Find Out if NoVax is Right for You
If Skipping the COVID Vaccine Were a Pharmaceutical Commercial...
What if not getting a COVID vaccine were promoted like a medication? Imagine “NoVax,” if you will. That’s the starting point for an OFB piece I wrote in response to a skeptical friend who asked for a non-reactionary reason why someone should get the vaccine.
The disease that we will likely recall for the rest of our lives as simply “the Pandemic” has been answered by vaccines that, by any pre-COVID standard, would be viewed as incredibly effective. Reduce spread, reduce severity and do so with stunningly few severe side effects? How can “NoVax” be appealing in that light?
Poor Excuses? (May 17, 2021)
How does the Church deal with poverty? How do we understand what the Bible says about care for the poor and how it says, “If any will not work, neither let him eat”? As I conclude the second volume of Proverbially Speaking, we look at “Poor Excuses” and God’s Answers. Like so much in Scripture, we are called to a balance we struggle to achieve.
52 Verses, 52 Books, 52 Weeks (Week 20: Acts)
This week, we turn to Zephaniah to think of God’s plans for the future — and how they give us hope as we answer His call to do the right things in the present.
Zippy the Wonder Snail Episode 2
To Boldly Go Where No Snail Has Gone Before
I zip back to the podcast-o-sphere with my co-commissar Jason in Episode 2 of Zippy the Wonder Snail. On the docket today: the upcoming “College Bowl” TV show revival academic and the state of the Liberal Arts; suicide and meaning in Star Trek and the necessity of Jesus’s Cross.
Respect the Curry (May 10, 2021)
I continues the Little Hills series in Proverbs, considering what the Proverbs tell us about whom we should spend time around.
Pixel Voical Wireless Mic System
A Highly Portable Wireless Mic for Your Camera
I’ve learned more than I thought I ever would about microphones this past year courtesy of the pandemic. So, why not review a few? Here’s my latest take on an oddly named microphone system:
Can an affordable and seemingly misspelled wireless mic system help you with your live streams, Zoom meetings and other audio and video projects? We’ll find out as OFB Labs puts the Pixel’s Voical (sic) Wireless Mic system to the test.
52 Verses, 52 Books, 52 Weeks (Week 19: Zephaniah)
This week, we turn to Zephaniah to think of God’s plans for the future — and how they give us hope as we answer His call to do the right things in the present.
Honestly! (May 3, 2021)
How important is our integrity in daily life to God? Is it really necessary? That’s my questions to consider for this week’s message.
Introducing Zippy the Wonder Snail
Yes, it was inevitable: my partner-in-OFB-and-Bible-study-crime Jason and I are now podcasters. 🥳 Check out Episode 1 of Zippy the Wonder Snail at ZippytheWonderSnail.com. We talk on the Gospel of John, Taylor Swift’s Folklore, blogging and even NFT’s. It’s already available on Spotify, TuneIn and Amazon Music podcast directories; Apple’s Podcast Connect has been down for the week, so it isn’t there yet, but will be when it can be.
The End of the (Real) Cold War (April 26, 2021)
As we wrap up “alive,” we find that the resurrection speaks to more than just us having a body again: it speaks to restoration for the world.
