Tom Powell

A lovely meditation: "A Harvest Festival: The Theological Sophistication of Mice" by David Knowles over on his substack:
open.substack.com/pub/davidkno...

Wept remembering my own today unexpectedly when a song on a record hit me. Glad you keep your dad’s memory alive.

It’s quite mature of our Canadian neighbors not to rub that in every year.

I am always amazed at both how wonderful and how dismal New York City can be. Really is an amazing place.

He deserved it. Wish he could have known how much he meant to so many of us.

Bud was a great guy, and I'll miss his hands, voice, and RPG wisdom. I always looked forward to his videos.

The first Silmarillion map. Drawn by Tolkien on an unused page from a University of Leeds examination booklet.

Disabling Twitter. AI and Social are a nexus I do not want to encourage.

I'd take a StarTAC today if it still worked.

Looking for a lost toy dog?

The Dam Busters (1955) Full Movie : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The Dam Busters (1955) full movie, based on the true story of the World War 2 event of British Air Force 617 Squadron raid heroic Air Force attack for...

This is a classic too (and free to stream): archive.org/details/dam_...

A grumbling heart is a dangerous thing because it may be birthed with a true grievance, but it is maintained by sin.

I want to imagine a fantasy world where giants are lithe.

All subscription models will eventually replace as much as possible with what will keep the most people BUT cost them the least. Spotify is full of ABSOLUTE TRASH in genres like Jazz if you don't make it play a specific artist, etc.

Rilke is reason enough to spend years learning German.

Numenera vibes from that.

“If you are a theologian, you will pray truly. And if you pray truly, you are a theologian.” - Evagrius Ponticus

I occasionally use ChatGPT as a sparring partner to hone my thoughts. While still useful, it's remarkably dumb and a liar. When you point out that it has lied, you get:
"I misspoke..."
It's a savant with a penchant for lying. Great.

Humble Leadership and Humble Leaders By Mike Sharrett | Interim Pastor, Grace Covenant PCA in Williamsburg, Virginia

Excellent article for pastors over on Substack: Humble Leadership and Humble Leaders open.substack.com/pub/a4mr/p/h...

In some sense, most of American Christianity is captive to a political hermeneutic that blinds us to Christ's appearing in our midst in the least of these.

Light reveals darkness.

Who'd have thought that Google would so screw up their own business of search, seeking to trap you in the search and not showing you results that DUCKDUCKGO would turn out to be easier to find things. We live in that world.

If you are in northern New Jersey and interested in being part of the regrowth of a historic reformed congregation (John de Witt's first pastorate), recently departed from the RCA into the EPC, PM me!

My kids adjusted all the levels on the soundboard by my computer.

It could have been months or years ago—it's been collecting dust since COVID.

I forgot the joys dialing in audio levels.

But it means we can worship over Zoom even during a winter storm. It's worth it.

YouTube video by First Things Paul Kingsnorth: "Against Christian Civilization" | 2024 Erasmus Lecture

Did you catch Paul Kingsnorth's Erasmus Lecture at First Things: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3hM...

During the G.W. Bush administration, I led a home group bible study in Arlington, VA, and the head of USAID was in it. I was in my 20s, and he was a kind and gracious man who did care and want to help the neediest people of our planet. Since then, I have always thought well of their work.

One of the less-loved Penn Stations, Newark, still has some of its grandeur if you look for it.

Let me welcome any discipline, how ever sore, which deepens and widens my sympathy. Let me bear my brother’s burden,and so fulfil the law of Christ. -Alexander Smellie