Category Archives: Books

Misguided Christianity (or, “what’s wrong with chain letters”)

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Steve

“Christian” chain letters generally make me, as a Christian, feel frustrated. I tend to feel they are missing the point (link to a recommended book!). The last one I got was from a relative, and runs as follows: ATTENTION ALL … Continue reading →

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Ten more interesting links

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Steve

Time for another collection of articles and websites I’ve found interesting or useful lately. The Christian FAQ – presents one Christian’s answers to many of the troubling questions about Christianity raised by skeptics. I tend to agree with most of … Continue reading →

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News-bites

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Steve

I’ll try put these in roughly chronological order. First, we did go see Ruben and Nicholas and their parents on 24 March. They seem to be getting along well, although Nicholas was barely 2 weeks old, and it seems Wynand … Continue reading →

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My holidays. In short.

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Steve

20 December: played a 9-handi-plus-komi game against PW. Killed all of his groups. 21 December: drove to Stillbay 22-28 December: with my parents and my sister Kathy at Stillbay. Only notable activities was the annual gathering of the Heese and … Continue reading →

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Mish-mash

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Steve

Reader, be warned. This blog post is about quite a variety of topics. The discerning reader will perhaps find it boring. But after 2 weeks without a post, I’ve got a backlog, and I’m not going to split it into … Continue reading →

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Things I forgot in that update

Posted on November 13, 2006 by Steve

Well, the server hosting my Go website was hacked. Now that seriously sucks. I was vastly impressed by the fact that the hosts had recent updates for us, so I haven’t lost much. However, now security has been tightened up, … Continue reading →

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Another update

Posted on October 28, 2006 by Steve

So, it’s quarter past eleven on a Saturday, and I’m in my office. I’ve decided I’m not going to get any more work done on my thesis tonight, so I’ll head home soon. Tomorrow, I’ll try some more. This is … Continue reading →

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Last night

Posted on October 16, 2006 by Steve

So last night our cell group had a refresher course on helping out at the night shelter. It was good to see that Arion, the superintendent has a couple of new people eager to help him out. He told us … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s church service

Posted on October 16, 2006 by Steve

Yesterday nights sermon was about the right way of viewing success. The idea is that when we are driven to succeed in a desire to get recognition, fame, wealth, achievements, comfort, etc., we so often find ourselves wanting that little … Continue reading →

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New book

Posted on October 13, 2006 by Steve

Cool! Dalene gave me a copy of “God created the Integers”, edited by Stephen Hawking as a gift yesterday. I hadn’t heard of it, but it looks totally fascinating. It’s thick, so it’ll probably take a long time to work … Continue reading →

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