July 2008
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Who's Going to Win?
Brian McLaren writes:
In this election year, I suspect that many people will be thinking about personal interest only: what benefits will this or that candidate bring me and my family? Others will think exclusively about the interests of their own interest group - their ethnic, social, partisan, national, or religious in-group: what’s in it for us?
But my hope is that more and more of us,...
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The Old Man and the Sea
Scott McKnight at Jesus Creed recently proclaimed The Old Man and the Sea to be the greatest American novel. After mentioning that he reads it every summer, I decided I should give it another read. I read it twice in High School, but had not read it in more than 15 years.
From The Old Man and The Sea:
It is silly not to hope, he thought. Besides I believe it is a sin. Do not think about sin, he...
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Weekends are for Music: I'll Walk
Lonnie Fowler and Brent Wilson are friends from college. I was in a number of music groups with these guys. We also were in song writing class together.
Lonnie and Brent are the writers of the song “I’ll Walk” that Bucky Covington recorded. The song is currently #33 on the Country Charts, and climbing. Give it a listen.
Website: buckycovington.musiccitynetworks.com, ...
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The Twitter Diet
One of the most important parts of making real changes in your life is “going public.”
It is impossibly hard to make real, lasting change in your life if you are trying to do it in secret. Going public with your goals is an important step in reaching them.
I’ve said this before:
Tell people you are going to change. This may be the most important step if you actually want to...
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Pray for China During the Olympics
The eyes of the world will soon be on the Olympics. But the eyes of God remain on His children and especially those who suffer for their faith.
Despite what you may hear in the news, Chinese Christians who refuse to register with the government controlled church are being persecuted. Many have undergone horrific suffering.
Recently a prominent representative of a group of house churches in China...
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I [heart] Marion: You Can Walk to the Ice Cream...
I thought I would start an ongoing series of reasons I like living in Marion, IN.
Yesterday was a gorgeous day, so we decided to walk with the kids to Gus’s Dari-Bar. Along the way, Alison said, “We’ve never walked to the ice cream place before!”
So, reason #1 I [heart] Marion: You can walk to the ice cream shop.
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A Chad Canipe Moment
I still have moments when I deeply miss Chad Canipe, our friendship, and the mission we shared—although usually from a distance. Yesterday was one of those moments.
Yesterday morning I had the privilege of helping serve communion at our Worship Gathering. One of the last people that came through my station looked unbelievably like Chad. As I offered the cup with the words “The blood of...
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“6.7 billion people …
Top 1 billion … consumes 32 times the bottom 1 billion
...”
– Brian McLaren’s Everything Must Change Tour Slides
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Weekends are for Music: Evangeline
I recently discovered the group Evangeline, and I thought I would pass this gem of a group on to you.
They describe their sound as “21st Century Southern rock (soulful pop, rock and folk with a Southern feel), with influences ranging from Pedro the Lion to Johnny Cash and Counting Crows to Otis Redding.”
Website: evangelinegroup.com
Listen: evangelinegroup.com/music/ I recommend...
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What could you do with 127 hours, 15 minutes?
What did you do in May? According to Nielsen Media Research, the average American watched 127 hours, 15 minutes of TV in May.
Maybe it was all the people still trying to decide between Barack and Hillary.
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Father/Daughter Take a Walk Week
July 7 is Father/Daughter Take a Walk Day. I encourage all you fathers of daughters to make it a point sometime this week to take a walk with your daughters.
Photo by: Jeremy Stockwell