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Monthly Archives: January 2009
SBC Pastor Upset at Lifeway
TheBigDaddyWeave (Aaron Weaver, a doctoral student studying Religion, Politics, and Society at Baylor) has a piece about FBC Jacksonville pastor Jim Smyrl holding Lifeway‘s feet to the fire for selling the Christian fiction novel The Shack and not adhering to … Continue reading
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Flight 1549 PowerPoint
Some very nice photos of the Flight 1549 Hudson River landing. PowerPoint
Posted in Interesting, Pop Culture
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Bacon Camp
Date: March 21, 2009 Time: 1pm – 5pm Locatio: 500 3rd Street, Suite 510, San Francisco, CA Cost: this event is FREE FREE FREE. However, in the spirit of barcamp, we want to give back to the commnity. We will … Continue reading
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For Nearly Half of America, Grass Is Greener Somewhere Else
Where would Americans most like to live — and how do they feel about the place they currently call home? A new national survey by the Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends project finds that nearly half (46%) of … Continue reading
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No Tipping On Sundays
My daughter, taking a break from her pursuit of a graduate degree, is a server at the Chili’s a few miles down from our house. Like many others her age she is already pretty critical of the church and its … Continue reading
Posted in Goofy, Spiritual
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Bag of Randomness
I’ve had some time to digest the last episode of Lost, so here are some random Lost thoughts. They are all in blue, so if you don’t care about my Lost thoughts, just skip on down to the black. Maybe … Continue reading
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Lady and The Tramp Guinea Pig Style
The sound effect really cracked me up.
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Christian Bookstore Puts Warning Labels on Certain Christian Books
To nobody’s surprise, LifeWay Christian Stores sells Christian books among their many products. As any reader of these books knows, however, the authors can range anywhere from super-fundamentalist to relatively-liberal. To help their customers out, LifeWay now puts a label … Continue reading
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Gallup: Most and Least Religious States
An analysis of more than 350,000 interviews conducted by Gallup in 2008 finds Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas to be the most religious states in the nation. Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts are the least religious … Continue reading
School can expel lesbian students, court rules
After a Lutheran school expelled two 16-year-old girls for having “a bond of intimacy” that was “characteristic of a lesbian relationship,” the girls sued, contending the school had violated a state anti-discrimination law. In response to that suit, an appeals … Continue reading
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