The Best of August

I've been at this blogging thing for quite a long time now--it's coming up on ten years. I've been at the daily blogging thing for almost as long. This means that I've got an extensive backlist of articles from years gone by. I thought it might be fun to pull out some of the articles I wrote in previous months of August, stretching all the way back to 2004.

2011

A Holy Moment [2] - This is a memory I had to deal with at last.

How Big Is the Universe? [3] - As a Christian, you simply can’t ponder the universe without glorying in God.

2010

5 Reasons Books Are Better Than E-Books [4], 5 Reasons E-Books Are Better Than Books [5], and concluding thoughts in Books & E-Books, Media & Messages [6] - I look back at this and realize just how quickly our technology is moving us in new directions.

Help Lord--The Devil Wants Me Fat! [7] - It just so happens that I was looking at this book yesterday. For some reason I keep it right beside my desk.

2009

A Faithful Servant [8] - A brief biographical sketch of Reverend Alden.

Counseling Myself [9] - Here I am, after my eleventh wedding anniversary, lecturing myself.

2008

Who Do You Love More? [10] - Here’s a time I made my children cry.

Open Mind, Closed Bible [11] - Sometimes having an “open mind” requires having a closed Bible.

2007

My Best Friend’s Wedding [12] - Another anniversary article. It was fun to read it again.

Wrestling with Evolution [13] - Here I tried to think through some of the implications of evolution.

2006

Thanksgiving for Thanksgiving [14] - This was one of those moments that gave me a glimpse of God’s care for me.

Repaying a Gift [15] - This is still one of my favorite articles of all-time, I think.

2005

Biblical Perspectives on Sex and Autoeroticism, Part 1 [16] and Part 2 [17] - This series was an important stepping stone toward eventually writing Sexual Detox.

Human Predictability [18] - We are an awfully predictable bunch, aren’t we?

2004

What Could Be [19] - Back in 2004 I was taking a sports metaphor to the pews of the church.