tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16353022011-04-27T19:47:12.960-05:00Chrisnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1169138008539700972007-01-18T10:03:00.000-06:002007-01-18T10:33:28.570-06:00

Interesting article in Christianity Today about the dearth of translations of the whole bible available to many language groups. Understandably many translation efforts begin with translations of the New Testament, which is much smaller than the Old Testament, and in which "God has spoken to us by His Son" (Heb 1). But, as well, too many translation projects have stalled out there, either

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The ten of us who were returning to St. Louis (Kim was returning to Dallas to pick up her kids and Paul Webb stayed behind in Peru) pulled in safe and sound in two groups. The first group landed about 12:40 p.m., the second group aroudnd 4:00 p.m. We're grateful to God that we were able to get into St. Louis before the worst of the ice storm hit. I personally had a great reunion with my family

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1168575986145271632007-01-11T22:21:00.000-06:002007-01-12T13:18:44.786-06:00

I wasn't completely accurate when I said that we all were leaving Trujillo for Lima. One member of our team is staying behind for almost another two weeks. Paul Webb, who is certainly the most skilled among us, will live in a Sunday School room at the Wichanzao Church. Here's what Paul will see each morning when he wakes up. Paul's skills will be very helpful over the next several weeks, as

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1168575687064998932007-01-11T21:01:00.000-06:002007-01-11T22:31:57.096-06:00

Today we finished our work in Wichinzao. Last day of English instruction for the kids, last bit of painting, spackling, and pulling wire. Here you can see the multiple base coats in clear contrast to the unfinished bottom section which will be eventually be tiled.During lunch the pastor from the Larco Church, Ricardo, brought flowers to his wife, Dani, who was one of the ladies who helped with

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1168526174214379512007-01-11T06:14:00.000-06:002007-01-11T08:40:44.883-06:00

Wednesday morning we took a trip to the other church in Trujillo -- the Arevalo Church. It will be the largest and most ambitious project among the three churches, because it has the most land surrounding it. The church has come a long way since we saw it last year. As you can see from this picture, it will be beautiful when it's finished. By the way this picture shows where the church

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1168443570461589932007-01-10T08:30:00.001-06:002007-01-10T10:15:40.286-06:00

Tiene Hambre? (Are you hungry?) Here's what the ladies at the Wichinzao Church lovingly prepared for us yesterday. Chicken with an orange sauce, rice, and the purple vegetable beneath the chicken is a sweet potato. Apparently Peru is famous for it's 3500 varieties of potatoes.Yesterday at lunch I was opening up my MacBook to show some pictures I had just taken to one of the other members of

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1168431659496461972007-01-09T23:04:00.000-06:002007-01-10T06:21:01.950-06:00

Tuesday morning we again ate breakfast at the church and then promptly started to work again on the medical clinic. After having sanded on Monday, we put two basecoats of paint on the walls and ceilings.We also continued to pull wire and we broke ground for the sidewalk in front of the clinic and began to build the forms.The English instruction went well, with even more children than on Monday.

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We arrived bright and early at Wichinzao this morning to get to work on the Wichinzao medical clinic. After they fed us breakfast we started sanding wall and ceilings to prepare them for painting--we'll start painting tomorrow--we pulled wire for all of the electrical fixtures and outlets, and we dug a hole 1 meter x 1 meter x 1.6 meters deep to bury the main ground wire for the building (that's

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1168229684240040362007-01-07T20:35:00.000-06:002007-01-07T22:27:44.750-06:00

This morning we worshipped with the church at Wichanzao, which is where we'll be doing most of our work on the medical clinic. Pastor Guillermo Diaz (pictured below) taught Sunday School before the worship service and then led us in worship. I had been invited to preach this morning at Wichanzao, and was very honored to bring God's Word to the people there this morning. There should be more

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1168149438583361722007-01-06T23:11:00.000-06:002007-01-07T00:04:10.983-06:00

The rest of our trip went very smoothly. The flight from Miami to Lima wasn't bad at all. We landed in Lima at about 7 AM local time (Peru is on EST). We had a bite to eat and then met our tour guide and bus driver, here's the whole team right before we got on the bus.We spent the day touring Lima and had several hours to ourselves at an outdoor shopping mall that sits perched atop cliffs that

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1168043268393242602007-01-05T18:17:00.000-06:002007-01-05T18:35:35.340-06:00

