Recently, I found out that one of my favorite childhood foods – freeze-dried space ice cream – was only used on one space flight: the 1968 Apollo 7 mission. Apparently it just wasn’t very popular among the astronauts. But for … Continue reading
The first chapter of Brad J. Kallenberg’s excellent book God and Gadgets opens with the following passage from the 1790 version of the Book of Common Prayer. He tells the reader to “watch for a surprise,” so please, watch for it. … Continue reading
Monday (August 1, 2011) is the official release date for my book From the Garden to the City, so I’m taking a few minutes to thank those people who took the time to read early versions and offer their words … Continue reading
Thanks to Eric Dye, I got an early invite to Google+, and though I wish it came out a few years ago and everyone was already on it, it’s really fun to play with all the cool new features like … Continue reading
My book, From the Garden to the City comes out on August 1, 2011, so I’ll be posting about it a few times in the coming weeks. If you’re interested you can see some sample chapters on http://fromthegardenttothecity.com/, and you … Continue reading
This is the third and final post in a series on the meaning of the word medium. It was inspired by Erik Eekhoff’s review of Tim Challies’ The Next Story: Life and Faith after the Digital Explosion and thoughts I’ve had after writing my own … Continue reading
Well, this is embarrassing. As many of you know, I work for Dallas Theological Seminary and, now that I’m about to be author, they’ve decided to feature me in a print advertisement that will appear in the ECHO Conference schedule. … Continue reading
Divine Inspiration – “How Catholicism made Marshall McLuhan one of the twentieth century’s freest and finest thinkers.” A nice, short history of McLuhan’s development and thought. The Online Looking Glass – There are quite a few articles about Representative Weiner’s … Continue reading
There is little doubt in my mind that you’re all anxiously awaiting the publication of my book on technology From the Garden to the City due out in August, but in the mean time 2011 has already shaped up to be quite the … Continue reading
This is the second post in a series of posts on the meaning of the word medium. It was inspired by Erik Eekhoff’s review of Tim Challies’ The Next Story: Life and Faith after the Digital Explosion. Part 1 – Medium as Connection, Medium … Continue reading
