Med Students Get Training In *Second Life* Hospitals
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Hugh Pickens writes "Discover Magazine reports that although medical
simulations have been around for a long time, medical schools like Imperial
College Lo...
Kelly Hildebrandt and Kelly Hildebrandt
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You are cordially invited to the wedding of Kelly Hildebrandt and Kelly
Hildebrandt? You may not be personally invited, but it’s true that the two
Kelly Hi...
Deneff on Temptation: A Wesleyan Reflection
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Steve Deneff preached a good sermon this morning on temptation. You can
listen to it on iTunes in a day or two. Check back at the College Wesleyan
website....
Robots, Superheroes and Amtrak Joe
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So you say you wish you were doing something different like attending San
Diego ComicCon or taking a Coast-to-Coast Train Trip? Well, you can do *both
* vic...
A Day With Friends
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We spent the day up at Waskesiu with our good friends the Kents yesterday.
The weather was perfect – hot and sunny – perfect lake weather. Waskesiu
has b...
My Vacation
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Remember when classes would begin in the fall with the question: So,
children, what did you do on your summer vacation? My answer this year would
be: I st...
Cosmoprof in Vegas
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The 25,000 beauty professionals at this mega makeup meet will have to slap
on a brave face. Though the cosmetics sector stayed pert in previous
recession...
Google Removes Triforce From Logos
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As it fits a good conspiracy, Google now removed the triforce from the logo
doodles (I did not check for every logo, but it's gone for at least the two
whi...
John Calvin's Institutes: 2.11.1 (on Justification)
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Justification by Faith: First the Definition of the Word and of the Matter Christ was given to us by God's generosity, to be grasped and possessed by us in f...
from the cell: via Gordon Lightfoot
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Last night we had friends over, drinking wine and talking, while in the
background Gordon Lightfoot played on my stereo. I love all kinds of music
and woul...
Dashboards
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Your users, employees, consumers and donors are obsessed with data now. Are you helping them solve their knowledge problem? Years ago, I had an automatic tra...
Praying with John Bell
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Jesus Christ, The Messenger of the Covenant- VerseVisions Art
Originally uploaded by MarkLawrenceGallery.com
Raise up for us prophets
who will give us...
Burk Uzzle's photos of Woodstock
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In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, New York's Laurence Miller Gallery is hosting an exhibition of Burk Uzzle's magnifi...
Work day
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It’s 10:15 on a Saturday night and the thermostat in my office says it’s
still 28C in here. It was a hot one today. I’ve been here since about nine
am, wel...
Snake Bite in Cambodia
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Note to self: *Do not wear flip flops while outside in Cambodia. *
**A nine year old american girl was biten on the toe by a poisonous snake
recently while ...
A Warning from Bishop N. T. Wright
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Tom Wright--known to fans of his scholarly works as N.T.--published this
article in response to last week's vote by The Episcopal Church to lift the
morato...
iMonk on Gospel-Driven Jared Wilson's Book
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My copy of Jared Wilson's book, Your Jesus is Too Safe arrived in the post
late last week. It's near the top of my list of books to read. Being a fan
of Ja...
Making Men Moral: Reason and Revelation
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I have a piece up at Public Discourse recapping and musing about a
conference held at Union University this past February. Plenary speakers
included Robby ...
Prayer - Jennifer Kennedy Dean
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My sister Sandy sent me this and I have been reading it slowly - it’s just
too too too good. Every single one of us should take this deeply to
heart————...
The Weekend Links
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How many of you Potterheads rushed out to see Half Blood Prince this
weekend? (I did!) NY Mag does a great job of ranking the Harry Potter Movies
From ‘Rid...
Justice for Beng Hock
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(Beng Hock’s Parents keep walking to the coffin, just wanting to see the son
another time) (“Beng Hock, how could you leave Cher Wei just like that?”
Beng ...
“Dispatchwork” in Berlin
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*Andy: **“The German artist Jan Vormann uses Lego bricks to fill in—but
also, inevitably, to focus our attention on—holes in the façades of
buildings, crea...
Delete this book
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Every time I see my living room bookshelf, I feel silly. This is because
it's the ultimate poseur bookshelf. In it is a complete set of the
Encyclopedia Br...
“…a fallen and broken world”
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I can’t stand looking at the picture above and yet, at the same time, I
can’t stop looking at the picture. (Click on image for larger image.) What
are your...
Meeting "James Bond"
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Ok ... So I didn't meet the real James Bond movie star. However I have
enjoyed meeting a Thai student whose name is "Bond"...He is to my right in
the pict...
