Through a Glass Darkly

My daughter had a sleep-over last night and I cooked the girls pancakes this morning. In a flash of inspiration, this song came to me. This is to the tune of “Deep and Wide,” which you will know if you’ve ever attended Sunday School, Children’s Church or Vacation Bible School:

Flat and round, flat and round, there’s a pancake cooking flat and round;
Flat and round, flat and round, there’s a pancake cooking flat and round.

Upon hearing this, my seven-year-old son promptly made up his own song to the tune of “Deep and Wide”:

My dad is dumb, my dad is dumb, my dad is very, very dumb;
My dad is dumb, my dad is dumb, my dad is very, very dumb

I hereby grant a Creative Commons license to anyone who wishes to use these songs.

I’m happy to release the first edition of the Through a Glass Darkly podcast. Visit my podcast page to see the show notes and retrieve the MP3 file. And, subscribe to my podcast feed: http://www.davidopderbeck.com/tgdpodcast.xml (Note that this feed is distinct from the TGD Blog feed.)

The TGD podcast is a work in progress — the first episode is basically just me rambling about some thoughts I had during vacation. It’s kind of boring, I admit, but I’m getting a handle on how to set this up on the technology side. I plan to do some interesting interviews soon, and I also hope to set up a regular Skype conference for the podcast with other faith bloggers. If you have any ideas for interviews, or if you’d like to participate in a Skype conference for the podcast, please let me know. Meanwhile, load up your iPod, MP3 player, or computer, and enjoy!

I recently bought an iPod, and I’m quickly becoming a podcasting addict. What a fantastic medium! I’ll be highlighting podcasts of interest here on the TGD blog from time to time. Also, I’m planning very soon to launch a TGD Podcast, which will include some of my own stuff as well as interviews with theologians, scholars, and other Christian leaders who don’t ordinarily get highlighted on the “MCM” (I think I’m coining this acronym — “Mainstream Christian Media”!). For example, I’ve made contacts with Wheaton Historian Mark Noll, Regent College Theologian Hans Boresma, and a NYC “Emerging” church planter, all of whom I hope to feature on upcoming podcasts.

Now, for the Harry Potter podcast: No, this isn’t an anti-Harry Potter diatribe. In fact, I love the Harry Potter books. I just wanted to give a pointer to “The Secrets of Harry Potter” pocast produced by Father Roderick of The Catholic Insider. It’s an entertaining look at details in the Harry Potter series that you probably will otherwise miss. The most recent episode, for example, examines the classical allusions in the names of charcters such as Bellatrix and Narcissa, and draws some parallels with Biblical themes of courage and faith in the face of evil. Great stuff! Here’s the RSS Feed for the podcast.