December 2009
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“What more, you may ask, do we want? … We do not want merely to see beauty,...”
– C. S. Lewis, “The Weight of Glory”
“An Italian meal is not just for allaying hunger. Dining in Italy is an...”
– Tom Maresca and Diane Darrrow, La Tavola Italiana p. 17 (Quoted in Douglas Jones & Douglas Wilson, Angels in the Architecture, p. 82)
My Favorite Music this year:
- Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons
- One Fast Move or I’m Gone, Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard
- Hospice, The Antlers
- Blood Bank, Bon Iver
- Live at Eddie’s Attic, The Civil Wars
- Songs in the Night, Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers
My Favorite Books which I read this year:
- Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl, by Nate Wilson
- The Meaning of the Pentateuch, John Sailhamer
- The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God, John Frame
- Counterfeit Gods, Timothy Keller
- Angels in the Architecture, Doug Jones & Douglas Wilson
- The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Morris
- The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans
- The Institutes, Calvin
- Ballistics, Billy Collins
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Smeagol
I find the story of Smeagol in The Two Towers to be one of the most discouraging things to watch with regards to pastoral ministry. I do believe Tolkien meant it to be that way, particularly when Sam says, “You can’t save him master.”
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