July 2010
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June 2010
20 posts
May 2010
9 posts
November 2009
7 posts
“The message of the New Testament is that if you don’t love you are dead...”
– Terry Eagleton
I Could Use Your Help
I enjoy writing and many have encouraged me to write a book-length text on my beliefs about a Jesus-centered response to poverty. In addition, I have several friends in publishing who beleieve there is a market for a book such as this. However…
I am an extrovert. Given a choice between sitting down and writing for four hours or spending time hanging out with the hurting people I minister to or,...
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This is why teenagers should not have sex. →
Thanx to my friend Abby.
Thanks!
Just a quick note to say thank you for all the love, affection and well wishes Renee and I have received over the last few weeks. We feel very loved - in fact, we feel spoiled.
Some folks have asked what will happen to the wedding blog now that, well, the wedding is over. The short answer is we will keep it as a family blog, so our friends, etc. will be able to keep up with us. Expect lots of cat...
October 2009
12 posts
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Annie Dillard and The Writing Life →
A great personal essay by the novelist Alexander Chee, who studied under Dillard in the late ‘80’s. Lots of money quotes in this one. My favorite:
Talent isn’t enough, she had told us. Writing is work. Anyone can do this, anyone can learn to do this. It’s not rocket science, it’s habits of mind and habits of work. I started with people much more talented than me, she said, and they’re...
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The Sun in Motion →
Close up (really close up) video of the surface of the sun. Very cool.
(via instructify)
Tokenism…a few practical suggestions →
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Regretsy
If you want to be constantly laughing out loud and amazed at all the insane things people will try to sell on Etsy, the handcrafted site, you should check out regretsy. (Some of the pictures borderline NSFW. But you will probably be OK, unless you laugh too loud. )
This one made me throw up in my mouth a little... →
After gazing at the blasphemy that is that painting, go check out what Greg Boyd had to say about it. Right on, Grag!