Guest blogging on The Wild Hunt
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I have received an invitation to be one of several guest bloggers at The
Wild Hunt blog of Jason Pitzl-Waters, considered by Witchvox to be a Pagan
leader...
For Ann
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It can be the most unlikely person who impacts us the most deeply. It was
not surprising that, as a student at Fuller Seminary and as a lover of all
things...
Keeping Preaching Pure
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John Piper is someone I respect to an extraordinary degree. We might not agree on everything, but on those matters, if you want to be safe, you should defer ...
How to innovate
-
Here's Guy Kawasaki on innovation. This 8-minute video is worth watching: (You can also see it here on YouTube. Here are Guy's points: Make meaning Make a ma...
Digital Real Estate
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You may have never heard the term (I haven’t and neither has Wikipedia), but
I’d like to introduce you to it: digital real estate. It’s a term that I use
o...
NASA and Paul - two flashes back to the 60s
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Nasa admits that it erased and recorded over the original footage of the
first footsteps on the moon. But copies are being digitally remastered - samples
a...
Bittersweet
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I said goodbye to my baby last night. There she sat--Massachusetts tags on her now. As I pulled past her, I watched her disappear in the rearview mirror. In ...
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Some pictures from Serve the City a couple weeks ago... and then below are
pics from my recent trip to Romania.
Volunteering at Grain de Vie - a baker...
Bones, Mangoes, a View, and Answered Prayer
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Here is the promised picture of Joyce's coral and snake bone jewelry. If you
click on the picture and enlarge it you can get a better view. Amazingly it
lo...
What went wrong with economics
-
The Economist: What went wrong with economics ... In the wake of the biggest economic calamity in 80 years that reputation has taken a beating. In the public...
A Conversation Waiting to Begin
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I spent the last couple of days of my vacation reading Oliver O'Donovan's *A
Conversation Waiting to Begin: The churches and the gay controversy *(London: ...
From Eternity to Here - Frank Viola on SBE (Re-Air)
-
Q: What do you get when you cross a forgotten woman, an eternal quest and a
new species? A: The meaning of life. Frank Viola stopped by Steve Brown Etc.
to...
Contextless Links
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Went to Taste of Saskatchewan tonight with Wendy and Oliver (Mark is still
at camp). Generally I choose worst food in show but we ate at the Taj Mahal
boo...
Contextless Links
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Went to Taste of Saskatchewan tonight with Wendy and Oliver (Mark is still
at camp). Generally I choose worst food in show but we ate at the Taj Mahal
boo...
Hafa adai from Arizona!
-
Hafa adai from Arizona! Here is a quick update on the transition from
ministry in the Western Pacific to ministry in the Phoenix area.
• The cargo contain...
How Does God Hear All Our Prayers?
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Q: At any given moment there are millions of people praying to God. How is
it possible for God to pay attention to my little, silent prayer amidst all
the ...
How about a war on slavery?
-
This past December, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon warned that the
current geo-economic crisis would add fuel to the already raging fire that
is interna...
Packing Bags and Boxes
-
Some of you know me well enough to know that when it comes to moving I have,
at times, underestimated the feat before me. There are crowns awaiting those
o...
I Want You To Grow Spiritually
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So I decided to link some spiritual advice that I have been giving in the
left hand column of this blog. These posts get a ton of hits. I'll have
several m...
Plastic Trash Become Drums in West Africa
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2000 djembe drums were created from 20 tons of plastic trash. “La Victoire
sur les Sachets” is a short video showing their “victory over the plastic
bags”....
The vote at General Convention 2009
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It is hard to know what to think about the state of the Anglican Communion
after the actions of General Convention. As one who, at GC in 1976, observed
at ...
Road Trip Redux
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One of the things that struck me on our trip is the amazing diversity of
this state of Washington. From the lush Puget Sound lowlands wherein we
live, up t...
m&m walking!
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on tuesday night, m&m up and decided to take 3-4 steps all by herself!
she’s done the lunge toward nearest holding object a few times now and we
are so...
orange you like David Crowder
-
Are you seeing orange everywhere too? It’s fast becoming the hot color of
the season or something. I got this link, like many of you, titled “Twitter
will ...
Free MP3 Downloads
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More and more churches are making their sermons available as free MP3
downloads. It makes sense. If a pastor spends 10 hours preparing a sermon
for his con...
Did Jesus Lead a Balanced Life? [8]
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*By Christine Sine:*
A few months ago some of my Twitter friends held a discussion on whether or
not Jesus led a balanced life. Now I was not really part...
