Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
Jared Bridges Literature is vastly underappreciated in our day. This doesn’t mean people have forsaken reading—a mere look at the number of stores such as Barnes & Noble and Borders shows that people must be reading something. Sadly, much of the reading that passes across our eyes doesn’t fall into the category of literature. Books like Tom … Read more
..in your prayers my paternal grandmother, Jeanette Bridges (known to her grandchildren as “MawMaw”) who is hospitalized in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for heart failure. Apparently she was misdiagnosed with pneumonia a couple of days ago and was treated as such, but now they’ve discovered it was her heart. My maternal grandmother is still recovering, quite remarkably, … Read more
I skipped NBC’s airing of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy last night to finish reading Tom Clancy’s The Teeth of the Tiger. Sorry NBC, it’s rather queer how I always seem to miss that show. Anyway, the book was OK, but definitely not one of Clancy’s best. It was quite predictable in places, even … Read more
I’ve got mixed feelings about the saga going on down in Alabama with Chief Justice Roy Moore. In case you haven’t heard about it, Justice Moore is fighting a US Supreme Court order to remove the monument of the Ten Commandments he placed in the rotunda at the Alabama Supreme Court. On one hand, I … Read more
I came across this article from the United Kingdom [linked via Tom Perrault] about a report from two advertising agencies that were hired by a British Christian magazine to create marketing strategies “aimed at encouraging people to attend church services.” Since my undergradute major was in advertising, and I currently work for a marketing company, … Read more
My semester begins Wednesday morning (does anyone know why classes, no matter where you are or what level, invariably begin in the middle of the week?), so I thought I’d list the lineup for this fall: Hebrew Exegesis: Isaiah 40-66 with Peter Gentry The Ministry of Leadership with Brad Waggoner The Worshipping Church with Carl … Read more
This week marks the beginning of another school year for many–in my case, it’s the beginning of my final semester of seminary. As I was pondering the start of new school year–you know, buying crayons (with the sharpener on the box, of course), Trapper Keepers, and those dull scissors, I came across this article by … Read more
I finished watching the epic Gods and Generals on DVD this weekend. I say “finished” because I watched it over a period of three days. Yes, it’s long. Yes, it’s slow in places. And yes, after all the shots were fired, I loved the film. Several things struck me about this first in a trilogy … Read more
To those of you who are without power in the Northeast USA (and SE Canada), I would just like to say, “How are you reading this if you don’t have power?”
I love this! University of Tennessee football player Parys Haralson broke his nose in practice, went to the hospital that night, and showed up for practice the next morning. I think we’re going to have a great season!