Another year nearly gone... so it's time to say a big thank you to all who regularly visit my blog and also wish you all a joyous Christmas. My prayer is that you remember the reason for the season.  My first offering  is an audio interview (and transcript) which you may find interesting, it's titled  Santa Claus: Harmless Fun or Christmastime Diversion?    it's from desiring god -  Today we talk about a cultural debate over Santa Claus. … Of course this is the season for Santa Claus questions here at Ask Pastor John. We have over 50 questions on this topic. Listen/read more... I'll be talking a break over the Christmas holidays but will be back in the new year. I'm hoping to catch up on some reading.  I have just finished Stephen Hunt's Anomalous Thrust, and enjoyed it immensely. Anyway, grab a festive beverage get comfy as you look through the following articles.... It will give you something to read until you get that book you've a...

Here is a great quote from one of the articles below which really resonated with me. The best science fiction is about more than just cool new worlds, wild new technologies, and aliens (though it’s very much about those things too). It’s about politics, economies, the very human condition itself. Just, you know, in a super-exciting way. Science fiction isn’t for a specific kind of person. It’s not “just for nerds.” Science fiction is awesome, and it’s for everyone. 5 Books to Celebrate C.S. Lewis’s Birthday Top 15 Books of 2015 10 Folio Society Classics to Give to Your Children This Christmas The 23 Best Sci-Fi Books and Movies to Give to a Noob The Best e-Readers of 2015 Penguin Random House announces new e-Book terms for libraries Publishers can ‘compete with’ Amazon…but should they? The UK is launching a big anti-piracy campaign Amazon shares its bestsellers of 2015, and human nature comes bottom This book transforms into a fully working camera The Original Sta...