Even though this blog has been lying dormant almost since last year's Peru mission trip, I am planning to blog regularly during THIS YEAR'S Peru mission trip as long as I have consistent internet access.There are 12 of us going this year. Five of us flew to Tampa and are headed on to Miami in a few minutes. Another five flew directly to Miami. Two more are getting to Miami via Atlanta. We'll

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1142289666591000272006-03-13T16:19:00.000-06:002006-03-13T16:51:55.633-06:00

I was reading a NY Times review of Gary Wills' new book What Jesus Meant and came across this line, which struck me as quite humorous:Meanwhile, many conservative Christians would have us take the four evangelists' accounts as inerrant, as though the New Testament were an Associated Press bulletin about the first decades of first-century Judea.I didn't realize that the AP was inerrant. Maybe

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1141407454252960302006-03-03T10:25:00.000-06:002006-03-03T11:37:34.326-06:00

I juggle. But there ought to be two different words for what I do and what Chris Bliss does. I didn't know juggling only three balls could be so amazing. If you're one of the few people on the internet who hasn't seen this, then take 5 and click here (click Must-See Finale on the right to start video).

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Well, I haven't posted in months...and Bobber & Trevor have both tagged me...SO in order to possibly jumpstart my blogging again...here we go:Four jobs I’ve had:UPS Unloader - Earth City HubCamp Counselor - Summer's Best 2 Weeks"Coke Boy" at Tractor Pulls, Demolition Derbies, & Horse Races - Clinton County FairgroundsAssembly & Metal Fabrication - Beard IndustriesFour movies (I could add dozens

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1. Is it possible to listen to Rush and not "play along" with Neil Peart while you listen?2. How have I never gotten a traffic ticket while listening to a Rush song on the car radio?

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I have enjoyed all of M. Night Shyamalan's films (yes, even The Village). They're beautifully shot and he gives good attention to detail. I like the way he tells stories, I enjoy the themes he deals with and even the quirky way he sometimes deals with them. I'm not a "Shyamalan Surprise" fan...aching for a return to the surprise of The Sixth Sense (though it was pretty good). I like his films

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1132174437634107842005-11-16T23:34:00.000-06:002005-11-16T23:30:44.373-06:00

I wasn't familiar with Dwight Ozard or with his work, but saw on a few blogs that he succumbed to cancer this week. Dick Staub posted a piece that Ozard, a writer and consultant, wrote called Is "Spiritual Formation" a Bourgeois Preoccupation?? This part jumped out at me as quote worthy:...our experience of God is in a very real, if equally odd way, profoundly irrelevant to our relationship

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1131579126552898842005-11-09T16:52:00.000-06:002005-11-09T17:40:07.290-06:00

I'm not a big fan of church advertising, especially things like billboards. However, given the aversion that some Christians have to the suggestion that Jesus turned water into REAL wine...you know, like the fermented, alcoholic kind, I kinda liked this billboard that I saw in downtown St. Louis right next to two Baptist Churches:

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My teams, the Boilermakers and the Packers, are a combined 3-12 this season. Quite a turnaround from last year, when they were a combined 8-7 at this point in the season -- with the Boilers headed to the Sun Bowl and the Packers headed to the NFL Playoffs. They'll both be staying home from post season play this year. Maybe the looong off season will be good for both teams. I hope so.

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1 x 352 x 251,215 down8,785 to goA new wrinkle to the push-up endeavor. My family wants in on this fitness challenge. So even though I've got two weeks head start on them, they're going to try and each do 10,000 jumping jacks before the end of the year. One of my daughters did 500 today. I think I'm in trouble. Of course this could be good for everyone's stomach muscles...because we'll all

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1130870925317893742005-11-01T22:17:00.000-06:002005-11-01T22:45:20.086-06:00

1 x 401 x 354 x 301 x 201,130 down8,870 to goOK, I started this push-up thing on October 12th...10,000 push-ups by the end of the year. At the time that worked out to about 125/day. I didn't commit to 125/day, just committed to 10,000 by the end of the year. Well, here I am 21 days later having knocked out only 1,000 of those 10,000. I've averaged about 50 push-ups/day up to this point.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1130896583804152132005-11-01T19:43:00.000-06:002005-11-01T19:56:23.860-06:00

Here's my gang heading out into the Halloween drizzle last night:Preemptive links:FischerJordan

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I'm such a sucker for underdog feel good sports movies. Throw in a racial justice element, the fact that it's based on a true story (whatever that means), AND it's by the makers of Remember the Titans and I'm sold. I'm looking forward to seeing Glory Road...it comes out on January 13th. Any other underdog feel good sports movie suckers who want to go with me?

