The Wiggles LIVE

We have just returned from the most exciting experience we have had as a family since the birth of William and Wesley. Brasher, Phoebe, Christina, and I saw the Wiggles in Mobile tonight. It was amazing! Really, it was.

Here are some of the highlights (pics on the way):

1. Shaking hands with Murray and handing him pictures that Brasher drew for them.
2. Having Anthony wave at Phoebe as he was playing the drums.
3. Captain Feathersword ran through the crowd right beside us.

What amazed me was how absolutely personal the Wiggles were. There were thousands of kids there. But, by running through the arena, chatting with folks in between numbers, and being informal enough to laugh at one another during skits, they made each person seem like they were there just for them.

Can this tell us something about corporate worship?

Auburn's Academic Scandal

Scandal has hit Auburn University, my alma mater "on the rolling plains of Dixie, 'neath the sun kissed sky."

It seems that a sociology professor has been overseeing many students' independent studies and requiring little or no effort. This would not be such big news if not for the fact that 25 percent of the students were football players. The requirements of the independent study were to 1) read a book (presumably more involved than "Horton Hears a Who"), 2) have several face-to-face meetings with the professor, and 3) write a five (5) page paper.

Wait till you hear this: This was first reported on the FRONT PAGE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES! Hello! There are several wars happening in the middle east, and the front page of the NYT is about the bad decisions of a sociology professor at public university? Beyond the question of whether this is truly a problem I have a couple of thoughts.

1. I took several classes at Auburn that didn't require much more than what these independent study students were required. I know, admitting that doesn't look good for my alma mater. But, really, it isn't Harvard. It isn't Duke. It isn't Vandy.

2. We've still beaten Alabama four times in a row.