Archive for July, 2006

Picasaweb Address Change

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

In order to protect my Gmail address from spam harvesters, I’ve changed the name of my Google-related Picasaweb photo album. It is now located here (http://picasaweb.google.com/sagethefool). If you’ve bookmarked or added the album to your feeds (or added me as a “friend” if you’re a fellow Picasa user), please update your links.
And thanks to my [...]

Foolish Sage on The Precipice

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

Some might see the title of this post and say, “About time he admitted it.” However, in this case the precipice in question is not the edge of Reformed orthodoxy but rather The Precipice eZine, an “an online Christian resource for dialogue, interaction and opinion about current affairs and the ongoing societal shift from the [...]

Movers & Shakers

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Some of you in the local Philly area have offered at various times to help us with our move to the Tyson Ave. house. Our daughter Hannah, her husband Philip, and their three children arrive Thursday evening (July 20) (see Karyn’s post) to move in with us for six weeks. They might need some help [...]

From Those Who Will Be Left Behind: Children and the Death of a Father

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Anyone at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia will tell you it has been a tough year in a number of different ways. Among the various trials has been the persistent intrusion of matters of life and death. Probably chief among those intrusions in most of our minds has been the news that Alan Groves, beloved Old [...]

Derek Webb’s Mockingbird Free Download

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

On July 11 former Caedmon’s Call front man Derek Webb announced that his latest album, Mockingbird, will be made available as a free download at www.freederkewebb.com. The free download of the entire album in mp3 format will begin September 1, 2006 and continue for three months.
On his main site (www.derekwebb.com), Webb said that he was [...]

Book Review: Common Grounds

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

At long last here is my review of Common Grounds: Conversations About Things that Matter Most by Glenn Lucke and Ben Young (written for Westminster Bookstore www.wtsbooks.com):
“Too often Christian apologetics might be right, it may win arguments and debates, but it’s not humble. Often the effect is to lose the person even if you’ve won [...]

Out of the Nearly Dead Planet or What I Did on My Summer Vacation in 25 Words of Less

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

After over two years of nearly constant blather (and far too much Foolish and too little Sage), the Sacred Journey Blog demanded a vacation. Faced with a threat that it would walk and take a job as a website promoting acne remedies, I acquiesced and got it a cab to the airport. The Blog has [...]