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happy saturday: sour
Does anyone know anything about the three piece Japanese band, Sour? I first saw this video over at Culture Making, but haven’t been able to learn much more. I believe the song is 日々の音色 (Hibi no neiro), and the people in the video are some of the band’s fans. Very creative. Enjoy.
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what is circumcision today?
On Sunday I preach from Acts 15:1-35. One commentator calls this text the “watershed” passage for the entire book of Acts. The implications of the events and decisions in this text for the early church were absolutely massive. One of the critical questions asked in this text was whether Gentile Christians had to be circumcised…
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your opinion please: a new look for the blog
Yesterday I got an out-of-the-blue email from Cameron Thomas, a Montreat College buddy. In it he suggested that this blog’s banner “needs some help.” I couldn’t agree more. The current banner is something I came up with very quickly with my very limited skills when this blog went live back in April, 2007. Over the…
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helvetica
It has been way too long since I’ve posted anything over at rednoW. Eliot is a ridiculous amount of fun but he’s definitely gobbled up some of the time I would have spent seeing films and listening to music. However, over the past few days I’ve seen three films: Do The Right Thing, Helvetica, and…
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protesting the illinois budget cuts in logan square
Those of us in Illinois- probably like many of you in other states- have been hearing a lot about state budget woes these days. Without going into the details, the amount of the state’s shortfall is causing the legislature to propose massive spending cuts to many government agencies and social service agencies that receive subsidies.…
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