2008 Booklist

Another year, another list. It’s always nice to have a couple I started last year to give me a jump-start on this year!
January
Light from Heaven (The Mitford Years, Book 9) by Jan Karon – Officially the last book of the Mitford series, though not the last of the Father Tim stories (I’m told). I began [...]

Pretty Awesome Book Giveaway Going On

Click here to find out how to enter to win all of these:
#1. THE REASON FOR GOD – Tim Keller
#2. CULTURE MAKING – Andy Crouch
#3. SURPRISED BY HOPE – N.T. Wright
#4. WHY WE’RE NOT EMERGENT – Kevin DeYoung & Ted Kluck
#5. HOW PEOPLE CHANGE – Timothy Lane & Paul David Tripp
#6. THE BIG PICTURE STORY [...]

Another Amoretti Giveaway

It’s time for my fortnightly attempt to win something fabulous from Amoretti. This time it’s bookish in nature and I love it.

Perspective From My Country Station

Sometimes it just takes one sappy country song to knock some perspective right back into me. Today would be one of those times.

Free God’s World News Magazines!

This month I received extra copies of my God’s World News subscriptions for the purpose of giving them to someone else. I thought it would be fun to offer them as a giveaway here. These are hard copies of all four of the current, September 2008 editions of the God’s World News magazines. These mags [...]

Back to School (For Me)

I decided on the spur of the moment last week to enroll in a weekend class this semester, Gospel-Centered Parenting. I’m trying to get a jump-start on it by reading the book before the class starts. I know, amazing, isn’t it? I’m writing about the book chapter by chapter over here.

Protesting

Oh yeah, this oughta show them.
What was I saying the other day? Oh yes, I love life in the city.

Noise Trade

Copied directly from an email I received from the Derek Webb site:
It was through the support and success you gave the Mockingbird experiment that inspired Derek, with the help of a few friends, to start NoiseTrade. Now any artist can freely distribute their music online, via NoiseTrade’s remarkable and embeddable widget, offering fans the choice [...]

Hello, Nanny State

Craig just sent me this link. All I can say is, “Wow.”

Wow!

I opened the door earlier this week and found this box:

Oh, the irony! I, who haven’t knowingly purchased what is traditionally considered to be a “Christian” music CD in about 6 years, won a contest a couple of weeks ago – a contest in which the winner gets “Christian” music CDs (18 of them to [...]

Our CSA Experiment, Week 4

Green Leaf Lettuce (10.8 oz) $1.99/pound = $1.34
Turnips (7.2 oz) $1.99/pound = $0.90
Spinach (7.8 oz) $7.99/pound = $3.90
Kale (3.4 oz) $2.49/pound = $0.53
Bok Choy (5 oz) $3.99/pound = $1.25
Scallions (4.4 oz) $1.49/bunch = $0.41
Garlic Scapes (2.3 oz) $1.70/pound (note: I can’t find this anywhere – going with the price of garlic) = $0.24
Strawberries (10.1 oz) [...]

Win a Boatload of CDs

Shannon, the queen of all things bloggy and free, is hosting a pretty sweet giveaway, sponsored by the WOW people. There are several albums on there I’d like to have, so I’m crossing my fingers and posting this and who knows – maybe the random number generator genie will look kindly upon me.

More Music Reviews

Craig posted his review for The Weepies’ album Hideaway. I’d like to go on record as saying I picked that album for our collection. I’m pretty darn proud of myself.

It’s Here!!

Jeanne Birdsall’s second book, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, is hot of the press and now has a permanent place in our collection. We’re in the middle of another book right now and as much as we want to ditch it to begin this one, we all agreed we should finish that one first (sniff, [...]

Music Discussion: A Gift For Melody Anne by The Avett Brothers

I know, I know. I’m taking a serious chance posting a song for discussion on a Friday night, but I’m out of content right now and I love this song. So even if nobody cares to discuss it, I will smile when I come here and see it. I’m looking for a way to post [...]