Bill Simmons, who is a Boston-bred, ESPN-based author and columnist, has written the definitive history of the NBA with his The Book Of Basketball. In this, the quickest 800 page read of my life, Simmons is in turn unfiltered, poignant, statistical, profane, irreverent, and hilarious. His gifts for footnoting and pop culture analogies have to be Read the full article…
Heath Bradley is a teaching pastor and emerging scholar based out of the Pulaski Heights UMC in Little Rock, Arkansas. We have become cyber-friends and he invited me to use this blog to review his new book, Flames Of Love: Hell & Universal Salvation. So, here goes. —————————————————————————————————————— Much like John the Evangelist who gives Read the full article…
This post reveals two things: 1) I am a perennial English major (dream job other than the dream job I have: wearing tweed jackets with elbow patches & teaching English lit somewhere; 2) I am technologically inept. The hardcover/paperback distinctions are quickly becoming as relevant as who wins the battle between a Tyrannosaurus Rex and Read the full article…
During yesterday’s message, I read a quote from New York Times columnist David Brooks. That in itself is not that unusual, as from time to time I’ll read an item about the subject at hand from any number of scholars, observers, pastors, and thinkers. This particular citation came from a book review Brooks wrote about Read the full article…
Shows that are better as re-runs than they ever were as first-runs: Gilligan’s Island Law & Order Leave It To Beaver Law & Order Criminal Intent I Dream Of Jeanie Law & Order SVU The Munsters Law & Order LA Saved By The Bell Law & Order Crosby Still Nash & Young Jonah, Chapter 3 Read the full article…
