Tuesday, June 23, 2009

#59 Gabbing about the Greek Isles

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No Ruth this time; just boring old me, wrapping up our trip, talking about Corinth and the Greek Isles we visited: Mykonos, Rhodes, Patmos, Crete and Santorini, PLUS the ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey. Enjoy!

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Ambling thru Athens

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Ruth and I sit down on our balcony at the Herodian Hotel in Athens, Greece, halfway through our 15 day trip, "Following the Footsteps of Paul." We just chat about our experiences. Enjoy!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Thalkin' in Thessoloniki

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Ruth and I sit down on our balcony at the City Hotel in Thessoloniki, Greece, three days into a 15 day trip, "Following the Footsteps of Paul." We just chat about our experiences. Enjoy!

Monday, July 03, 2006

#56 Mars Hill Musings Part 2

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Here's the followup to our trip to Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids, MI. In which we "debrief" about the church experience and our time in GR. Next week I'm off to a Thompson Family Reunion. Should have plenty of podcasting opportunities. Plus a road trip to Colorado with Andrea and Ruth.

Enjoy!

Monday, June 26, 2006

#55 Mars Hill Musings

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Wherein my wife, her brother Jack and I take a road trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan to visit our friends, Claudia & Paul Schulte (and children) and take in the happenings at Mars Hill, a leading "Emergent" church. The Emergent Church movement is quite the happening thing and we wanted to see it first hand. The pastor, Rob Bell, is starting a tour, fashioned after a rock group tour, called "Everything is Spiritual." Rob has also produced an ongoing set of short videos (less than 15 minutes long), called Noomas, which present eternal truths in a contemporary manner. Exccellent to generate dialogue with all age groups and people of diverse spiritual interests.

Next week I'll have a podcast we recorded on our way home after visiting GR. Enjoy!

Saturday, May 13, 2006

#54 Musings about Mayans, Part 2

Wherein I continue the talk I gave on Mayan history and civilization begun a week ago.

Thanks for listening.

Monday, May 08, 2006

#53 Musings about Mayans, Part 1

Wherein I (after a long absence) restart Ramblings and Musings by talking about the recent talk I gave on Mayan history and civilization.

I've added a few books to the list to the lower right, books about Mayans and the history of decoding the Mayan glyphs. Its very interesting reading.

Enjoy

Saturday, December 31, 2005

#52 Birthday in Chicago

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Wherein I record the conversation we (Ruth, Liz, Liz's friend Liz Browning and I) had on our way to Chicago to meet Andrea and have a birthday celebration dinner for Liz (our Liz, that is), who turned 21 on December 28th.

We talk about "Facebook", my wife's gullibility, the girls career goals and deodorant.

Enjoy.

Saturday, December 10, 2005

#51 Podcasting and Music Ramblings

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Wherein I ramble on about things happening in the podcasting world, including my possible involement with Podshow. I also think that Frappr maps are pretty cool. Click here to see my map for the No Idle Frets podcast I do.

Here is a link to my favorite Christmas CD. Listen to some of the clips at Amazon.

I am also a big fan of "renting" music rather than owning it. I subscribe to Virgin's service, which is PC only but has a great library of music that you can listen to when you choose. Real has just announced support for the Mac.

For classical music you can't beat the various options of streaming music available from Naxos.

Saturday, December 03, 2005

#50 Lollygagging with Liz, Part 2

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Wherin I continue my conversation with Liz, my daughter.

Hey, its show #50. Didn't think the show would last this long, did you? Do you think I'll make it to #100?

Enjoy.

Sunday, November 27, 2005

#49 Lollygagging with Liz

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Wherein I sit down with my daughter, Liz, and we talk about our mutual obsessions and she talks of her ever-changing academic interests. We are both into the "More Hip than Hippie" podcast. You should check it out!

Enjoy.

Sunday, November 20, 2005

#48 Iraq and Movies

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Wherein I rant on the pathetic state of the political debate regarding Iraq and talk about my love affair with movies, especially my introduction to the movies of Ingmar Bergman at Wheaton College and everybody's favorite pervert, Woody Allen.

Enjoy.

Saturday, November 12, 2005

#47 Renovare

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Wherein I finish up my recent obsession with theology. Hopefully. I've provided links to the Renovare movement before. Today I present some audio from Richard Foster and Dallas Willard on Renovare.

Enjoy

Saturday, November 05, 2005

#46 More from Pastor Ruth, Part 2

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Wherein I continue by conversation with my wife, sitting in a Caribou Coffee in St. Paul, Minnesota. She talks about her seminary program pursuing a Master of Arts in Childrens and Family Ministry.

Have fun.

Saturday, October 29, 2005

#45 More from Pastor Ruth

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Wherein I sit down with my wife in St. Paul, Minnesota and talk about what has happened in her professional life since we talked last March on Ramblings and Musings show #2. Hear about her pursuit of a degree from Bethel Seminary.

Enjoy

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