Martin Hengel, 1926-2009
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Many readers of this blog will have already learned that a great New Testament scholar, Martin Hengel, died on July 2. In case you have missed it, there is a...
Notes from the Wreckage
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Rambling notes from my email to a dear friend:
(although I've since edited them a bit)
As for God . . . my anemic, neglected, avoided relationship with H...
More interesting quotes
-
In response to my blog post yesterday, a couple of friends shared some
well-known leadership quotes with me yesterday via Facebook. 1) "The goal of
every l...
Tasks graduates from Gmail Labs
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Posted by James Watts, Software Engineer
Our little baby's all grown up.
We launched Gmail Labs as a forum for delivering useful (and maybe not so
useful)...
Adding Services
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As we continue with serving it becomes fairly normal that we will expand to
multiple services. By serving we are folding into the community in creative
way...
Distance Education
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PIU has been involved in providing classes through distance education for a
little over three years now. At first, all the DE classes were provided to
stud...
QUOTE: Oswald Chambers on knowing God
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Ann posted this on Facebook:My vision of God is dependent upon the condition of my character. My character determines whether or not truth can even be reveal...
Goodbye Santa Cruz
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There are many things I will miss about Santa Cruz. I felt a twinge of
sadness as I sat in The Crepe Place with a friend the other night. The
familiar hang...
Solar Power Bummer!
-
Primarily to save money on power, but also because it's a good thing to do,
we contracted with SolarCity to install a solar power generating system on
our ...
Maintaining Momentum
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The other day in reading one of Ravi Zechariah’s books he presented a
thought on maintaining spiritual growth. Maintenance and growth almost seems
a contra...
A Scientist Who Believes in God! That’s Real News!
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Well, no, it isn’t. But with Francis Collins being named head of the
National Institutes of Health by President Obama, a number of media seem to
think it i...
Shameless Plug: My Stuff on eBay
-
I’m about to begin putting a large amount of personal items on eBay,
especially computer/technology-related items. I’m not going to annoy This
Lamp readers...
Brayan's Birthday
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Brayan turns 8 on July 15 and since I will be at CHIC I went to his house
early to celebrate with him. Ever since I met Brayan, he has been talking
about w...
Turkish Delight?
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I am writing this from Turkey, where we have been helping to lead a tour
focusing on Paul’s missionary journeys. This has been more of a learning
experienc...
Finding Our Voice… Continued
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Let’s keep the conversation going! Please take time to read the various
responses that have been coming in - and add your voice to it. There’s a
number of ...
Internet Presence Management
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Monk Development has begun our shift from a Content Management provider to
an Internet Presence Management company. What is the difference? Most
Content Ma...
Buyer Beware Nationstar Mortgage, Champion Mortgage
-
People who know me, know that I'm not a complainer or whiner by nature, but
sometimes you just gotta let it out. Watch out for Nationstar Mortgage
in Lewisv...
Let Jesus Freedom Ring
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Has the Western Church squandered her freedom? Visiting Ukraine like I do, I
find that I am so pleased to re-enter the U.S.A. We are a remarkable nation
wi...
Catching up…Here’s What’s Been Happening…
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Well, I've taken some time off from blogging over the past few weeks take
some vacation and rest my mind... but it's time to get things going again.
Last ...
7 Years on 7/7
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Marisol and I will celebrate our seventh wedding anniversary on 7-7-09. We
are happy that God brought us together as man and wife. Although we go
through ...
Beautiful Fall River Mills
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Please enjoy this slideshow featuring photos by Bill Myers, pastor of
Glenburn Community Church in McArthur, CA. Bill is both a great guy and a
very gifted...
Changing
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Greetings "Boxers"
It's been a long time since I've chimed in here. Over the past year life has
become so busy that I just haven't had time to blog here on...
Poverty Facts and Stats
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from Global Issues: Social, Political, Economic and Environmental Issues
That Affect Us All
http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats
Christianity and Worldviews
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Although some parts of a Christian worldview change depending upon time,
place, culture, and language, other parts transcend all times and places.
one year ago today
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we met Kajsa. I was going to blog about it this morning, but I started
crying, and couldn’t even type. Tears of joy, of course. They’ve come and
gone all d...
Summer Projects on Campus
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Before we left Guam a few weeks ago, two summer projects had already gotten
underway.
Project #1 involved eight volunteers from Messiah Lutheran Church in
...
The requisite posture
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Last Saturday we went to the Stone Arch Festival of the Arts and spent part
of our time listening to Roma di Luna perform on the City Pages Stage
perched o...
The best I can do…
-
I'm working on a message that's coming up in a couple of weeks and I ran across a great quote. It was so good though, I didn't want to wait 2 weeks, I wanted...
