Dallas Willard referenced rap music and made a beatbox-esque noise in the sermon I listened to last night.

A quick note on the election.
I hope that Huckabee or Obama win. I hope that Giuliani or Hillary doesn't win. I'd rather McCain or Romney not win. I don't think Edwards will win, though maybe he'll be a vice president. I wish Paul would win, but I think it's pretty obvious that won't happen (though he's been close to Giuliani in both elections).

There is no media conspiracy against Ron Paul or any of the other lesser candidates. While media coverage wasn't always present where it was due, it was there enough. The problem is not the amount of coverage as much as the content of the coverage, which is essentially 10-sec audio tidbits and polls. Television debates are helpful only as an elementary introduction to the candidates. Real information about any of the candidates is probably aimed at a 6th grade level and is not substantial enough for informed decisions.

A quick note on current reading

On a much higher note, I am reading Hearing God by the Good Dr. Willard. The knowledge in that book is essential because it projects an image of what is possible while at the same time being a reminder of the foundational things already innately known to all people (aka the voice we turn away from in order to do what we please). It is simultaneously challenging me in at least three thought arenas, and making me very much want to read Alister McGrath's Christianity's Dangerous Idea (which has a recommendation from Willard on the back of it). If these books are as good and accurate as I hope they are, they will be a strong challenge to much that has been in my head and heart as of late.

I'm also reading I Kings, because lately I've been to far from scripture. Also rereading The Princess and the Goblin, and now I actually understand the spiritual symbolism (harder to spot than Lewis').

And I have at least some sort of job right now, until I find more/better work.

Praise the Lord that no politician will be in office forever, that books are abundantly available and cheap in America, and that I'm so blessed that I can't even decide on how to narrow the choices of praiseworthy things that could be included in this praise.