Review: Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational and Scientific
Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational and Scientific by Martin A. Lee My rating: 2 of 5 stars Indefatigable. Argument by avalanche. That's the method here. Story after anecdote after study after reason why cannabis should not only be legalized but recognized for the panacea that it is. But Martin Lee's journalistic style doesn't sound like something coming from a crackpot (or a pothead). If there isn't much life, or any humor whatsoever, in his dogged prose,...
Good Interview about Bible Clutter
Interesting: Tony Reinke talks to Glenn Pauw of Biblica about my Bible Typography Manifesto. Well, okay, they never mention it by name, but you can tell it's what they have in mind... Do give it a read. It's so funny to me that ideas like these come in waves. Why didn't anyone say this stuff in 1976? Or 1946? Or did they? I did find a reader's edition of the KJV NT from the 1930s once. So someone else in the history of the church thought about "Bible clutter" at some point. I guess modernism...
Review: Black Boy by Richard Wright
Black Boy by Richard Wright My rating: 4 of 5 stars Stirring, insightful, and beautiful. So many memorable and powerful vignettes. I do see why the Book of the Month Club dropped the second part, but I was glad to read it, too. I did keep feeling as if Wright portrayed himself in a somewhat more favorable light than was truly just—though it's difficult to blame someone who suffered so much for so long, and from such a tender age. I did sometimes wonder if the apparent deadness of other...
Ting Vs Charge for Cell Service
I like Ting a lot. The pricing model is well conceived, and the resultant costs are low. The customer service is fantastic. The website and mobile apps function flawlessly. I never get unexpected charges. Laura and I have been on it for three years, and our average monthly bill for talk, text, and (about a gig of) data on two smartphones was $54.01 (we bought the phones separately). Laura's staying on Ting, but I just moved to Charge (use this referral code and we both get a free gig of data:...
Dr Mark Ward Jr on Sermon Audio
It took me 35 years and a terminal degree, but a sermon of mine finally made it onto SermonAudio.com. In God's providence, I simply have not had much opportunity to preach to adult Christians (I've preached several hundred evangelistic messages). It was a genuine thrill to herald the Great Commandments to a precious body of believers in Edmonton, Alberta. (By the way, I did not supply the title to this message, but it's pretty good.)