The ESV Study Bible. It looks like a good one, plus several of my seminary professors were contributors to it. Of course, the 35% discount didn’t hurt either. Now we just need to wait until October to get it!
This is my 430th post in nearly four years. As of now, I’m in the throws of one of the busiest summers ever. I’ve compiled a list of books for the thesis I’m going to write and finish by November. In the past 8 days, I’ve finished two summer classes, taken two of my written ordination exams, took 9 teens and my wife to Bethany Beach, De; and prepared the order of service and sermon for this Sunday.
I wonder if it’s time to give up school and have one 40-60 hour a week job instead of several.
As a former resident of Norman, I commend this article with the highest regard.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL4052500.html
Top 100 rank: 6
Population: 102,800
Compare Norman to Top 10 Best Places
The university not only helps draw educated workers here but also serves as a major source of entertainment. When the OU Sooners play football against longtime rival, the University of Texas, Norman schools are almost always closed on Friday (you read that right) and the town packs the stadium.
If you don’t love all things gridiron, console yourself with the campus’ world-class art museum, which houses works by Degas, Monet and Renoir. Affordability is another plus: Starter homes go for about $135,000. While Norman hasn’t had huge run-ups in housing prices, the city has also been spared the devastating downside.
It was the coldest 4th of July in my life - 69 degrees in SW PA. I noticed that Oklahoma was in the low 90s, too. Normally, it’s triple digits. While I support smart conservation, reducing waste, taking care of creation, etc; I think we need to stop taking ourselves so seriously when it comes to our power to alter the climate. Don’t forget in the 1970s, they were talking about global cooling and the coming ice age.
I think I’d like to spend the 4th of July at a picnic with Andy Griffith. It’d be fun to sit at a picnic table, talk with him, listen to some homespun country wisdom, and have him belt out some old gospel songs. Maybe we could talk about the myth of Mayberry or Matlock’s court record. It’s be great as long as there was some watermelon and homemade ice cream.
What prompted this thought was seeing him in the new Brad Paisley video, Waitin’ On a Woman.
You can watch it here…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvKgnkIN8C8