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A mishmash of thoughts on religion, life, technology, and whatnot.

Stimulus – Part 3 – Economic Theory Primer

"I am the eternal optimist. I think that over time people respond to civility and rational argument." - President Obama If only that were true. I saw a link a couple of days ago breaking down all the wonderful things that the stimulus is going to do for us. I don't care ...

Nooma – She – Preview

There's a preview out for the next episode in the Nooma series.

Senior High 1, 2008 – Tuesday

See part 1 - Introduction See part 2 - Monday Tuesday - Called to be Loved MSG 31-39So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the ...

Senior High 1, 2008 – Monday

See part 1 - Introduction Monday - Called to Faith There's been a lot of talk about atheism vs. belief lately. Every few years there seems to be a new crop of books that pop up about how religion is an evil influence on society. This year, I discovered Tim Keller's The ...

Rob Bell profile from CurrentTV

One of the habits that I've picked up over the last year 18 months or so is running several times a week. And one of the reasons I look forward to it is that it has become my devotional time. It's during that time that I listen to the weekly ...

Senior High 1-07 – Tuesday – Blessed on the Way

Download: SH1 2007 Tuesday Flowsheet Tuesday Evening Tuesday night was a struggle for us this year. Due to some issues that week, we ended up not coming on as strong as we had originally planned. Despite all that, I think that it was pretty memorable and meaningful for the campers. The setup was ...

Senior High 1-07 – Monday – Clouds and Fire

Download: SH1 2007 Monday Flowsheet Monday Night: We started out the evening with a mock recap of the Moses and the Exodus story. We played it like I had asked Timmy to put together a short video to bring us up to speed on Moses and then we showed the short video, ...

Senior High 1-07 – Sunday – Blessed on the Way

I probably waited a bit too long to start these recollections. Most of the memories that were fresh over the summer have faded, but still, maybe there are some useful resources out there for someone. A couple of sites we found really useful in planning over the last couple of years: Basecamp ...

Today

Nooma 17 | Today is viewable from the Nooma MySpace page until Noon Eastern on Wednesday. As always, Rob Bell speaks truth in a meaningful way.

Dichotomy: Modern/Postmodern

Over on The Ooze, there's a great article which originally appeared in Relevant entitled STRANGER THAN CHRISTIANS: A Tale of Two Movies that is a commentary on Facing the Giants vs Stranger Than Fiction. Be sure and read the 1 comment that has been posted, it nails the real message ...

May 27th 2010
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Apple Passes Microsoft

The New York Times posted a graph showing the stock price of Apple and Microsoft over the last 20 years. It was announced a couple of days ago that Apple's market capitalization put it ahead of Microsoft, making it America's largest tech company. I've been an Apple fan since our Elementary school ...
May 5th 2010
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The single best month for music….ever?

There's a lot of good music out this month, there's more good stuff coming out this month than usually comes out in a year. They say that in economic downturns, creativity goes up. Maybe that's what's going on, regardless... I'm listening to all of this stuff: I didn't count MGMT's new ...
April 18th 2010
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The iPad After 2 Weeks

So, it's been couple of weeks, and I've gotten used to using the iPad, and I'm addict to it. I purposely set out to only uses my iPad for home tasks when possible for the first few days. After the first couple of days of that, I don't reach for my ...
April 6th 2010
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The iPad After a Few Days

My impressions of the iPad after a couple of days of using it. First off, this thing is a little heavier than it should be. I wouldn't mind having just one battery, with the ability to add on our snap in the additional battery. I think the limitation of only having ...
February 23rd 2010
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Ron Paul 2012?

I think that the neoconservative pundits underestimated the Ron Paul Revolution's staying power. Over the weekend, while I was working at a retreat, I walked in front of a tv screen and was pleasantly surprised to see that Dr. Paul won the CPAC straw poll. Immediately, the neocons in the Hannity and ...