picture of the day

Here's a picture from Bethany and my trip to Green Bay today. We had fun taking a friend to the airport, doing some shopping, lots of talking, and some eating. :)

The Ipinions Journal

Here is a favorite news blog of mine... I may have posted this a while back, but some of the recent posts are worth reading for perspective. Of particular interest is the one that mentions the fact that bin Laden is likely dead.

Studying abroad - both ways

An interesting report that I came across shows the number of Americans studying abroad in various countries, as well as the number of foreigners studying in the US.

- Turkey is ranked eighth in countries that send students to the US with over 12,000 Turks studying in American universities. Find that article here.

- Meanwhile, Turkey has nearly a thousand US students studying there according to the parallel article here.

A few more thoughts on the elections... from others

A post from acquaintances from Cameroon that I thought put things quite nicely. Dan Seely on why he's glad Barack Obama won...

And a timely article by Kevin Bauder on the Christian's responsibilities to the President, whoever he may be. This article gives good thoughts on both the past and the future of the Presidency.

The view from abroad

An article that summarizes one aspect of what I think is to be gained through an Obama presidency, no matter that he would not be my President of choice. I expect this to be used to the advancement of eternal interests, whether we perceive it right away or not.

*(And for those who might think "who cares" about what the article is saying, about 6 billion people would care...)

Praise for the Gift of Gifts

An edifying pursuit that Mr. Keven Brownfield taught in his class on 2 Corinthians is to read Spurgeon's sermons. Many of these are available online from spurgeon.org. As I came to 2 Cor. 9 in my reading, I was reminded of Spurgeon's sermon on 9:15 where he spoke on the topic of the Unspeakable Gift that we have been given. So, as I reread that, I thought I'd pass it on.