Beginning Again
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In week we move to Traverse City, Michigan where I begin a new pastorate in
a new church, Westbay Covenant Church, and where I hope this time I will pay
mo...
Jun09 issue of Next-Wave is online...
-
Check out this article in this month's issue:
Cover Story Review: Shane Hipps' Flickering Pixels
By John La Grou
Self described, "unapologetic techno-ecclesi...
Playing Catchup.
-
So I have another (not so) surprising confession to make. I haven't blogged
in over a month. And actually, it might be longer than a month. I'm just
pretty...
I wonder
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The other day, while traveling home on the bus, I saw a sign that had a name
followed by "Legal Lawyers". I immediately began to wonder would the
"illegal...
It’s All About Numbers
-
Although I’ve never heard this comment from a bishop, a pastor, or a church
that was growing, a frequently heard comment in response to our Conference
Pr...
New-s
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Matthew carried his girls across the threshhold when we got the keys.
Lots of new things happening around here. Buying new things (furniture and
tools, m...
Twitter hype punctured by study
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Perhaps Twitter will not revolutionize how we communicate after all. From a
Harvard study… On a typical online social network, he said, the top 10% of
use...
Competition
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So I'm reading one of those "college alumni magazine" (not my college) and there's an article highlighting their intramural sports program. One of the lines...
Mark Study #14: Lord of the Sabbath
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Step into the study, pour yourself a cup of coffee, get comfortable and
let’s enjoy the Gospel of Mark. Our scripture this week is Mark 2:23-28 “One
Sabbat...
The Hunt for Gollum
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My buddy, Mark, linked this a while ago. It's a 35 minute fan movie, pretty
well done. They're not doing it for money, so here's hoping they don't get
sued...
Save the planet with motor oil
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Photo courtesy of kendrak at Flickr.com Eco-conscious drivers pay a lot of
attention to how much gasoline their cars use, but what about the motor oil?
Whe...
Number One Reason Most Churches Don’t Grow
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It’s really simple - most churches don’t grow because of inadequate staff. I
know, you think I’m over simplifying the issue. Not so. Let me count the
reas...
Is your Starbucks closing?
-
I have a friend in Turlock who works at one of the Starbucks targeted for
closing. I didn't realize they'd made the list public yet. Here are two URLs
for ...
Oh Those Pesky 'Angels and Demons'
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At this point it is hard to believe all the ruckus that was caused by Dan
Brown's The Da Vinci Code, which, when people calmed down, they realized it
was...
Mary Magdalene on Canvas
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Painting of Mary Magdalene by first year seminary student, Kersti Bury
“After rising from the dead, Jesus appeared early on Sunday morning to Mary
Magdalen...
1) Short Term Missions Insurance Rate Increases
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Is your organization experiencing rate increases on your short-term travel medical insurance? Do you want to help support Brigada?If so, be sure to contact I...
Over to SV
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Just a reminder, I am posting blogs over here. Don’t know where the tribe
has got to. I know I have moved, but its getting lonely there . Anyhow I
have ...
Jesus the Mystic?
-
Jesus Christ has been called many things in the 2,000 years since he walked
the Earth. Redeemer. Teacher. Messiah. Rabbi. Miracle worker. Revolutionary.
He...
He Died For Me
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The Apostle Paul writes, " We preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block..."
We are either the recipients of the work on the cross or we are left to pay ...
The Ides of March...
-
This can be a very daunting task writing the monthly updates. For me, time
is a fickle thing – moving faster than can be borne some days and so slow I
won...
1st family camping trip
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Believe it or not, I convinced Teresa to go on her first camping trip with
the family...the first since we've been married!
I did my best to get us all the...
Depressing news... or a Wake-up call?
-
Lots of discussion on this article recently.... The coming evangelical
collapse. "Evangelicalism doesn't need a bailout. Much of it needs a
funeral."
Also...
ACCESS Conference Highlight: Universal Design
-
One of the benefits of assembling the ACCESS Conference was being able to
bring in presenters who were new to the group. One of these guests was Dr.
Don...
Ohhh.... She's Getting So Big!
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Happy Birthday, Laurel!
We celebrated her 1st birthday on Feb. 25th at ACC with friends and
students.
She stuck so much frosting up her nose that i...
forewarning
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Just a quick forewarning - we are going to be changing hosting providers in
the next few days so don't be alarmed if we disappear for a while.
Farewell
-
As we mentioned earlier, today will be the last day of postings at TP Wire Service. This is a project that we've greatly enjoyed. Thank you for joining us on...
