J. Randal Matheny

Time to do some major stuff today. Sunday, three meetings, no time. (Guest speaking at Jardim Esplanada in the morning.) Saturday, one meeting in the afternoon, in Taubaté. Lots to prepare for.

Have got a number of things done this morning. The Missus and I split a plate of chicken stroganoff for lunch up at Roberto's. She's off on errands, I'm buckling down to do lessons and bulletin/order of worship.

I just read about a WV town with nothing electronic. They're in some sort of kill zone for a space telescope. A number of people have moved there, who have electronic hypersensitivity. Bad syndrome for today.

Picking up the dictionary of biblical vocabulary again. Many an obstacle has kept it from getting finished, both technical, logistical, and personal. It will have had a long history before getting to the printer. I have it open in the processor, tweaked an entry. A good restart.

Another Corollaries segment today, about billfolds and embarrassments, along with a bad photo of YoursTruly. Corollaries is a column I write on The Fellowship Room, designed to be weekly, between 700-800 words, fit for the finest publications in the land. If ever a newspaper or syndication service picks it up, I'll certainly be more diligent in the regularity.

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Some bad toe-stumper may change my mind, but after a few hours using the Roccat browser for Mac, I'm hooked. Love it. Faster than anything I've used to date. Lots of cool features. This may be my salvation from FireFox.

I got all my Twitter accounts in bloglines.com, so that may tide me over after losing yoono for that.

Today is Day 7 for the National Poetry Writing Month. I'm 7 for 7 (tag napowrimo), but have yet to post today's.

Forthright Mag editorial still to come today, watch for that.

And then there's a work report to do still. Way late on that.

But first, is that a nap calling my name?

Not all my writing gets mentioned here. These lyrics were missed as well, Would You Speak of Him? To the old tune of "Would You Live for Jesus?" So for those millions of you who follow this site but not my main blog, here's the link.

Also, watch the upcoming issue of Sermon Tree for more of my poems. More on that soon.

Also, in the February edition of Bulletin Gold, the editor published, from my UPLift list, the poem, "Is There No Conversation?"

I believe this is the second issue in which I've had poetry published. Matt Clifton is the editor, who brings good stuff to preachers and teachers. Check it out!

If an article is tagged with "Author Unknown," I don't read it. It's a lack of respect to remove an author's name and to republish something from which an author's name has been removed.

Yesterday was a good day for writing. Instead of giving you all the links here (I'm lazy this morning), they're all on my jasrandal Twitter account, and I've narrowed the time frame down to yesterday here. What's "here"?

• Believing Prayer that The Missus raved over (more than usual)
  
• A devotional from Proverbs, translated from the Portuguese, written same day
  
• A Forthright Mag editorial, "Good things that have happened"
• A BNc story, "Preacher shares what happens 'five minutes after death'"
• A Quick Bible Truths quote
  

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In the devotionals I'm writing in Portuguese and translating into English, I'm on a Psalms-and-Proverbs kick. If all works out well, I'll put them in book form at year's end—in Portuguese, no plans for English. I went back and picked out the ones I'd already done in 2013 from these two books. So far, I have 52 pages in a 10.5 x 18 cm format.

The working title is "God Is Good and Does Good" from Psa 119.68. The title sounds better in Portuguese ...

For lunch, since The Missus went to the ladies' event this weekend, I walked down to the avenue and lunched at the emporium. They offer plate by weight. One of their dishes is salmon with passion fruit sauce and capers. Hard to beat that! That is, when The MIssus isn't cooking ...

After several days of work, the third edition of Ministério & Missão, our new electronic magazine for kingdom workers, is out. The main content of this issue is an annotated bibliography for hermeneutics and homiletics—good books on how to study and teach the Bible. I was asked to put this together for the guys at the seminar last Saturday, so now it's out there.

Vicki took the last issue of the print mag, Edification, to the ladies' event. This issue has gotten a good circulation.

Now for a GoSpeak report! And a sermon for tomorrow! And ...

What have you got cooking?