Snickerdoodles: 60-40-20-0

Update: A few more links of interest

Responding last year to a meme about what I was doing 10, 20, and 30 years ago I wrote:

“10 years from now I hope to still have all my hair. 20 years from now I hope to still have all my teeth. And 30 years from now I hope to still have all my marbles.”

Well there are some people having milestones recently. And they seem to have a healthy amount of hair and teeth. I’m less sure about the marbles.

60

Tim Bulkeley has turned 60: My 60th birthday. Also mentioned by Jim West: Happy Birthday Tim Bulkeley! I’ve appreciated both these scholars who normally have their heads stuck in dusty old theological tomes for posting consistently about the tragic situation in Burma/Myanmar. Who says theologians are no earthly good?

Speaking of 60’s, I just got this in an email: “Today is Mom and Dad’s 68th wedding anniversary.” Imagine that!

40

I neglected to mention this at the time but I’ll do it now: Happy Anniversary to Bob and Diana who celebrated their 40th last month! Bob is one of the most fascinating Bible bloggers out there. High culture. Mystical pronouncements. The closest that Bible blogging gets to an art form. And all those rainbowsy Psalm charts. Inspiring!

20

Actually, 26. 26 explanations for why the chicken crossed the road: Why the chicken crossed the road – update at the Kruse Kronicle.

BARACK OBAMA:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken
wanted CHANGE!

JOHN MC CAIN:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON:
When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure — right from Day One! — that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn’t about me…….

And 23 more…

0

0 is the number of Bible versions available in most languages of the world.

What is white? A long and colorful conversation on political correctness and the color of egret feathers.

And at Henry’s place: A nice roundup with a personal testimony: Lakeland Revival Notes

And several snarky, sublime and interesting replies (not necessarily in that order) to my Weird Worship meme: Peter, Nick, Jim. P&W is important to talk about love it or hate it because of its influence on Christian culture around the world. Last night I was playing music with a Zambian and two South Africans. All the songs they knew were P&W, Hillsong, etc. Full report to follow soon…

I was pleased to see several people blogging about orality: Judy Redman, Mark Goodacre, April DeConick (here and here) and Loren Rossen (HT: Judy). Are we really readers anymore? Most of the world interacts with information orally and aurally. Is this the dawn of the Bible of the Future? Or the death of the book. I’ve seen a number of posts on Iyov’s blog about the plurality of Bible versions and the possibility of building your own Bible. Rick Mansfield pondered this in the distant past. It seems he doesn’t blog any more. What a pity.

My Portuguese Bible has 1,400 pages in it, that’s 700 letter size pages. I bought my Bible for 200 meticais. I can make 200 photocopies for that amount. So, since versions of this Bible are not readily available I could just photocopy parts of it and create a custom Bible. Which books should I leave out?

I started on a blues song but ran out of steam:

The Bible Version Blues

Woke up this morning,
I was singing the blues.
So many Bibles
Which one to choose?

I got half a dozen versions,
A pink one for my wife too
Hear it on my iPod and…

Maybe you can finish it.