Blogging toward Sunday: All things to all people
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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 40:21-31; Mark 1:29-39; I Corinthians 9:16-23 by Tom Steagald I'd like to have words with Paul about his pastoral strategy...
Obama Resets Nation's Moral Compass in First Week
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President Barack Obama has reset the nation's moral compass in his first
week in office. Granted much of what he did was rhetorical. He made
statements, is...
Prayer Wars– Lowery 1, Warren 0
-
Ever since I was fired by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the
State of New Hampshire a number of years ago for not praying “vanilla
enough” ...
The Inauguration and the Third Culture President
-
It’s just the beginning.
We are celebrating what many consider a dream fulfilled. Of course, there
are still conflicts, racism, prejudice and stereot...
New Year, New Look!
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Each month we try to keep you up to date on Covenant happenings, CHIC
information, conferences for youth workers and new resources with our Youth
Worker Up...
Read The Books of The Bible in 2009
-
Today I was invited to "attend" an event on Facebook. I accepted. The event
is to join with others in reading the Bible through in a new format during
2009...
Q & A with Daniel Altman
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Daniel Altman (Paula Ribas/Télam) Loyal readers, thank you for your
questions and for your kind words about this blog. First off, I have no
immediate plans...
Reminder: I am now blogging at deep church
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A reminder for those of you still reading this site with newsreaders and the
RSS feed, the site has had a major makeover, and my blog posts are now at
Deep...
This site has moved!
-
Hello all— the Kurt and Eddie blog has moved! please get involved in the
conversation about the future of the church in American culture HERE
We’ve Moved! New Address…
-
Beliefnet.com’s personnel and I have been working out the wrinkles, with a
test post or two, and it looks like we are ready to go. So, please use these
add...
A Mighty Cantata
-
Lutheran churches were celebrating Reformation Sunday this past weekend, and
I was blessed to hear J. S. Bach’s eight-movement cantata based on Martin
Luth...
Life in the Fast Lane
-
Since February I have...
- dug my toes into the sand on the east side of the Atlantic for the last
time
- watched my sister walk across the graduation stage...
Hagia Sophia [Flickr]
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papalars posted a photo:
[image: Hagia Sophia]
This building (Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία; Holy Wisdom) is now known as the Ayasofya
Museum, but was an early Chri...
New Look!
-
Great news: we’ve ‘re:vived’ the look of our blog - let us know what you
think! If you're still seeing the same old page as before, click over to the
new b...
New Format for GCM
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Now the web address is: http://blogs.covchurch.org/worldmission/ Be sure to
subscribe to the RSS feed to stay updated whenever new resources post. The
Grea...
A LITTLE NEWS
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It's a standard school assignment every fall: "Write a five-paragraph essay
describing your summer vacation." So here goes...(The trick, of course, will
be...
Lamenting the loss of religion writers at newspapers
-
Terry Mattingly has written an excellent column on the cutbacks of religion writers at newspapers. The layoff of one of the best - Mark Pinsky - as part of c...
Sorry about the mess
-
I installed WordPress 2.6 over the weekend, I imported all of the 8500 posts
from Blogger, 5000 comments and installed a couple of plugins and the site
was...
This Blog Has Moved
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Hi folks.
Well, believe it or not, the new Christus Victor Ministries website has
(finally) been launched! Check it out at www.gregboyd.org. While there ar...
Job Vacancy
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Mission-shaped Team Vicar In the beautiful Tas Valley in rural south Norfolk
To work with both traditional and fresh expressions of church Are you…. · A
gr...
New WEBSITE!!!
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Check out my new website at:
http://web.me.com/erinneises
Check out my new blog on this website to keep up to date with my new
transition to Campus Crusad...
Howdy
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2 months since I’ve written anything. I suppose I got tired of reading what
I was writing! Ha! Always bluntly honest, but life became so filtered
through...
Entry for June 1, 2008
-
So yesterday I went to a Ham Radio convention in Seaside. I went to a couple
of sessions and understood about half of what they were talking about. Then
I ...
Friendship-West Baptist to hold poverty conference
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The Dallas church will have Congresswoman Maxine Waters as moderator for its Facing Poverty in America faith summit, which is Friday and Saturday. Click here...
A New Imagination for the Church
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My friend Dave Dunbar, president of Biblical Seminary where he publishes the
Missional Journal, has written an article on "A New Imagination for the
Church...
New blog site for archives
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For any of you interested in my archives, you may find them now at:
http://odysseyblog.wordpress.com I'm finally shutting down this site. Thanks
for all yo...