Philip Stratton

As they forewarne,   Wolves shall succeed for teachers, grievous Wolves,  Who all the sacred mysteries of Heav’n  To thir own vile advantages shall turne,Of lucre and ambition, and the truth  With superstitions and traditions taint,  Left onely in those written Records pure,  Though not but by the Spirit understood.  Then shall they seek to…

Cory Wong has one of the best horn sections in the music industry right now. 

“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” Rob Pirie has created a channel that promises to lead us on a quest of enlightenment and intellectual challenges. I was not yet familiar with the Harvard Classics series, but I have read a couple books featured in it and have heard reference to many others. This may…

Article referenced in the video: After You Vote: Unplug

I recently learned of Jason Isbell. I’ve been rather oblivious to the modern music scene for quite a while now and had not heard of this incredible artist and band. My attention is mostly given to audiobooks and podcasts. When I do listen to music, I either have some groove jazz going, like Snarky Puppy…

Working on learning this song for a future church service. This song, Come Jesus Come, was written by Stephen McWhirter. Check out his acoustic version – he has a great, soulful voice. 

Online interactions have become increasingly rude and combative. Particularly during this presidential election cycle.  Now that the election is decided, I don’t see that condition improving.  This style of dealing with differing opinions by name calling, lying, and fabricating stories to stoke fear about an opponent has paid off handsomely and will continue to be…

From the novel The Kite Runner “It was a dark little tale about a man who found a magic cup and learned that if he wept into the cup, his tears turned into pearls. But even though he had always been poor, he was a happy man and rarely shed a tear. So he found…

Google has an “experimental” product called NotebookLM. It is a note capture tool that integrates large language model (LLM) capabilities. LLMs aren’t truly Artificial Intelligence (AI), but that seems to be what the masses are calling them these days because they don’t understand the difference.  With NotebookLM, you can upload files and ask for various…