My Life in Bibles

My Mom has an interesting post about Obama's choice of Bible for his swearing in ceremony. She asked what Bible we would choose to swear in on (if any) and if it would be open to a specific verse.

This got me thinking about the various Bibles I have known through out my …

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I haven't been blogging too much lately, but this song brings me out of seclusion. Not only is it a rockin' alt-country tune, but the video makes the song THAT MUCH BETTER!

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Epiphany

The Adoration of the Wise Men, Albrecht Durer, 1524, Drawing

Collect for the Feast of the Epiphany:

O God, who by the leading of a star manifested your only Son to the Peoples of the earth: Lead us, who know you now by faith, to your presence, where we may see your glory …

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MP3 Saturday: Casey

I finally got around to finishing up Neal's song "Casey". Here it is in all its boom-crash-drill-noise glory.

Casey (download)


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Honoring Innocence By Being a Voice For Those Who Cannot Speak

Protecting the innocent is something that has often been heavy on my heart. I once wrote a song about one of my favorite books, Catcher in the Rye, in which I sang about how I wanted to warn all the children not to lose their faith as I have a certain times in my life.

MP3 Saturday: John the Revelator

Today is the Feast Day of John the Apostle (or the Divine or the Revelator or the Evangelist), but since its also MP3 Saturday, I thought I would forgo my usual post for feast days and treat you to my cover of the traditional blues tune, "John the Revelator".

I first …

Happy St. Stephen's Day from Scrooge McDuck

The Stoning of St. Stephen, Rembrandt, 1625 oil on canvas

These days St. Stephen's Day is a more important religious holiday for me than Christmas. Sure I got to church on Christmas Eve and try to understand the story I've heard many times, but frankly the mystery of …

Merry Christmas

O holy Child of Bethlehem
Descend to us, we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born to us today
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell
O come to us, abide with us
Our Lord Emmanuel


Merry Christmas!

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Printing with Trash

As I mentioned before, I've been working on new mini printed from carved Styrofoam printing plates (cut from my egg cartons and meat trays.) Last night, I got a chance to print off a bunch of pages and early this morning I got to work on it again. Here's the first …

MP3 Saturday: Lo! How A Rose E're Blooming

I heard Feist do a nice version of "Lo! How A Rose E're Blooming" the other day and thought I'd try to do a version myself. More Ancient hymns on Banjo! Woo Hoo!

Lo! How A Rose E're Blooming (download)


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Help Prevent Child Deaths!

It is actually easier than you think to put an end to preventable child deaths. Think bigger. Think Mission Match.

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What to Teach When One's Students Have Ants in Their Pants

Its the week before break, which is typically a stressful time for teachers. The kids aren't getting outside much due the cold and they're stressed because their parents are stressed. A general tone of bonkers settles into the school and you just have to hang on for …

To Wordpress or Not to Wordpress

So I signed up with webcomicsnation a few years ago when they opened it up for free accounts. I've been tooncasting the comics onto my own site, but the interface is still screwy. I've toyed with getting a wordpress version of each comic and installing comic press, …

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We had some church friends over yesterday for lunch. Since we don't have any toys, my wife suggested we decorate cookies with the kids. I helped out by showing them how to make snowflakes (and then how to be "human vacuums" and cleaning up all the scraps!)

Another Hand Printed Mini Is On The Way

I always look forward to winter break, because it means I can make more COMICS.

I got a head start on printing these up this weekend.