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noodling for catfish
While I was born in east Tennessee and went to college in western North Carolina, and even though Maggie’s extended family lives almost exclusively in the American South, I cannot in good conscious call myself a southerner. I do, however, enjoy our annual visits to Brownsville, Tennessee to visit family and if geography and climate…
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gay marriage, bad. lingerie modeling, good.
I don’t keep up with beauty pageant news (Does anyone still watch these pageants?) so I’m late in coming to the story of Miss California’s comments about gay marriage. At the Miss USA competition in late April Carrie Prejean was asked whether she believed in gay marriage. Though she didn’t win the competition, her answer…
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happy saturday: bad christian facebook ads
Every once in a while I notice a particularly goofy ad on the New Community Facebook page. There must be an algorithm that attempts to place Christian-like ads on our church page. (Click an image for a better view.) These ads leave me in quite the bind: do I tattoo my Facebook profile with the…
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fight slavery, eat locally
Maggie and I like to eat. One of our favorite things is to take fresh produce and turn it into a delicious dinner to share with friends. When we lived in Glen Ellyn we’d often ride our bikes to the French Market in Wheaton to stock up on summer fruits and veggies. Now that we…
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the good stuff is in the comments
I promise this will be the last time the Urban Exile post about race and racism is referenced here. However, yesterday I read two insightful comments on this post that ought to be highlighted. Karen, who is the resident expert on the Orthodox Church around here, writes, In Orthodox spirituality, it is understood that no…
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