Zadok the Priest and Nathan the Prophet Anointed Solomon King, and All the People Rejoiced!
I'm writing now about the ascent and demise of King Solomon, and I found this magnificent accompaniment for my writing.
When I Consider the Heavens
Mind-blowing. HT: Kevin Minnett
Forward the Foundation
The Times has been talking actively about the fight over the future of book publishing. The fight is getting serious. I think society will have to figure out two issues with regard to books: What is the best format in which to read this particular book? Codex? Kindle? Tablet? (Scroll!?) What is the most economically sustainable model for book production? (Sub-questions here: What role will traditional publishers play? What role will massive online clearinghouses with thin margins [read:...
[Elegant and Humorous Piscine Pun Here]
It's like Long John Silver's. Fish is on a roll. He even tells us who wrote Hebrews! Thanks, Dr. Fish! Really, you're missing out on the most remarkable writing at nytimes.com if you fail to click on my Stanley Fish links.
Capitalizing Pronouns Referring to Deity
Note: I have written a somewhat lengthier and more definitive post on this topic for the Logos Bible Software blog. I write Bible textbooks for a living, and the various publishing houses for which I write (a grand total of two) have style manuals. Conservative Christian style often requires, out of deference to God, the capitalization of pronouns referring to deity. I picked up the habit years ago of capitalizing "Him" and "His" when referring to any person of the Trinity. But I've begun to...