Entries from September 26th, 2011

A Different Way to See the Old Testament

September 26th, 2011 No Comments

There are a lot of ways to visualize the narratives in the Bible. Even some of the commandments in the Torah provide strong mental imagery. Somehow I found this: The Brick Testament New Book!  The Brick Bible  266 pages, 1,400 images $19.95″A curiously powerful graphic novel.” -Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)It’s the illustrated Old Testament in […]

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Uncanny Order

September 23rd, 2011 No Comments

Strange as it may seem my favorite weather is those moments right after a rain shower. I love how everything seems so clean and bright. The plants seem to rejoice standing up tall and the birds sing louder with a special melody. This past week I finally was able to experience my favorite weather. I […]

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Kick’em while their down

September 19th, 2011 No Comments

“When a prophet of the LORD is among you, I reveal my self to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house. With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form […]

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A Wilderness People

September 12th, 2011 No Comments

I could envision one night after the evening new Jay Leno taking his crew to the street for a “Jay Walking” segment. The theme would be popular religious stories. Most people he would talk to would know something about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. However, most people would only think of the deliverance through plagues, […]

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