Monthly Archives: November 2007

Bend Over, Oral Roberts: Here Comes Pat Robertson!

Because Oral Roberts University doesn’t have enough problems now that Richard Roberts has officially resigned, suddenly Pat Robertson is offering his help. Great idea — replace one greedy, corrupt, power-tripping televangelist for another one. From Roberts’ son to Robertson. That’ll … Continue reading

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My Baby Sister’s Getting Married!

Congratulations to my sister, Emily Mae Locke, and her Fighter Pilot Top-Gun Guy Boyfriend (now fiance), Mark Jennings. By now, Em is probably somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean on her way to the middle east, where she’ll be deployed for … Continue reading

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One Laptop Per Child

I’ve been following the One Laptop Per Child project for a couple of years now, getting more and more excited as it progressed toward becoming a reality. And now it’s here. I’m excited because it combines three things (perhaps three … Continue reading

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My Christmas Non-Gift List

Every year around this time I complain about how commercial Christmas has become. And then I busily start compiling a wish-list of things I want people to buy for me. Every year I tell people that Christmas (for Christians, at … Continue reading

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Your Own Personal Gutenberg

An article I co-authored with Shawn Coons about Web2.0 and its relevance to the church was recently published in the Presbyterian Outlook magazine: But what does any of this Web 2.0 stuff have to do with the church? Wikipedia brings … Continue reading

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Beowulf: the Monsters and the Presidents

In the interest of disclosure, I should admit up front that I am unquestionably biased when it comes to my fondness for the Beowulf Epic. I have studied it extensively, been inspired by it, and taught it as well. It’s … Continue reading

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Three Revolutionary Books

Confession: I can’t read just one book at a time. Maybe it’s an ADHD thing, but I generally have three or four books on my “currently reading” shelf at any given moment. However, it’s pretty rare for all of them … Continue reading

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