Link-Dump Tuesday

(technically Monday afternoon, but I wanted it to lead on Tuesday.)

I've been collecting things that I've wanted to post about, things that I thought were interesting and/or entertaining, but I'm not going to have much time for posting this week, I think, so I'll just dump them all here for your general enjoyment and perusal.

[A Note about Attribution: I always try to acknowledge where I get things. Blog plagiarism is not cool. But sometimes... well, I forget. So if one of the unattributed links below is from a previous post of yours, please let me know (providing a link) in the comments, and I'll give you the credit you so richly deserve.]

• I really wanted to write something thoughtful about the movement away from organized traditional religion that is happening in my generation. Some other time, perhaps. Here's the link to the Wash-Times story.
• Sigmund Brouwer, a favorite Christian-lit author of mine growing up, has published the first of a new series of novels which dares to hypothesize that the "end times" as described in some parts of the New Testament took place in the first century. Let me emphasize: Brouwer has written a work of fiction that uses this teaching as its basis. Tyndale, home of the bestselling (and ideologically-opposed) "Left Behind" series, is publishing the new series. This doesn't sit well with Tim Lahaye, one of the LB authors, who had a veritable hissy-fit when he learned that Tyndale was publishing Brouwer's "heresy." Most interesting was the quote by Lahaye: "They are going to take the money we made for them and promote this nonsense." [emphasis mine] Make of that what you will. But it is an entertaining situation. Go Tyndale for printing novels ("the LB books are still novels, aren't they, Mr. Lahaye?") with opposing perspectives.
• Speaking of novels (and I may have already linked to this), my fave church-lit (my term) novelist released his latest book, "Monster" (not to be confused with the recent film). Interview with Frank Peretti here.
• Make sure to vote in AOL's "Greatest American" contest. Feel free to add your own below.
• You Superman fans (or comics fans in general) will enjoy this fascinating essay on the nature of Supes--why he makes the choices he does--by Mark Waid (of "Kingdom Come" fame).
• If you've hit a quarter-century, or you're nearing it, here are some helpful hints for proper manners. In other words, things you should know to be a grown-up. Number 2 hit me close to home; guilty as charged, m'am. (Hat-tip: Sheila)
• Finally, and most interesting for me, an Oklahoma Gazette cover-story about OBU's administrative crises. Check out the pic of the cover in the upper-left corner of the page. I'll match Lowber's offer: I've got a $20 bounty for any Oklahoma reader who can snag me a good-condition copy of the issue with this cover story. I'm totally serious.

There you go, friends. Lots of linky-love. I'll catch y'all later.