Yesterday, I began a short series of sermons on Desire, Envy, Competition, and Ambition. The message yesterday was Desire Runs Deep.
Tech Problems
In the course of the last week, we have had an unusual number of people encounter difficulties in trying to register here at Mablog in order to make comments. If that applies to you also, and you haven’t already emailed in about it, could you please do so? We are trying to track down the …
Trinity Fest 08
Well, we keep having a blast at Trinity Fest, and so we intend to keep having them. The registration process for this coming August is now open, and so, please, have at it. Also please note the restructured happiness on the pricing. The theme of the talks this year will be “Great Cities of the …
Mock Trial Results
Once again, the Logos school mock trial teams both cleared the semi-finals at the state competition, which means they will be going up against each other in the finals. So, one way or another Logos won the state championship again, and will be going to nationals. Check it out here. And while I have your …
For Our Friends in Seattle
We have a lot of friends in the Seattle area, and this is to remind you all that Nate is finishing up his 100 Cupboards book tour there. There will be a reading/signing tonight, February 29, at 6:30 P.M. at Borders Books at 16549 NE 74th Street in Redmond, WA. Tomorrow on March 1 there will be …
A Cupboards Interview on the Radio
As mentioned last week, Nate is on a short tour promoting 100 Cupboards for Random House, and here is a link to one of the radio interviews. This one is, I think, from Salt Lake City.
Cupboards Tour
100 Cupboards Open Events (Feb. 25-March 1) For those in or around Salt Lake City . . . Book Signing on February 25, 6:30 P.M. at KINGS ENGLISH/1511 S. 1500 E./Salt Lake City, UT Reading/Signing on February 26, 7:00 P.M at Deseret Books/40 E South Temple # 400/Salt Lake City, UT For those in or around …
The Centrality of Secret Passages
Nate’s writing is being featured by Powell’s Books. They have an original essay by Nate on some of the inspiration for his writing, to be found here, and they also have an interview with him, found here.
Really Encouraged
I was just at one of our monthly school board meetings for Logos School last night, and was greatly encouraged by what is continuing to happen in our classrooms — as I am frequently encouraged by the reports at our board meetings. For just one example, over a million kids participated in the National Merit …
Backstory on Writing
Random House has posted an “author spotlight” featuring Nate and some of his backstory on writing. You can check it out here. And speaking of his writing, on our flight over to the UK (where I now am) I got a chance to listen to the first part of 100 Cupboards on audio. Really good …