[h/t to James Taranto at OpinionJournal)
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Monday, April 02, 2007
Biblical Literacy (Not)
"If you want to make it the David and Goliath story, we'll be the David and slay the dragon."--Qwest senior vice president Diana Gowen, on competing with AT&T and Verizon, quoted by the Associated Press, March 29
[h/t to James Taranto at OpinionJournal)
[h/t to James Taranto at OpinionJournal)
Monday, March 26, 2007
Evening Psalm
Tonight's psalm, taken from the daily lectionary of the Presbyterian Church (USA):
A Song of Ascents.Peace to you all.
I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come?
My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.
Psalms 121:1-8 NRSV
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Sunday, March 25, 2007
Wedding Stories: On I-90 Eastbound
I haven't posted in awhile due to my recent wedding. There are lots of stories to share, however, and here is one of them.
Rudy (my best man) and I drove to Sioux Falls the morning of the wedding to purchase some bread for the Lord's Supper later that day. We were not four miles away from the Luverne exit when his rental vehicle developed a flat tire.
Rudy immediately called the Avis roadside assistance number, and a flat-tire fixer was dispatched from nearby Hills, Minnesota. We began waiting.
While we were waiting, a patrol car pulled in behind us, lights a-flashin'. The officer got out of the car, and the following conversation ensued:
Officer: "So, what are you guys doing out here?"
The Groom (Me - Looking at the obviously flat tire): "My buddy here got a flat tire. We're waiting on some help."
Officer: "So, is someone coming?"
Me: "Uh, yes."
Rudy: "This is a rental car. I called their roadside assistance line, and they've sent a tow truck."
Officer: "From Luverne? Or Hills?"
Rudy: "Hills. I think it was [name of company]."
Officer: "Oh. Yeah, [name of company]. Okay."
Whereupon the officer backed his car up about 150 feet, and kept watch, lights a-flashin' the whole time.
In the state Minnesota, as in many states, when an officer of the law is parked on the shoulder with lights a-flashin', all traffic is supposed to move to the outside lane, thereby creating a safe-zone for the officer of the law as well as any people otherwise just hanging out on the side of the interstate freeway.
We waited. As we waited, cars sped by, dutifully moving into the outside lane. We were pleased that the officer performed this service.
Suddenly, however, someone didn't switch to the outside lane. Officer of the law was upset, and took off after the thoughtless driver.
We continued to wait. I said, "You know, weren't we safer when the officer was sitting there with his lights on?"
Rudy: "Yep."
Me: "Oh well."
I stayed a few minutes more, then had to take off to make further wedding preparations. Thankfully, the tow truck showed up soon after I left, and Rudy was on four wheels once again.
Copyright © 2007 by Christopher D. Drew
Rudy (my best man) and I drove to Sioux Falls the morning of the wedding to purchase some bread for the Lord's Supper later that day. We were not four miles away from the Luverne exit when his rental vehicle developed a flat tire.
Rudy immediately called the Avis roadside assistance number, and a flat-tire fixer was dispatched from nearby Hills, Minnesota. We began waiting.
While we were waiting, a patrol car pulled in behind us, lights a-flashin'. The officer got out of the car, and the following conversation ensued:
Officer: "So, what are you guys doing out here?"
The Groom (Me - Looking at the obviously flat tire): "My buddy here got a flat tire. We're waiting on some help."
Officer: "So, is someone coming?"
Me: "Uh, yes."
Rudy: "This is a rental car. I called their roadside assistance line, and they've sent a tow truck."
Officer: "From Luverne? Or Hills?"
Rudy: "Hills. I think it was [name of company]."
Officer: "Oh. Yeah, [name of company]. Okay."
Whereupon the officer backed his car up about 150 feet, and kept watch, lights a-flashin' the whole time.
In the state Minnesota, as in many states, when an officer of the law is parked on the shoulder with lights a-flashin', all traffic is supposed to move to the outside lane, thereby creating a safe-zone for the officer of the law as well as any people otherwise just hanging out on the side of the interstate freeway.
We waited. As we waited, cars sped by, dutifully moving into the outside lane. We were pleased that the officer performed this service.
Suddenly, however, someone didn't switch to the outside lane. Officer of the law was upset, and took off after the thoughtless driver.
We continued to wait. I said, "You know, weren't we safer when the officer was sitting there with his lights on?"
Rudy: "Yep."
Me: "Oh well."
I stayed a few minutes more, then had to take off to make further wedding preparations. Thankfully, the tow truck showed up soon after I left, and Rudy was on four wheels once again.
Copyright © 2007 by Christopher D. Drew
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007
We Made It
Sara and I arrived in Luverne for our wedding this afternoon, after an overnight delay in Denver, Colorado. We're already prepping wedding programs and reception stuff. No rest for the weary!
More information at The Wed Log!
More information at The Wed Log!
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Underground Slavery
A must-read for today, from Christianity Today:
Seven years ago, Sandy Shepherd got an unexpected phone call as she headed to her daughter's high school musical rehearsal. A mother of three, living in affluent Colleyville near Fort Worth, she was already beginning to imagine life as an empty nester. She wasn't thinking about changing the world.
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On the line was Deacon Neel Choate from her church, First Baptist. He told her that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) had just picked up seven Zambian boys—all part of a touring choir they both knew. First Baptist had hosted the choir previously. Choate said the boys needed a place to stay or they would spend the night in jail.
Could she house all seven overnight?
Shepherd took a deep breath. For two years, Shepherd had passionately supported this choir, utterly unaware that she and her church were being duped.
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Ash Wednesday
"For thousands of years, Christians of many traditions have observed Ash Wednesday as the beginning of Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter - the day Jesus conquered sin and death." - dvgphoto
In honor of Huldrych Zwingli's opposition to fasting, a Texas sausage roast was held at lunch time on the seminary quad. Yum!
In honor of Huldrych Zwingli's opposition to fasting, a Texas sausage roast was held at lunch time on the seminary quad. Yum!
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Helpdesk Stories of Yore
I'm taking a class on the Reformation, and our text by Diarmaid MacCullouch contains a section exploring the influence of the then "new" technologies of paper (thirteenth century) and printing with movable type (fifteenth century). I always wondered what problems new book users would have encountered when trying to use the results of these radical new technologies. Now we know.
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