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Well, we touched down in St. Louis at about 12:20 p.m. today. What a great feeling to be home!From the time we left our hotel in Trujillo (6:45 a.m. on Friday morning) until the time we touched down, we had been traveling for about 30 hours and had had enough travel. I had a rough second leg from Lima to Dallas, very nauseated for the first half of the five hour flight, though after that I was

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1130560441467303832005-10-28T23:29:00.000-05:002005-10-29T00:05:30.930-05:00

Waiting...It´s 11:33 p.m. and we don´t leave for Dallas until 1 AM, so we're stuck here waiting until that. We're all dragging.We arrived in Lima today around 10:30-11:00 a.m. and have been killing time until it was time to come to the airport. We dropped one member of our team, Paul Webb, off at a hotel in Lima, because he's staying here for another 10 days or so in order to hike the Inca

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1130498308897315952005-10-28T05:41:00.000-05:002005-10-28T06:18:29.006-05:00

Yesterday was our final day at the worksite. We were able to complete the cross shaped sidewalk, and prepare the surrounding area for the paving stones. Here's what it looked like when we left yesterday.There will be sidewalks along each side as well as large planters. The paving stones that will fill in around the cross are red, black, and gray. It should look really nice when it's finished.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1130420476001617722005-10-27T08:40:00.000-05:002005-10-27T18:50:13.540-05:00

1 x 401 x 30915 down9,085 to go

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Today we started pouring concrete in two sections on the sidewalk. The paving stones were also delivered which we’ll use to decorate the entrance. We’re not yet sure how much we’ll be able to complete before we leave.At the Seminario Biblico Reformado today I delivered my last lecture. I lectured on A Theology of the City. I leaned on good stuff I’ve read from Ray Bakke, Harvie Conn, Robert

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1130330008878865882005-10-26T07:01:00.000-05:002005-10-26T07:33:28.966-05:00

More progress on the sidewalk and entry to the Larco Church, as well as some culinary adventures that involved eating, what in the U. S., is considered to be a household pet (you'll have to wait to hear more about that later). This picture shows a little of our progress, which may not be too visible, but believe me we continue to advance (the sore muscles testify).Yesterday after work we went to

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1130243869701245122005-10-25T07:12:00.000-05:002005-10-25T18:52:44.743-05:00

Monday morning we began our work on the entrance to the Larco Church. You can see below that the current entrance to the Larco Church is dirt and an old sidewalk.Following the plans drawn up by an architect in their congregation we're creating a cross-shaped sidewalk with decorative pave stones that will create a beautiful entrance to the church. The Peru Mission team really has a vision for

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1130242279046308252005-10-25T05:42:00.000-05:002005-10-25T07:11:19.120-05:00

Saturday evening we arrived in Trujillo and were met at the airport by Missionaries Rev. Wes Baker & Rev. Bill Bradford, both PCA pastors. Along with them was the Pastor of the church in Arevalo, Eduardo, and several other men. We took three taxis from the airport to the hotel.The landscape is pretty barren. Trujillo, a city of about 800,000 has a desert climate, rains two or three times per

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1130244105221193562005-10-24T18:14:00.000-05:002005-10-25T07:41:45.220-05:00

1 x 351 x 30845 down9,155 to goI'm struggling to find the time and energy to keep up...we'll see.

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Well we're here! We arrived in Lima at 4 a.m. on Saturday morning, twelve hours after we left St. Louis (stop over in Miami). None of us got much sleep on the plane from Miami to Lima--it was difficult to get comfortable. We immediately went to hotel in downtown Lima, and a couple of us took 2 hour power nap, while some of the rest of the guys on the team walked down to the Pacific. I opted for

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1130154060247469212005-10-24T06:03:00.000-05:002005-10-24T06:41:00.326-05:00

Cumpleaños Feliz, my sweet Sonja! Sorry we can't be together today.Today my lovely wife celebrates her birthday and we commemorate another event as well. Fourteen years ago today I came from Pittsburgh to West Lafayette, and arranged for a good friend to take her out to eat on her birthday at one of our favorite restaurants, Mountain Jack's. Before ordering, he excused himself to go to the

