Wake Forest’s Divinity School Dean, Bill Leonard,  writes an article about the SBC , which I’ve put under my Baptist section here

I just a phone call from Kenneth of Joker’s Blog.  Seems he’s coming to some sort of music thing in Nashville,  and called to see if we could have lunch.  My first “Blog Meetup”.   I first “met” Ken online on Ecunet,  where he was in the process of putting up his Movable Type Blog to get into blogging.  I had Continue Reading

A new possibility for work has arisen today.  I am waiting by the phone and my Outlook inbox.  This past Saturday I happened past on TV the movie “A Chorus Line” (with Michael Douglas),  and the dancers were all singing to themselves during the start of auditions (“I really need this job,…..I hope I get it”)   and I was thinking Continue Reading

A little lesson for corporate culture: The National Technology Readiness Survey, conducted by the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business, along with marketing company Rockbridge Associates, surveyed 501 people in December 2002. The survey found that people with Web access at home and at work spend an average of 3.7 hours per week surfing sites for personal Continue Reading

Carter expresses concerns about Bush’s campaign to go to war (via Ethicsdaily): “Carter referenced a Web site poll by the European edition of TIME magazine showing that 84 percent of those casting votes said that the United States “poses the greatest danger to world peace in 2003”, compared to 8 percent for Iraq and 7 percent for North Korea. “ Continue Reading

Sometimes I feel that this “call”  I sense that “sends me” to the online community is wishful thinking, and is not a viable vocation for the next several years.  The feeling is understandable as I remain unemployed after 10 weeks (since Nov. 21).  But I also want to gurad against letting my vision get squelched by forces which either do Continue Reading

A CBN documentary was doing a piece on how preachers don’t preach “The Doctrine of Hell” as much anymore.  They interviewed several fundy-pundits and various preachers in “successful” churches.  CBN’s message seemed to be that it’s all in being “politically correct”.  I would add that preachers are finding out what characteristics of God are more appealing,  which is especially important Continue Reading

Above link is to CNN page in new browser window COLUMBIA CREW Gallery: Pilot McCool, Commander Husband, Mission Specialists Chawla, Clark and Brown, Payload Commander Anderson and Payload Specialist Ramon. Click the link above to get a popup presentation from CNN on each crew member

I slept late this morning,  and after starting my morning coffee in the pot,  I sat down,  checked mail,  and then fired up Radio to read the News from my aggrergator.  Doc’s post showed up first,  and I didn’t recognize for a couple of minutes what he was referring to,  because I had not separated “Columbia” from “Challenger” (I had Continue Reading