In typical weekend fashion, I found myself running down a path of curiosity that led to unexpected activities. After I finished my work, I checked the library catalog for books related to the Star Trek movies The Search for Spock and The Voyage Home. I found a couple. I also searched for "Saavik" and got one result. The book about Lt. Saavik ( Read more... )

Forming characters, imagining scenes, standing under the stars, breathing deep the foggy NY harbor air under the watchful eye of Lady Liberty, racing under trees along Confederate Avenue where Pettigrew and Armistead had prepared for the charge, stepping onto the site where Yoshida Shoin sensei was buried, watching the same movies over and over ( Read more... )

This is a familiar feeling ( Read more... )

Books on my "current reading" shelf:

Jewish Roots by Dan Juster. Destiny Image, 1995.
Covenants by Todd D. Bennett. Volume 4 of the "Walk in the Light" series.
The Spirituality of Jesus: Nine Disciplines Christ Modeled for Us by Leslie T. Hardin. Kregel Publications, 2005.
Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper. Crossway Books & Bibles, 2003 ( Read more... )

"Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To loose the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the heavy burdens,
To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?" Isaiah 58:6 ( Read more... )

I've started reading a book called The Spirituality of Jesus: Nine Disciplines Christ Modeled for Us by Leslie T Hardin. It's been such an encouragement so far! Praise be to Jesus, our Savior and Teacher.

"What if we took the Gospels at face value and attempted to uncover the spirituality of Jesus? What if the Gospels, instead of only presenting ( Read more... )

My bookshelves hold quite an odd array of material. There are first-person accounts of nurses and prisoners, lawyers and sailors (actually, a lawyer who worked as a sailor!). On the shelf above those are chemistry textbooks and Red Cross course material. Below them is a shelf of Christian books that cover both theological topics (such as the ( Read more... )

Notes on Genesis 11 ( Read more... )

6:45 am ( Read more... )

This week my mind hovered in a state of disorientation. I had all kinds of thoughts leaping all over the place! I needed some time to step back, reflect, and refocus ( Read more... )