“You may be right. I may be crazy. Hey, but it just may be a lunatic you’re looking for.” From You May Be Right by Billy Joel. “Hmmm. Something seems to be happening. I’m definitely noticing a quickening of the breath, a pounding of the heart, [...]

My soul sings in the silence. For grace unfound is all around. Stranded on the roadside Is the center of the galaxy. Failing banks and falling markets, The firm hand of divine protection. Projected deities, blood-thirsty bogies, [...]

I’ve been running two concurrent series on my blog. One about Biblical interpretation and translation and the other about technology. I’ve been chewing on these two topics like a dog that can’t decide which bone tastes better. And by the way, I’ve been talking about dogs a lot. And bubbles. I’m sure there’s something deep [...]

In an effort to raise the level of Biblical preaching, I’ve decided to live blog my own sermon series on the book of Judges. This is a unique opportunity to watch a master communicator at work (me) and I’m sure that preachers young and old will thank me for modeling proper hermeneutics on this difficult [...]

I did not intend to be the nerd of the family. But all my sisters and my brother are cooler than I am. When I went to my 20-year high school reunion, no one remembered me as a sharp dresser (I was) or a jock (I tried) or the smartest kid in the school (I [...]

I’m in the process of setting up a new system for sending out our missionary newsletter, the Ker Family Update. If you’ve commented on this blog in the past you will get an invitation to subscribe. If you don’t get an invitation and would like to subscribe, visit this page: http://lingamish.com/mail. Our mailing list [...]

The next computer should be round. The most beautiful piece of engineering on a computer is the ovoid mouse. And engineers have managed to take its transcendent simplicity and transform it into a multi-buttoned monster on which we do a frenetic two-fingered tap dance while jiggling it seemingly at random for hours on end. Microsoft [...]

Our Land Rover overheated unexpectedly on our return journey from Nampula. When you leave Nampula, you embark on a 600-kilometer journey in no-man’s land with only two sizeable towns. Back in 2006 we had a series of tire blowouts on this stretch of road including a collapsed jack. While I was opening up [...]

Image: A screenshot of batch converting audio to mp3 in Audacity to be used on a Saber audio recorder. I’ve been transferring recordings to a Saber audio player for testing here in Mozambique. It is fascinating to listen to the babble of voices in these recordings. [...]

I am one of the electronically damned. Staring and clicking and typing and downloading and browsing. Forever in an eternal half-life existence. Upgrades, virus scans, addons, plugins, facebook apps, email attachments. This is not a Windows thing, or a [...]

As a Bible translator it almost hurts to type that. But it’s true. Bible translation is a means to an end, and it’s not so that everyone can have a Bible. We translate motivated by an evangelical conviction that everyone should be “free indeed” through Jesus. At the Bible college where I teach New Testament [...]

Thanks to all of you who responded to the recent poll. Expect new angles on an old friend in the near future.