Month: January 2010
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Photos from Glen Eyrie
A few photos from the first few days at Glen Eyrie just outside Colorado Springs. The first two are views from outside our lodge and the second two are from the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. It’s been a good few days, despite seriously missing family back home. This is a beautiful area and while…
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On Reading (& Retaining) Great Books
One of the blogs I link to, A Fiercer Delight and a Fiercer Discontent, is kept by Stanford Gibson, a man with a wide (and deep) range of interests. Exhibit A: the list of books he read in 2009. Especially interesting to me about this list was the presence of two rather large and complex…
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What should I do in Colorado?
Today I leave for 10 days in Colorado. I should be excited, but the idea of leaving family behind and returning just seven days before our church plant’s first preview service had dampened my enthusiasm. Even so, 10 days in Colorado is nothing to sneeze at so I’m doing my best to be grateful. Having…
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The Autobiography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Today Americans celebrate Dr. King’s life and legacy. Observed as a federal holiday since 1983- Martin Luther King Jr. Day was re-framed as a national day of service in 1994- it wasn’t until 2000 that every state officially recognized the holiday. There are few Americans as well-known or oft-quoted as Dr. King, yet many of…
David W. Swanson 