November 2009
10 posts
Internet Vices - Patrick Moberg →
This is a hilarious depiction of common social media sites and what other vices they resemble. Enjoy! (Apologies for the swear word.)
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Juxtaposition 11/20/09
Juxtaposition (noun) “an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast.”1
I love juxtaposition of the ironic sort. Especially in these times when we have input coming from so many streams, and so many things are automated and shuffled, one can easily catch ironic things that normally would not be placed side by side.
I would like to begin...
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Willing Spirit and Weak Flesh
In Deutschland ist heute Buss- und Bettag. That means, today is Day of Repentance and Prayer in Germany. I first learned of this day while I was interning with a small church in northern Germany. (Visit the Website of the German church I interned with at www.christusgemeinde-pe.de.)
Repentance is not a common word nowadays. The Greek verb used in the New Testament means “to change your...
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The Tragedy of Waiting
Image by mattwi1s0n via Flickr
I came across this quote today: “The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.” (W. M. Lewis) No, I am not dying. But I don’t think one has to be at death’s proverbial door to appreciate the tragedy of time and opportunity lost.
I recently read a great article on choice and happiness. To summarize,...
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My New Comments Feature
I’m excited to announce that you my reader can now easily comment on these and other blog posts thanks to the easy-to-use system from DISQUS (pronounced like “discuss”, not the track and field event) Comments.
You can add a simple comment to any of these posts, or you may create a free account (or use one you already have such as Twitter) and then you could access your comments...
“I’m against picketing, but I don’t know how to show it.”
– Mitch Hedberg
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Did Christianity Cause the Crash? - The Atlantic... →
This excellent article provides a detailed look at some of the people and supporting ideas behind the idea that “Jesus wants you to be happy, healthy, and wealthy,” and how this idea impacts America at large.
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