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1 x 30780 down9,220 to goOK...I have not maintained my program in the midst of my travels thus far, but I plan to begin again. I did at least make a go of it again on Sunday night. I'm about 5-6 days behind, so I've got some serious catching up to do. I'm going to shoot for getting caught up before I return to St. Louis. We'll see.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1129876494514311182005-10-21T01:25:00.000-05:002005-10-21T01:35:21.860-05:00

I've been listening to the audio book, The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. Pretty thought-provoking, and an interesting exercise to be reading that and The Next Christendom simultaneously. Anyway, one of the amazing statistics that Friedman cites in his book is this:Google now performs 1 billion searches per dayOnly one third of those searches originate in the United StatesOnly one half of

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Friday afternoon, along with six other men, I'll be making my way here:Our church is sending us to Trujillo, Peru to work with Pastor Wes Baker and Peru Mission as we serve and learn from our Peruvian brothers and sisters. We'll be doing some construction work on a church and I'll have the opportunity to preach twice and lecture three times to seminary students at the Seminario Biblico

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1129640801495403412005-10-18T23:57:00.000-05:002005-10-18T23:57:33.326-05:00

2 x 352 x 30750 down9,250 to goStill one day behind my target of 125/day

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Missed two days, which means I have a lot of catching up to do if I want to stay on pace...1 x 357 x 30620 down9,380 to go

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I admit I was about ready to pack it in. 2 outs in the ninth. Cards are done. Wrecking ball hits Busch Stadium in the morning.Then Eckstein squeaks a base hit. Good, but, probably too little, too late. Edmonds walks, nice, but...Then Pujols cranks one over the fence. I couldn't believe it!!! Three mop up outs in the bottom of the ninth and we're going back to St. Louis!Don't swing that

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1129352275309050232005-10-14T23:51:00.000-05:002005-10-14T23:57:55.340-05:00

1 x 353 x 30375 down9,625 to goThis looked pretty easy on paper, but, as you know...push-ups are not done on paper.

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1 x 353 x 30250 down9,750 to go

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Looking at my flabby self yesterday I decided I've GOT to do something...so I quickly did some calculations and figured that I can knock out 10,000 push-ups by the end of the year. That's approximately 125/day. Definitely do-able. I'll post updates here for accountability's sake.125 down9,875 to goMet the first day's quota!!

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I just happened to click over to the Antithesis site, it's gone. In it's place is a pretty disturbing quote--you know, the one from Mahatma Ghandi about liking Christ, but not liking Christians. Looks like the whole shebang is gone, including the very affordable Discerning Reader online bookstore. That Ghandi quote sounds pretty edgy, a little different than a final message that says, "Sorry,

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This is the blog of Dr. Peter Leithart. Leithart is a PCA pastor with a Cambridge doctorate and an impressive list of publications--both books and articles--to his name. See the short bio here for the details. Leithart is one of the few writers who nearly always satisfies. I almost never finish reading Leithart and think to myself, "Well that was a waste of time." And, he's the author of my

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1127762108780107102005-09-26T12:30:00.000-05:002005-09-26T14:16:11.896-05:00

The Boilers fell to the Minnesota Golden Gophers in double overtime. They also fell from No. 11 to No. 22 in the rankings--which, IMHO, more accurately reflects where they should be ranked. I, for one, was fearful that Purdue would come home from Minnesota without a victory. This will hopefully get their feet planted firmly on the ground again for a showdown against a Charlie Weis-revived ND

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1127403659277587652005-09-22T07:22:00.000-05:002005-09-22T10:42:36.623-05:00

I thought I'd highlight links from my left sidebar to give you an idea why I think they're worth linking...barlowfarmsHow could I not link barlowfarms?! Barlowfarms was the first blog I ever read. I got an e-mail from Jon saying, "Hey I just started this thing called a blog, here's the link, check it out. I was one of his first readers way back in 2000 (proud grin). Jon is also the creator of

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I've just picked up Thomas Lynch's The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade and came across a nice passage. At the end of a page long rant against saying things like "It's OK, that's not him, it's just a shell" about a the dead body of a loved one. He writes:So to suggest in the early going of grief that the dead body is "just" anything rings as tinny in its attempt to minimalize as

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1127252737766326322005-09-20T16:37:00.000-05:002005-09-20T16:45:57.530-05:00

I've been working on a website (with help from Jon Barlow, Richard Hiers, & Travis Larson) for the Missouri Presbytery's new Mercy & Disaster Response Committee. Thoughts & suggestions are welcome--though remember I'm a rank amateur!

