Entries from December 2007

December 27, 2007

Trust me, sucker, this won’t hurt a bit.

Michael Ramirez in Investors Business Daily
AS Bill Clinton crisscrosses America defending his wife’s candidacy, he’s fueling speculation about who’d be in charge should Hillary be elected. Sen. Clinton - the incredible shrinking candidate - seems at times almost a bystander at her husband’s campaign, merely playing a somewhat more active role than she did in [...]

December 25, 2007

They never told me THIS in church!

As I read this book, I am reminded of Philip and the Ethiopian.
Acts 8: 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in [...]

December 21, 2007

Get Your Tools At ESPN

Cartoon From Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Text From Razorback Expats
When I learned that (former) West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez had taken the job at Michigan (thus ending the only coaching search more ridiculous and embarrassing than ours), I was eager to see what the national reaction would be.Although there certainly are differences between his situation and Bobby Petrino’s, [...]

December 21, 2007

Trumpeter Swans At Magness Lake (Heber Springs, AR)

HEBER SPRINGS - As of February 1, December 20, 2007, what appears by my count to be more than 120 about fifty to sixty trumpeter swans are now back at Magness Lake, a 30-acre oxbow off Little Red River east of Heber Springs, Arkansas. Best viewing is probably an hour or [...]

December 19, 2007

C. S. Lewis: His Most Controversial Statement?

From The Submerging Influence
C. S. Lewis is widely considered one of the most influential Christian thinkers of the last 100 years. While he never claimed to be a theologian, his stature in the Christian pantheon of leading figures is immense. His Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters have become classics and he is quoted in [...]

December 18, 2007

Who is this woman?

Who is this woman?

Without this man?

???

December 18, 2007

God give us the blessing of his Holy discontent this season

From fearfullyhuman
From Plane to Soapbox via Taxi
 
Sitting in my room in a hotel in Entebbe. I lay in bed this morning and watched the sun rise through a bank of cumulus clouds over Lake Victoria before going back to sleep for another hour.
It’s the end of my gruelling three-week assignment and later today I’ll get [...]

December 17, 2007

O, O, O, O - Ba - Ma!

Michael Ramirez in Investors Business Daily

December 9, 2007

What Would Jesus Buy?

What Would Jesus Buy? - The Website

Ten Thousand Villages: Working with over 100 artisan groups in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to bring you fair trade jewelry,home decor, gifts and more.

A Greater Gift: Beautiful jewelry and fabulous accessories, from scarves and [...]

December 9, 2007

Hawgs Get Nuttin For Christmas

*Arkansas Democrat-Gazette