Month: January 2010
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Haiti Earthquake Updates
The Big Picture Blog has posted it’s second set of photos from Haiti, including this one provided by the UN. Be warned, many of these photos are incredibly difficult to take in. The FBI has posted helpful tips to avoid being scammed when donating to the relief effort. Number 2: Be skeptical of individuals representing…
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Haiti Earthquake
UPDATE: See additional ways to support the relief effort below. Details are still sketchy about the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday, though with daybreak that will soon change. The country was still recovering- an inadequate word for the poorest nation in the western hemisphere- from a category 4 hurricane in 2008. [See “Haiti’s…
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Happy Saturday: The Swell Season
The Swell Season is Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, known best for their starring roles (as actors and musicians) in Once. Their new album, Strict Joy, came out late last year and is as beautiful as could be expected. Here’s the video from “Low Rising,” directed by Sam Beam of Iron and Wine. As an…
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Into The Dark: 60 Films in 2010
My friends at rednoW have put together an interesting film-viewing project for 2010 and you’re invited to participate. For the upcoming year, we are inviting you to delve “into the dark” with us – a project inspired by rednoW’s de facto sage Craig Detweiler – and his latest book Into the Dark. In short, we are inviting…
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5 books that changed me in 2009
Like the past two year’s lists (2007 and 2008), I’ll keep this short and sweet with no attempt to rank my short list. Of the books I read in 2009, these are the five I’d most quickly recommend. ——————– Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity Lamin Sanneh’s book takes it’s place beside Phillip…
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