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The boys over at Spoilermaker are doing a great job!! Clips from Saturday's 31-24 win at Arizona are up.

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The highlights from the Akron game are up and ready for viewing. A big Thank You to the guys who make Spoilermaker.com possible.

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When I make up my list of favorite books 100 pages or less, a book that's sure to be on that list is Frederick Buechner's little book Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC. It is soooo gooood. Funny, clever, profound, irreverent, imaginative, it's simply a delight to read. I'll try and post some of it here from time to time. I really liked portions of his entry on immortality. In light of my

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1126840175811286252005-09-15T22:05:00.000-05:002005-09-15T22:09:35.820-05:00

Learned a new word today:fis·sip·a·rousPronunciation: fi-'si-p(&-)r&sFunction: adjectiveEtymology: Latin fissus, past participle of findere + English -parous: tending to break up into parts : DIVISIVERather than confusing people by tossing out my new vocab word, I'll just substitute American Protestant.

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Office portability. The St. Louis Bread Co (Panera Bread Co. to all of you outside of St. Louis) is my office away from office. Nice tables (some near outlets), free Wifi, and free refills on coffee make it an excellent choice for "officing" away from my study. That and there are a gazillion Bread Co's in St. Louis, so I'm always within 5 miles of one no matter where I am. I often arrange

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1126589923467802272005-09-12T23:57:00.000-05:002005-09-13T11:45:01.200-05:00

My five year old son's FIRST ever soccer game was Saturday...look at that smile!Purdue's FIRST win of the 2005 season.My FIRST season of Purdue football without my brother, who died in January. Matt was as crazy about Purdue football as I am. Check out the Critique of the Week that he wrote in 2000 following Purdue's dramatic victory over Ohio State (follow the link and click the football next

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1125807903146218892005-09-03T22:51:00.000-05:002005-09-03T23:38:29.086-05:00

Mo Leverett's Desire Street Ministries (DSM) located in the heart of New Orleans' 9th Ward, has been a beacon of light ministry in the poorest and most violent housing project in New Orelans. His ministry has had an incredible impact and I'm guessing that a number of the families that have been involved with DSM have been among those who've suffered the most from Hurricane Katrina and the

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1125805009547847742005-09-03T22:20:00.000-05:002005-09-03T22:37:24.553-05:00

Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist has died. Setting aside for the moment, Rehnquist and his contributions, this makes me reflect on the importance of George W. Bush's presidency. By the time George W. Bush finishes his time in office he will have nominated (at least) two Supreme Court Justices, will have been at the helm during our nation's worst terrorist attack in history (9/11)

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1125584365358956402005-09-01T09:12:00.000-05:002005-09-01T09:19:25.363-05:00

This chilling account from a student at LSU captures well the desperate situation that so many are in as a result of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding. It's hard for me to wrap my mind around the devastation of an entire city. Pray for the Gulf Coast.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1125437601403314462005-08-30T16:06:00.000-05:002005-08-30T16:39:57.040-05:00

Put this in your college football pipe and smoke it...The Orlando Sentinel has picked Purdue #1 in the nation!! Purdue Coach Joe Tiller joked, "All my relatives in Orlando came through for me. All the Disney characters came through. I'm sure they lobbied hard and got us positioned up there at No. 1. So I want to thank Pluto and Mickey and Donald, and all my relatives."Even though I'm a huge

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1125412653676077072005-08-30T09:33:00.000-05:002005-08-30T09:37:33.683-05:00

Well the Suburban was getting low on gas, so I figured I better go fuel up. When I found a relatively good ppg at the local Quiktrip I (without doing the math) decided to fill up.The end result?38.361 gallons x $2.399 per gallon = $92.03!!

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1124780715153654062005-08-23T01:59:00.002-05:002005-08-23T02:11:13.986-05:00

Well, I'm thinking about dusting off this old site and starting to blog again. It's been almost a year and a half. So much has happened in that time.It's probably been the hardest year of my life. I'll unpack all that later... I'm trying to "design" a little bit better looking site than I've had in the past. I also hope to develop a great set of links including a blog roll. I welcome your

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1080585326796832542004-03-29T12:35:00.000-06:002004-03-29T12:38:01.653-06:00

This morning I saw a report about, Dan Leach, a Texas man who murdered his girlfriend and then staged it to look like a suicide (the report I saw claimed that he learned how to do this by watching CSI). The coroner ruled the death a suicide and he apparently was going to get away with his crime. However, after seeing The Passion of the Christ, and a discussion with a friend, as well as a visit

