galassi, the president of Farrar, Straus & Giroux. […]
As many of you know the Top 50 has ended, but Joseph Kelly is feeling nostalgic on this last day of the year and has posted a final Top 50. Yours truly remains rock steady at #28.
But not necessarily a prosperous one. Not because I do not wish you all success, but because we need to remember that profit is not the goal in and of itself. Today’s epistle from the Book of Common Prayer’s Daily Office reminds us of this quite succinctly. James 4:13-17 — […]
Ok, that was a bit misleading. I am not suggesting JI Packer is infallible, rather in this interview with the best-selling author of Knowing God from last week’s Washington Post he speaks about the infallibility of scripture and a few other things as well. Packer’s comments on infallibility confused me at first. […]
John has an intriguing post regarding Lam. 3:51: Lamentations 3:51: A New Proposal This is a notoriously problematic passage and John has an interesting proposal for a textual reconstruction. Of greater interest to me is his broader conclusions that I am not sure that I can agree with. On this […]
I always had the red fire truck. This isn’t a complete wrap up of Christmas comics, but just a couple that I thought were good enough to share. What is great about the Peanuts strip is that Charles Schultz created this in 1962! The Scrolls were recently discovered and he […]
Fortunately Santa managed to extricate himself from the plane (see the right) and made it to our house with ease. I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas! Below is my sermon from Christmas 2008. Christmas Day (Service on Christmas Eve) Selection I, RCL All Years Isaiah 9:2-7 Titus […]
These are all still just rumors, but after my post yesterday regarding e-book readers I felt I should pass along the news that various industry observers (I wonder if I could be an industry observer? I mean after all I watch what goes on, I listen to the podcasts, even […]
This one might be a little more challenging and is not directly Bible related. So I thought I would specify that this is a professor’s office to keep it somewhat loosely connected to the general themes of my blog.