Hippo and Rabbit by Eleanor Ker
Presentation at the Library
Yesterday I made a presentation at the Albany, Oregon Public Library about Mozambique. I gave everyone a handout with some linguistic data on it so they could have a chance to learn a little about Nyungwe and Bantu languages in general. I’ve included the data [...]

In 2001 we had built a mud hut and used that as our home, but it was a bit too small and too primitive for us. So we decided we’d better build something bigger. This is what the area looked like before our hut was built in 2001.This is what it looked like when it [...]

I’ve put up some photos of our house in the village in Africa where we have lived on and off since 2000.  There are photos of the original hut that we stayed in as well as our current two-bedroom “palacio”!  These photos are available at our Afri-Kers Photo Journal.  When we return to Mozambique in [...]

One of my long-time friends, kp, made a comment about Old Testament prohibitions and their application to today on one of my other posts. In this post I want to expand on my reply to her remarks.

We often find verses like the following puzzling:
“ ‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head [...]

Be careful what you blog about.
The search engines are watching! Since blogging on tattoos I’ve seen a remarkable number of people visiting my blog to find information about tattoos. Here’s a list of recent search results that have brought people to my site:

Obviously there are a lot of people out there thinking about [...]

On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week I got to go backpacking in the Jefferson Park with my Dad and uncle. We had terrific weather and no mosquitos! In the picture is me and my Dad with Mount Jefferson in the background. The hike in was 3.5 hours of uphill climbing.

On a [...]

Some divine tattoos:

“See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.” Isaiah 49:16 (NIV)

“He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.” Rev 19:12 (NIV)

“On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.” Rev. 19:16 (NIV)

Some saints with [...]

Update: Links to the Religious Tattoos website have been corrected at the end of this post.

Did you know that Jesus has a tattoo? It’s in the Bible. Can you tell me where it is and what it says? The name “God” is strange. In English we use it like a name but it is actually [...]

Tim at Sans Blogue has posted about my comments about the Pod Bible in the “Faith Comes By Hearing” post.

I wrote:
“Produced in New Zealand using more than 300 “people off the street” they are distributing daily podcasts that include a short reading and devotional application.”
He replied:

the smallest readings we offer are the “chapter a day” [...]

In preparing for my first Puzzler, I looked up a few of the audio bibles on the Internet. I like listening to the CEV at Bible Gateway. But I also discovered that they have several other English versions including KJV, ESV and NIV. Peter Kirk posted on audio Bibles earlier this month [...]

As of today, I have moved all my old posts from Blogger to Wordpress. I’m excited about Wordpress. The templates look sharp, there’s a bunch of great features and it’s free.

Let me know what you think about the new site. All suggestions for improvements are welcomed.

“The Bible Puzzler”
I’m thinking about starting a weekly [...]

Recently, in a comment on Peter Kirk’s Speaker of Truth blog, Henry Neufield wrote:
I would note that while the words “charismatic” and “pentecostal” have and probably should refer to different groups they have become confused in church usage. You can’t be sure the difference will be understood. It’s worth working on, however, because we’ll need [...]