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About two weeks ago a friend gave me his copy of The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs. I had read all about it in 2007, having added the following to my mini-blog / delicious bookmarks (biblical+living): 27 SEP 07 A year of following all the rules in the Bible – Boing Boing [...]

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For many years, I’ve been a fan of endurance sport, be it cycling (mountain biking), paddling, running (trial running FTW!)… I’ve discovered being a fan (of participating) doesn’t mean I successfully motivate myself to do it often enough. Typically I have to enter for a race in order to motivate me to train regularly enough [...]

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I’m sure everyone has some sort of liberation story to tell. In my particular case, large parts of the journey into the promised land occurred between the front and back covers of a handful of books. I thought I’d share some of the recent waypoints on my journey with the world. This particular phase of [...]

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I have a number of copies of RealLivePreacher.com available, a book containing a collection of some of the best essays by Gordon Atkins. If you are in South Africa and would like a copy, let me know! It will be only R110. (Previous price did not include import tax. If you placed an order at [...]

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I will soon be placing an order for my copy of RealLivePreacher.com, a book containing a collection of some of the best essays by Gordon Atkins. If you are in South Africa and would like a copy, let me know! It will be only R95. If I get enough orders, I can drop that to [...]

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This is the second post in a series of three, aimed at making evangelicals in the field more successful in their ministry to atheists. The first post was How to Convert an Atheist. Go and read that one first if you have not already done so. What exactly is the “Good News”? Evangelising Christianity is [...]

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I am now the proud owner of two Carl Sagan books, The Demon Haunted World (Amazon, Kalahari) and Billions and Billions (Amazon, Kalahari), as well as Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, a set of seven DVDs (Amazon). As my time is limited, I will probably not be reading or watching any of it, until October. Still, it [...]

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The latest addition to my book collection is this beautiful “coffee table” book, Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings: I’m sure it will make for an interesting albeit dangerous talking point, considering the traditional “no religion or politics at dinner parties” wisdom…

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