asisaid by Timothy R. ButlerTim's BlogEvery Christian Should Read the Da Vinci Code- June 30, 2008 I have been meaning to write about a new series I am teaching to my senior high students in Sunday School for a few weeks now. I received permission to drop the curriculum I had been working with and build my own summer series based on the Da Vinci Code. While not every student has done ...http://asisaid.com/journal/article/1377.html Sixpence Lives!- June 28, 2008 Somehow I missed it until today when I received a &8220;Sixpence None the Richer Newsletter&8221; in my inbox, but it seems that my perennial favorite band has been revived after closing its doors in 2004 on friendly terms. According to the message, a Christmas album, the Dawn of Grace...http://asisaid.com/journal/article/1376.html AldiTevion Video Chat Webcam- June 23, 2008 Last fall, Aldi had a great deal on a little VGA USB webcam &8212; and I had been wanting to pick one up for a few reasons, not the least of which was trying the video &8220;ISBN scanner&8221; Delicious Library (and similar programs) has. I didn&8217;t have time to d...http://asisaid.com/journal/article/1375.html On Reading, Part IV: Structuralism- June 19, 2008 This is a continuation of my series on literary criticism and Biblical hermeneutics. You can find the previous pieces of the series here: I. Old Historicism, II.<s...http://asisaid.com/journal/article/1374.html Tim Russert Dies at 58- June 14, 2008 One of the few really good journalists of this era has died today. Tim Russert, by the estimation of pretty much everyone on both sides of the aisle, was a journalist&8217;s journalist. His work was, whenever I encountered it excellent &8212; well researched and fair. His reporting was an encou...http://asisaid.com/journal/article/1373.html Photo Milestones- June 9, 2008 I put cameras through their paces. My last camera, a Sony DSC-H1 12x superzoom, has taken well over 23,000 pictures in the last two years or so that I&8217;ve owned it. I made the jump to a Canon DSLR about six months ago, and my <span class="c...http://asisaid.com/journal/article/1372.html Requiem to Sharper Image- June 2, 2008 The Sharper Image is dead, it seems. That&39;s too bad. For all the bad press they have gotten, I rather liked them.An example is worth recalling. A few years ago, I received as a ...http://asisaid.com/journal/article/1371.html |