This will be dated rather quickly, I suppose, but as I write these words, Nate’s Tilt-a-Whirl is ranked 1,247 at Amazon. If you get over there now for a little Christmas shopping, you can help push it into three digits. And when that happens, with certain potential shoppers now abed . . . Give me …
Look at a Walnut
I had read Notes from the Tilt a Whirl before in its various manifestations. But when it arrived in its final printed form, I was happy to sit down and go through it again, left to right. What a good book this is. The conceit for the book is that the solar system is a …
Deee Fence
My brother Gordon is the scientist of the family (known to us as the “black sheep”), and you might be interested in a couple of recent articles he wrote for Answers magazine. Those articles are here and here.
Well, Then . . . Yay
Well, it turns out that June 30 was a soft release date, and the book is available early — as in now. Amazon has it in stock. You can get your copy by clicking here, or on the cover.
A Curriculum Must
Here is a newly released biography of Nero for students in Christian schools or in homeschool. First in a forthcoming series, this book is the first open door to a series of fantastic educational opportunities. Before I say more, let me bring in old Martin for some sturdy observations. “When schools flourish, things go well …
The Last Teaser Quote
Nate has received his box of author’s copies of Notes From the Tilt-a-Whirl, which means that I now have a published copy to read through and mark up. I have read it in manuscript in its various incarnations, but this is different. This is official. The fact that my comments whooping this book can easily …
God”s Spoken World
“Imagine a poem written with such enormous three-dimensional words that we had to invent a smaller word to reference each of the big ones; that we had to rewrite the whole thing in shorthand, smashing it into two dimensions, just to talk about it. Or don’t imagine it. Look outside. Human language is our attempt …
The Sermon for Obama
This last Lord’s Day, I preached a sermon addressed to President Obama. That sermon is available here in three different forms — an MP3, a sermon outline, and the full text. Feel free to circulate as you wish, or refer people to it there at the Christ Church front page.
Because Encyclopedias Have No Superpowers
Between now and the release date, I will be posting the occasional teaser quote. The book is now up on Amazon, as you can see if you click on the title in the footnote. “Give me priests. Give me men with feathers in their hair, or tall domed hats, female oracles in caves, servants of …
At Seven Pip Emma
For those here in the Moscow area, tomorrow night there will be a great family concert with Jamie Soles at the Nuart. Click the pic for more info about Jamie.