In this brief selection from one of his lectures, Kurt Vonnegut illustrates the simple shapes of our most classic stories. Surprisingly, it requires only two axes! Question: How would you illustrate the story of the gospel?
Data visualization has become a powerful tool for turning information into insight. It can bring patterns and anomalies in a data set to the surface, making them more easily detectible, and the findings can be presented in any number of ways. Most often displayed as charts or graphic video animations, data visualizations are fast becoming [...]
While it’s been a rather mild winter for most of us in the US, Garrison Keillor presented a great poem on today’s Writer’s Almanac (January 2, 2012) about winter. The author Marcus Jackson brings to life some of the images and experiences unique to life in the whiter parts of the world, and places them [...]
A Christmas poem from the Irish poet and hymnist, Nahum Tate. Whilst Shepherds watch’d their flocks by night,All seated on the ground,The Angel of the Lord came down,And glory shone around.Fear not, said he, for mighty dreadHad seized their troubled mind,Glad tidings of great joy I bringTo you and all mankind.To you in David’s town [...]
BWV 197 Gott ist unsre Zuversicht A Wedding Poet unknown. 5. Martin Luther, verse 3 of “Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist,” 1524 (Wackernagel, I, #208); 10. adaptation of Georg Neumark, verse 7 of “Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten,” (Fischer-Tümpel, IV, #365). After 1735 (so Dürr), ca. 1742 (so Neumann), Leipzig; Parody: 6, [...]
The capacity of smartphones to capture great images continues to get better as the line of new mobile devices marches on. The most powerful ones run on Apple and Android devices, while Blackberry and Windows phones continue to hang in there. Stuart Dredge of the Guardian has compiled a helpful list of the best apps [...]
BWV 133 Ich freue mich in dir Third Day of Christmas (St. John, Apostle and Evangelist). Poet unknown. 1. Kaspar Ziegler, verse 1 of the hymn, 1697 (Fischer-Tümpel, I, #567); 2-3. based freely on verse 2; 4-5. based freely on verse 3; 6. 4th and final verse of the hymn. 27 December 1724, Leipzig; Neumann [...]
Jocelyn K. Glei of Behance’s 99% has collected 25 Insights from seasoned authors addressing various challenges of the writing process. Whether you’re a full time author, a hobbyist, or a pastor writing and outlining sermons, Bible studies, and letters, these tips should prove as useful as they are inspirational. Here are some of my favorites: [...]