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1080578602840493462004-03-29T10:43:00.000-06:002004-03-29T10:45:57.513-06:00

This story about the torture and in some cases execution of supposed child witches in Angola is absolutely appalling.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1073487712092810602004-01-07T09:01:00.000-06:002004-01-07T09:33:42.076-06:00

From Peru Mission's website an excerpt from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales that paints a picture of a faithful parish priest. There was a good man of the church, a poor parish Priest, but rich in holy thoughts and works. He was also a learned man, a cleric, who wished to preach Christ´s gospel truly and to teach the parishioners devoutly. He was benign, wonderfully diligent, and

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1073458460392995892004-01-07T00:54:00.000-06:002004-01-07T00:55:33.436-06:00

Russ already mentioned T.M. Moore's article Whatever Happened to Singing?, but I enjoyed it so much I had to mention it here too. Here's a snippet, but don't let reading this excerpt be an excuse to skip out on the whole article: It’s time for Christians to recover the spiritual discipline of singing to the Lord.  Not just on Sundays – although, from what I have observed over the years, that

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1073456766229937302004-01-07T00:26:00.000-06:002004-01-07T00:27:18.950-06:00

Now, I know George W isn't the messiah. And I don't believe the "urban legends" that make their way across the web every few months about Bush sharing the gospel with a little boy in the middle of a big event at the White House. But there is a charming little story linked on Chuck Colson's website that comes not from "my cousin's neighbor's son...who was there and saw it", but rather firsthand

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1073372643889449052004-01-06T01:04:00.000-06:002004-01-06T01:05:15.826-06:00

Anthony Bradley's Devaluing the Black Family is sadly right on target.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1073275013838490902004-01-04T21:56:00.000-06:002004-01-04T21:58:03.903-06:00

Want to read through the Bible chronologically this year? Well here's a printable schedule that will take you through the entire Bible in a year in chronological order. Printable schedules by quarter can be found here: Jan - March Apr - Jun July - Sept Oct - Dec And if you start tonight you're only 5 days behind!! ;-)

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1073274399218367902004-01-04T21:46:00.000-06:002004-01-04T21:47:49.420-06:00

OK, I'm a little late on my wassail recipe for Christmas 2003, better late than never, right? If you want to see my wassail recipes from previous years check here (Dec 27th post) and here (Dec. 29th post). Recipes for the Wassail Bowl!. Now straight to this year's recipe... The Bishop's Wassail 1 Bottle red wine 1Pint/½ litre water ½lb/225g Honey 1 Lemon and orange, thinly sliced 4

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1073189986919256502004-01-03T22:19:00.000-06:002004-01-04T21:19:37.686-06:00

This morning as I was on a walk through my community, I noticed the sculpture pictured below -- Adam & Eve. I remembered seeing it a couple of years ago as part of the People Project in St. Louis, but had no idea that it had found a permanent home about a mile from my house. It's an interesting piece. You can't quite tell from this view, but both Adam & Eve are represented--as two halves of

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1073189260899421732004-01-03T22:07:00.000-06:002004-01-03T22:08:50.686-06:00

I forgot how much I liked horehound candy. On the way to visit family over the Christmas holiday we stopped at a Cracker Barrell and I picked up a bag of horehound candy to suck on while I drove. They were just as good as I remembered them. My grandpa introduced me to them when I was about 12 or 13, but I probably haven't had any horehound candy in 10 years or so.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1071781399168705052003-12-18T15:03:00.000-06:002004-01-01T06:58:48.153-06:00

How cool would this be? A laptop with no screen, that simply projects images onto "converted air" -- IO2 Technology has completed a working prototype of just such a product. They call it the Heliodisplay. Maybe this will be the next generation iBook ;-)

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1071202792183025502003-12-11T22:19:00.000-06:002003-12-11T22:20:39.153-06:00

Unbelieveable!! Have you heard of the Bow-Lingual? It's a device that analyzes your dog's bark using voiceprint technology and classifies it into one of several different emotional states and then offers an English translation -- such as, "You're ticking me off!" or "You know what I like!" Here's a CNN piece about the Bow-Lingual from earlier this spring. And it's only around $100...I don't

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1071191944898357852003-12-11T19:19:00.000-06:002003-12-11T19:19:51.746-06:00

I had no idea they were making a movie about the 1980 U. S. Olympic hockey team. Here's the official site forMiracle. I watched the trailer today, it looks like pretty good. You gotta watch the trailer if for no other reason than to check out Kurt Russell's do. USA! USA! USA!

