Posted in Theology on Jan 5th, 2006
Today’s quotation from A.Word.A.Day: The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can’t change your mind, because God sure isn’t going to change His. — Roger Ebert, film-critic (1942– ) I’ll give that an Amen! and a thumbs-up. ’Tis far safer to enlist on his side, rather than vice [...]
Clerk’s Log, MJDate 55179.26: They say, “Don’t mess with success,” and it’s true that this is the most heavily commented article at the Scriptorium. But I’ve made some revisions anyway, for reasons I’ll report shortly. In the meantime, enjoy — and applaud scientists who search for the truth. It’s like watching one of those sitcoms [...]
Posted in Theology on Sep 27th, 2005
So here you are. You’re getting older, and what’s happened to your life? Precious little, that’s what.
Posted in Theology on Sep 12th, 2005
My boss returned yesterday from Shreveport, Louisiana, where he helped to organize relief operations in Hurricane Katrina’s wake. Like other experiences of extreme conditions, the aftermath of the hurricane has shown us humanity at its best and at its worst.
Posted in Theology on Apr 18th, 2005
Observation on the preceding article: What I’ve called “assigned value” shows up all the time in the pricing of merchandise. How much is commodity X worth? Answer: Not what the maker thinks it’s worth, not the cost of the materials and labor that went into it, but what people will pay for it. They’ve assigned [...]
Posted in Theology on Mar 19th, 2005
I noted in the introduction that this site isn’t a blog, although it certainly seems we’re blundering into that territory. One distinction is that because of the nature of blogger software1 — and if I’m wrong here please correct me — you don’t revise a blog entry after the fact.2 The Moving Finger writes; and, [...]
Posted in SFF: People, Theology, Writing: The process on Feb 23rd, 2005
Where there is no meaning, there is no being. — Vera Nazarian [Note: The above was initially used as the epigraph for the Scriptorium.] So what about that quotation up there? Well, it makes sense — even if you violently object to it — if we consider it in light of who and what we [...]
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