Essays and poems posted by James Nelson on the Just Another Jim website http://www.justanotherjim.com/legacyhomepage.php This is the last entry in this RSS feed. New RSS feed address can be found at the new "JAJ" homepage. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080907notice.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080907notice.php Things are changing here at Just Another Jim. Same address. New look. BUT these changes will require those of you who use an RSS feed to follow my essays to change the feed address. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080904notice.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080904notice.php Reflections after listening to an interview with Prof. John Milbank, author of Radical Orthodoxy. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080902essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080902essay.php I sure hope AARP doesn't discover this. If they do I'll probably have to wait a few more years for that nifty discount I can get on everything! http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080729essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080729essay.php Sinclair Lewis was the first American to win the Nobel Literature prize ... and I didn't know a thing about him. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080722essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080722essay.php This bird feeding thing might be big ... really big. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080715essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080715essay.php The competition is pretty bad this year. But there's hope for the future. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080708essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080708essay.php A Libertarian critique of last week's Supreme Court decision overturning Washington D.C.'s gun law. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080701essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080701essay.php Everything is copacetic in Siouxland. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080617essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080617essay.php A hymn, a prayer, a candle, a benediction. Ah, I remember those simple worship services. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080610essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080610essay.php I found almost everything I expected to find in the rain forest: sudden rain storms, banana trees, ocelots, and of course, a phone booth! http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080527essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080527essay.php I saw the Panama Canal for the first time a few days ago. Quite frankly, you can see a lot more on television. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080520essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080520essay.php The second of Native Dancer's offspring broke a leg on the race track and had to be killed. It raises some troubling questions. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080506essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080506essay.php How does God relate to secular governments? Some thoughts based on the Great and Holy Friday service. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080429essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080429essay.php It's Holy Week for the Orthodox and Passover for the Jews. This leads me to think about religious tolerance. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080422essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080422essay.php Too bad Lisa Halaby got married, changed her name to Queen Noor and moved to Jordan. What America needs is a good monarch. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080408essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080408essay.php Esther is one of my favorite books in the Bible. Hopefully you won't think I'm just pulling your leg when I explain why. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080401essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080401essay.php Saturday night we had the opportunity to hear Jane Goodall speak at the "Images of Nature" gallery in Omaha. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080325essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080325essay.php The point of Christianity is not God's will, it's the human will. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080319essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080319essay.php Things are so bad even the inch is shrinking. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080305blog.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080305blog.php Most of us claim we don't believe the end justifies breaking the law. But if that's the case, why are so few people outraged by Germany? http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080304essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080304essay.php We had the opportunity to attend a lecture by Bishop Kallistos Ware. The event brought back a flood of memories. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080226essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080226essay.php It's the season of house blessing which seems very odd and rather superstitious to most Protestants. Here's an explanation. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080219essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080219essay.php It's an epic journey through two museums in Dallas, two museums in Minneapolis, and a movie theater in Sioux City. And like the Cohens, Orozco, and the horse guy in Minnesota, there's plenty of kvetching in between. http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080212essay.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080212essay.php This poem is posted in conjunction with the essay (listed above) "No Endings for Long Movies." http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080212poem.php http://www.justanotherjim.com/archive2008/20080212poem.php