Month: February 2008
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philippines team: update 5
Just got this brief email from PCC’s Philippines Team… Ahhh. Internet at five days feels great! Just wanted to let all you prayer supporters know that the retreat was awesome! We’ve learned a lot, and have been blessed very greatly with the gift of serving. Please continue to pray us, as we make our journey…
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wilco’s “sky blue sky”
I hadn’t listened to Wilco for a few years before a friend gave Maggie and I their new album a couple months ago. Contrary to my expectations, I’ve come to really like Sky Blue Sky. On this record the Chicago band seems to come back to some of their earlier material. Here’s the title track.
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tonight: music videos at the union in naperville
The Union in downtown Naperville bills itself as a venue for spiritually significant expressions of music, film, and art. My first experience at this very cool (old) converted church building was back in November to see JJ Alberhasky and Griffin House. They’ve also hosted folks like Sleeping at Last, Derek Webb, and Sandra McCracken. Tonight…
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philippines team: update 4
Unfortunately this email update from the Philippines Team was sent on Monday, but just arrived today. Read on for a good report… Just in case you didn’t know, more than one of us were prompted to go on this mission trip after we heard a sermon done by Marshall. He ended that sermon with a…
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2 quotes from “the myth of a christian nation”
Every couple of years most of PCC’s ministry staff and spouses head west for the National Pastors Convention in San Diego. After the winter we’ve had in Chicagoland, San Diego in February sounds really nice. This year I’ll be posting a few reports from the convention over at Out of Ur. I’m also hoping to…
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