The Golden Compass — A Few Reflections
June 25, 2008
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman, both book and movie, have been somewhat controversial among Christians. How should we think about and engage this sort of material. Here’s a little piece I did a while back entitled “The ‘Chronicles’ or the ‘Compass’?: Worldviews in Conflict”.
Currently reading …
June 10, 2008
The Fall of the Evangelical Nation: The Surprising Crisis Inside the Church by Christine Wicker. Review to follow soon.
Please pray for me …
May 5, 2008
I don’t often make personal requests here, but I’d sure appreciate some prayer. As you may know, I became a Type I diabetic about nine years ago, after my immune system, in response to a case of the flu, also killed the little islets that produce insulin. I got very sick very fast and was immediately insulin-dependent. I’ve been on an insulin pump for six or seven years now, and that’s helped a lot, but every day is still a battle. My diabetes is very “brittle,” as they say. I have some pretty wild and extreme swings between insulin lows (hypoglycemia) and glucose highs (hyperglycemia) for no readily apparent reasons. For example, last night I dropped to a 50 and this afternoon hit a 503, with no change in what I eat or what I do during the day. It’s not only very frustrating, it’s debilitating — makes it very hard to read and study and think. And that can get depressing after a while. I’d love to be healed, of course, but my faith is always pretty weak, it seems (I’m an ολιγοπιστος, as Jesus would say, a “little-faith”). I’d be glad just to be able to regulate this thing better. Please just pray with me about this as the Lord brings me to mind. Thank you so much!
The New Look!
February 28, 2008
No, not me! This is the new look of “Views from the Hill!” I was looking for something that was much more flexible, customizable, and would allow for a more robust kind of site than could be gotten with the usual sort of Wordpress themes. There’s still a long way to go, as I’ve only begun working on the layout and the “look and feel,” as well as the kinds of content I want to include. My goal is for “BibleDriven” to become a much more dynamic and useful resource to its readers.
