Links of Interest

 

I have a wide variety of interests, and these links will take you to many of them. I’m hoping that with this we may make a few more connections, or discover that we have more in common than just Praise music. Or, maybe you will follow a link that you have no background with, and discover a new passion.

Praise and Worship

Hillsongs                                         This organization is putting out some of the most amazing Praise music available today. Their music makes a connection with congregations all over the world.

Willsongs                                        My best friend’s website – his original music is fantastic. He is a talented guitar player and that comes through in his recordings. He has also started adding a series of acoustic tracks based on his live solo performances (with a Jam Man digital loop recorder). Check it out – you’ll thank me.

Paul Baloche                                  Paul’s site LeadWorship.com is packed full of resources for worshippers, including downloadable sheet music for all his songs.

Free Praise and Worship                World’s largest collection of free, legal downloadable original Praise and Worship music.

News

Fox News                                      Okay, I’m unabashedly conservative, but I think that Fox News really does give a balanced coverage. Check out the next link…

National Public Radio                     Seriously – between Fox News and NPR you will get all the news you need to hear. NPR gives good, in-depth treatment, as well.

Drudge Report                               Drudge gets a lot of flack for having a conservative bias, but his website basically just links to a lot of other news sites, like on-line newspapers, Reuters and the AP.

Glenn Beck                                    Glenn has rapidly become my favorite radio talk show host. His site also has tons of links to news stories from all over the web.

Blogs

Rod Dreher - Crunchy Con            Rod Dreher has an interesting personal philosophy that does a pretty good job of describing me and many of my friends – Crunchy Conservatism.

Don Chapman - WorshipIdeas       Don’s got a good handle on the direction of contemporary worship, and the contemporary church in general. This is a good read.

Woodworking Magazine                 It seems like every magazine catering to woodworkers has a blog these days. This is the best one I’ve found, with links to two of my other favorite blogs, The Cornish Workshop and Philsville.

Tolkien

The Barrow-Downs                        One of the most active Tolkien sites on the web, with a very busy forum.

The Encyclopedia of Arda              Thousands of encyclopedia-style entries on every conceivable topic in Middle Earth.

Hand-Tool Woodworking

The Hand Tool Knowledge Base

                                                      Nothing more is needed. Every hand-tool related link on the planet.

Neat Stuff

World Time Server                         Find the current time in almost any city in the world.

Wikipedia                                       On-line encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Unbelievable amount of information here.

On-Line Conversion                       Convert just about anything to anything else.

Universal Currency Converter         See above, but for money.

Java Slide Rule                               Java based fully-functional Internet slide rule.