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Nils & Araceli’s home on the web, est. 2003

Psalms and Hymns: at last!

It took a while but Eric’s first CD is finally finished. You can listen to track previews and buy the disc online.
There’s a hidden track on the album for you Easter egg hunters. It begins after the full minute of silence that follows “O Quickly Come,” the chilling final song. This devastating number needed some […]

Mel’s at it again

Maybe it’s just me, but did anyone else cringe upon seeing the poster for Mel Gibson’s upcoming movie due out next summer?
Think about it: a movie with the dubious name “Apocalypto” from the director of The Passion of the Christ, and the tag line reads, “When the end comes, not everyone is ready to go.” […]

Ed Clowney sermon archive

You may have noticed how much I admire Ed Clowney and his preaching. I just ran across an audio archive of sermons from Trinity Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville, Virginia where he served as theologian-in-residence 1984–1990 and again from 2003 until his death in March of this year. Trinity has 23 of his sermons—nearly 26 hours of […]

Toying with Getting Things Done

A few weeks ago I bought a copy of Getting Things Done for a friend. In general this is something people do with books they’ve taken the time actually to read first, but I knew enough about the content to make the elevator pitch convincing. This isn’t the first time I’ve encouraged someone to try […]