Random

• Two pieces of good news on Guam today -- gas is down to $4.74/gallon & there is a new shipping connection that will start to bring goods to Guam from New Zealand and Australia. ~ Link

• Gerald McDermott has done it again. I don't know of anywhere that you'll find more a more accessible, compact, and readable introductory book on world religions than his new Baker Pocket Guide to World Religions.

• I don't get it. The Somjai Restaurant on Marine Corp Dr has some of the best Thai food on Guam -- served in hole-in-the-wall ambiance. But whenever we go there (as we did this evening) we're usually the only customers. How do they stay in business? Why isn't it packed?

• The latest thing from MIT -- "man-made equivalent to photosynthesis" ~ Link

• Lausanne World Pulse has several articles on church planting in the August 2008 issue. What I think is missing, though, are articles on church planting and social engagement. The lines between evangelism and the issues of hospitality, compassion, mercy, and justice are still too thick.