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1071155991861511272003-12-11T09:19:00.000-06:002003-12-11T10:01:34.686-06:00

From CBD's description: Do you ever feel that the Bible is "too big and freaky looking"? Are you ever too intimidated to read it? Revolve is for you. It's a Bible that looks like a fashion magazine! With this relevant format and over 500 further-study notes, you'll feel comfortable exploring this New Testament. Pssst... Hey everyone, I thought I'd tell you that Duane Garner really wants a copy

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1071155608660396642003-12-11T09:13:00.000-06:002003-12-11T09:14:15.153-06:00

Carl F. H. Henry died on Sunday at the age of 90. Henry was the founding editor of Christianity Today and the author of many books including his six volume God, Revelation, & Authority. CT briefly recounts his life and accomplishments and an amusing anecdote is worth sharing here: Henry delighted in recounting a time when he sparred with theologian Karl Barth. Barth invited questions from a

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1071036159098388322003-12-10T00:02:00.000-06:002003-12-10T00:03:24.340-06:00

This is good. Purdue's Joe Tiller signs a contract extension that will keep him at Purdue through 2010.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1070866015169700512003-12-08T00:46:00.000-06:002003-12-08T00:47:37.840-06:00

Can anyone guess what I'll be doing at 1:00 p.m. EST on January 1, 2004?

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1070729668414827522003-12-06T10:54:00.000-06:002003-12-06T11:03:38.810-06:00

Guy from New Jersey gets pulled over for expired registration. Guy tells officer, "I haven't gotten around to renewing my registration yet." Officer says, "You know you can register online now," and returns to patrol car to write up ticket and call in tow truck. Guy calls friend with a computer, has him get on to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commissions online registration service and register

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1070557694820682602003-12-04T11:08:00.000-06:002003-12-04T11:08:54.546-06:00

Three beautiful prayers by 17th century Anglican Priest and Poet John Donne. Excerpted (and updated) by Phillip Yancey: O eternal and most gracious God, you have reserved your perfect joy and perfect glory for the future when we will possess, forever, all that can in any way conduce to our happiness. Yet here also in this world, you grant us earnests full of payment, glimpses of that stored

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1070512661786582752003-12-03T22:37:00.000-06:002003-12-03T22:38:20.716-06:00

Purdue goes to 5-0 with victory over Clemson. Sorry Chris.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1070436112422342002003-12-03T01:21:00.000-06:002003-12-03T01:22:30.560-06:00

I just saw that George Grant will be speaking to the Christian Officers' Fellowship following the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia this coming Saturday. I've been reading John Feinstein's A Civil War: Army Vs. Navy a Year Inside College Football's Purest Rivalry, and am hoping to catch the game on Saturday.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1070433997961159552003-12-03T00:46:00.000-06:002003-12-03T01:04:19.530-06:00

What do I plan to be doing in May 2006? Besides hopefully being a few months away from planting a church, I hope to take in a few games in the Cards' brand new stadium. The stadium and especially the surrounding Ballpark Village are supposed to have a significant impact on the downtown area and the life of the city in general. Sure does look spiffy--more like what a city is supposed to look

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1070430606211627042003-12-02T23:50:00.000-06:002003-12-03T01:05:42.030-06:00

My city drops to #2 on the Most dangerous City in America list.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1070248503121985692003-11-30T21:02:00.000-06:002003-11-30T21:15:39.216-06:00

SPOILERMAKERS!! The unranked Purdue Men's Basketball team upset #2 Duke 78 -68 last night to win the Great Alaska Shootout Tournament. The Boilers are now 4-0 and I'm starting to get my hopes up. I'm guessing they'll enter the polls ranked somewhere between #15-18.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1069703006082553222003-11-24T13:43:00.000-06:002003-11-24T13:43:55.483-06:00

As a family we've been watching the first tape in the Marsalis on Music video series. I don't know who's enjoying it more, us or the kids. In the first tape, I have particularly enjoyed Marsalis' jazz band playing Duke Ellington's adaptation of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. Well, I've been holding out for a few Christmases now, but I think I'm going to have to break down and buy a copy of

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1069566678597942732003-11-22T23:48:00.000-06:002003-11-24T10:57:52.310-06:00

Well, it looks as if one of us bloggers presented a paper this week at the Evangelical Theological Society Meeting: Crain, T. Chris; St. Louis University His Glorious Presence: Mercersburg's Incarnationally Aesthetic Theory of the Inspiration of Scripture (you'll have to scroll down a little) Way to go, Chris, or shall I say...Dr. Crain?

