My grandson Ethan’s first moments with training wheels off his bike:

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Makes me think of all the gracious people in my life who have stepped in as my bike helmet whenever I’ve taken the training wheels off.

Now it can be told…
Christian folk-rock band Caedmon’s Call announced today that former member Derek Webb has rejoined the band for its upcoming album Overdressed (due out in August). Webb will tour with the band as well in promotion for that tour.
You can pre-order Overdressed at www.caedmonscall.com on June 15 and get two extra tracks. [...]

 
…watch this blog on May 17. Stunning announcement to follow! Film at eleven! Your mileage may vary! Offer not good where taxed or regulated!

From Backstage with Caedmon’s Call

The Foolish Sage backstage with Caedmon’s last fall. I was negotiating with Cliff to play cowbell on the next album.

UPDATE: The image above is dynamically generated from the UnSpun site, so rankings will constantly change. The ranks given below were accurate at the time of the original posting.
Looky looky at #6!
I have no idea who all of you are that would have voted me up there right behind Jesus Creed. Does this mean Westminster [...]

Sacra Doctrina, Joel Garver’s blog, is back.

My dear friend singer/songwriter Jeremy Casella has just announced a May 22, 2007, release date for Recovery, his new studio album. Jeremy says he’s been “mining for truth and beauty” in his music, and in this new project it sounds like he has sought that integration both lyrically and musically. Stepping on from his folky-acoustic [...]

…when Westminster students turn to each other’s blogs for some commiseration in the midst of final papers and studying for exams. So take two, and call me in the morning:
My wife offers some amusing quotes about education
David asks the Daughters of Jerusalem, “O have you seen my Beloved (thesis)?”

A year ago next week I finished Old Testament History & Theology II with Tremper Longman. Now many of my friends are taking part in Tremperfest: The Next Generation. In commiseration with them, I resurrect this “blast from the past” post. To see the comments of my readers to the original, go here.
This is totally [...]

Some of you know that Karyn and I lived for about ten years in Charlottesville, VA. Among other claims to fame, Charlottesville is home to the University of Virginia. Anyone who has ever been around those parts knows that there are few rivalries as deep and (at times) vicious as the one between the UVa [...]

 
Our daughter Sarah and her husband are both VT grads; in fact, they met there. Karyn and I taught a number of students in Charlottesville who are now VT students.
 
Today we are all Hokies.