Lots of talk about Bishop Allen, Cursive, The Number Twelve Looks Like You and the new Punk Goes Pop collection. Hate to say it, but I’m not really looking forward to any of them much. A few that might get overlooked: Mirah’s new release is awesome. Portland’s repping pretty strong...

I'm here, I'm still okay, still working at breastfeeding. It is very difficult. I have one nip that is inverted and one that is flat, which really makes it hard to get babies latched. Nathan latched and nursed very well......

I’m scanning through John Piper’s Brothers We Are Not Professionals.  I resonate deeply with some of what he writes, then disagree with other elements – I suppose that makes for an engaging read.  Anyway, here’s an “I resonateâ€� for us all to ponder in relation to preaching ministry: â€...

#8 Marquette lost a game most expected to lose today, bowing to #6 Louisville on the road 58-62. But how Marquette lost should give Warrior nation great hope for our immediate, Dominic James-less future. Had you been told MU would be without their star PG, would be forced to start a 5'9" shrimp in h...

The president's helicopter fleet has been in the news lately as they are debating whether to proceed with a purchase that would make each chopper more costly than Air Force One. It seems that at least one foreign power is interested too: A Pennsylvania company that monitors peer-to-peer file-sharing...

You have died and your life is hid with Christ in God - Colossians 3 : 3 Your life with all its past is hid with Jesus, and forgiven. Your life, with its future potential, is hid with Jesus for the development and thrilling potential of the life of Gods Holy Spirit in you and in me. Now I am not con...

"Not called!" did you say? "Not heard the call," I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help. Go sta...

This blog has received a formal review by Yale University bioethicist Stephen R. Latham. I am most pleased that it is a mixed review with some very nice compliments as well as pointed criticisms, and I very much appreciate Latham's even handedness. (When Culture of Death came out, I recall one bioet...

Chris Jaffe at Hardball Times recently identified 50 great potential closer songs. Thus inspired, I’ve compiled a list of 71 awful potential closer songs. Why 71? Why not. This is actually an updated version of our original list from ‘06 with reader suggestions incorporated. Maybe we can...

This just in: Jerel McNeal is pretty good.This just in: Wes Matthews is pretty good.This just in: Dominic James is pretty good.This just in: Lazar Hayward is pretty good. Marquette stayed perfect in the Big East with a 94-82 beat down of #25 Georgetown that just wasn't that close. While Georgetown h...