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1069442974755199502003-11-21T13:29:00.000-06:002003-11-21T13:30:01.373-06:00

Good thoughts from Andrew Sandlin on working moms. I appreciate his lack of vitriol in disagreeing with a brother and his wise restraint in not calling something sin, which the Bible does not call sin.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1069361725672548212003-11-20T14:55:00.000-06:002003-11-20T15:14:20.403-06:00

I'll introduce you to a new blog from a pastor friend and seminary classmate of mine (I won't reveal his name--I'm not sure if he wants to remain anonymous or not). PJ's Ponderings has been up and running for a couple of weeks now. So far he's blogged some great quotes from the Eugene Peterson that he's been reading, along with some of his own reflections. If for no other reason, however, go

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1069354040888830942003-11-20T12:47:00.000-06:002003-11-20T12:47:46.250-06:00

This new 20 inch iMac sure does look good to a guy using a 12.5" Performa monitor...though I ain't complainin'...I'm thankful for what I've got.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1069352057677354372003-11-20T12:14:00.000-06:002003-11-20T12:14:43.466-06:00

I just read a a review of a new book by Rachel Greenwald entitled, Find a Husband After 35 Using What I Learned at Harvard Business School. I kept waiting for the punch line, the "wink, wink--just kiddin'", but it never came. Greenwald advises women to brand themselves (I wonder if Greenwald recognized the pun), and to make husband-hunting a full-blown marketing plan, including setting aside 10

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1069332505826122372003-11-20T06:48:00.000-06:002003-11-21T11:08:08.856-06:00

Face Off soon a surgical possibility?

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1069181496473622012003-11-18T12:51:00.000-06:002003-11-18T12:51:59.826-06:00

Another state bites the dust.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1069180219993598462003-11-18T12:21:00.000-06:002003-11-18T12:30:43.623-06:00

Here's part of a post card I received in the mail from a Lutheran church in my community: Over 10 Trillion Served Nobody serves up a better combo meal than we do. It comes with a super size of God's Love. We don't have a drive thru, but we always have room at the Lord's table. Duane, any comments...

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1069093675120893442003-11-17T12:27:00.000-06:002003-11-17T13:25:50.496-06:00

Silbo is the most complex "whistling language" in the world. It's four vowel sounds and four consonantal sounds can be strung together to make over 4,000 words. It is found in La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa. In order to protect the language from extinction, elementary school children on La Gomera are required to learn the basics of Silbo up to the age of

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1068837297696039152003-11-14T13:14:00.000-06:002003-11-14T13:15:17.670-06:00

I had no idea that Dordt College's Journal, Pro Rege was offered free of charge to anyone who asked for it. I'm a subscriber as of this morning.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1068836743921671322003-11-14T13:05:00.000-06:002003-11-14T13:06:04.013-06:00

Professor Anthony Esolen gives us a valuable and interesting read on boys, sports, and the church called What Sports Illustrate over at Touchstone. Esolen is an English professor at Providence College in Rhode Island and offers a defense of manliness, a defense of football (Woo-Hoo!), and a call to the church to be faithful in restricting the office of pastor to men. Here's an excerpt: If it

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1068823395229414532003-11-14T09:23:00.000-06:002003-11-14T09:23:34.936-06:00

The sky is falling, the sky is falling...they'll be dancing at Wheaton College tonight!

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1068699980985451782003-11-12T23:03:00.000-06:002003-11-12T23:10:25.700-06:00

Strained my hamstring playing football on Saturday morning, but I followed the standard R.I.C.E. advice -- Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate -- and it's feeling much better already. I'm still going to take it slow, because I really want this behind me for good. I DO NOT want to reinjure this thing.

Chrisnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1635302.post-1068698245956909422003-11-12T22:37:00.000-06:002003-11-12T22:37:22.990-06:00

Speaking of glowing reviews...Jonathan Williams, a deacon in a PCA church in Tennessee couldn't say enough good things about my Senior Pastor's book The Lord's Service: The Grace of Covenant Renewal Worship. I've already read it through in several earlier editions, but haven't had a chance to read it through in it's final published form. It was very good even in it's earlier editions, I'm

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