Ameer Saves The Day
Christian Life
Westerkamp Does It Again
It’s National Radio Day
As with most other questions, the history of the invention of radio is debated. The basic technology can be traced back to work done by Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) but much of what we know as broadcast radio (i.e., AM and FM bands) . . . Continue reading →
La Jolla In August
Juxtaposition
Flying Leathernecks
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Needy Mouse
What I Did On My Summer Vacation (2014)
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Beyond Bishops And Isolation
Americans are an independent lot. The original colonists left the old world for the new. Their revolutionary successors in the 18th century formalized that independence with a war and constitutional documents. The American desire for independence helped to propel us west beyond . . . Continue reading →
The Long And Winding Road To Escondido
(HT: Joe Coker)
Office Hours: Sanctification And Virtue
One aspect of our new life in Christ to which modern evangelical and Reformed Christians have not always paid a great deal of attention is the matter of virtue. There are some good reasons for this. The medieval church came to think . . . Continue reading →
And Now For Something Completely Different
The Backroad From Escondido To Ramona May 2014
Escondido Fire News (May 17, 2014)
The air is relatively clear this morning in central and southeast Escondido. The fires never approached the southeast part of town (near the seminary). Earlier in the week there were a couple of small (a fence, a car, and an outbuilding), oddly . . . Continue reading →
Latest On San Diego Fires (May 16, 2014)
Authorities have determined that the Bernardo fire was the result of construction. One of the fires at Camp Pendleton was the result of a burning semi-trailer. The Las Pulgas fire (Camp Pendleton) has grown to 8,000 acres. The causes of the other . . . Continue reading →
Escondido Fire (May 15, 2014) UPDATED
The Escondido Fire Dept. is battling a two-alarm structure fire at Calvary Assembly Church, in central Escondido. It’s a little suspicious that this fire should start now. It’s warm and winds have died down. It’s still very dry (6% humidity) but . . . Continue reading →
He Goes Toward The Flames (UPDATED)
In 2007, in an earlier version of the Heidelblog, I posted this photo of (now) San Diego Fire Capt. Danny Miranda. He’s served as a deacon in the Oceanside URC and today he’s one of many firefighters from across Southern California who . . . Continue reading →
San Diego Fire Update #2 (May 14, 2014) Updated
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As the sun has begun to set, the winds have calmed, and air tankers are flying overhead almost constantly now. Cal Fire has shifted their concentration from a fire to the south. They are picking up fire retardant at the Ramona airport . . . Continue reading →
San Diego County Fire Updates (May 14, 2014) Corrected
You may have seen online that wildfires have broken out in San Diego County. There was an 800 acre fire yesterday southwest of Escondido in the 4S Ranch area (west of Rancho Bernardo) but fire crews had that under control. Today the . . . Continue reading →
Cruisin Grand May 2014
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