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two blogs to check out
My friend Brian has updated Pilgrim Without A Shrine (it’s about time dude!) with a brain dump of life in Jordan. Some good stuff, including a paradigm-shifting way to think about Palestinian gun smuggling and bomb making. Two key questions: Are they patriots, terrorists, or victims of their particular place and time in history? On…
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happy saturday: blind pilot
This is going to be a good year for music. All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton writes that, “the first two months of 2009 have already produced more memorable albums than all of 2008.” I’m not sure I’d go that far, but he’s right about the caliber of new music that has been released already.…
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urban exile: whose history?
The latest Urban Exile column has been posted at Out of Ur. This one was particularly difficult to write for some reason; thanks to the guys at Leadership Journal for their helpful editing. Here are the first two paragraphs. You can read the rest and comment at Out of Ur. I’ve been to a lot…
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advice please: reading and parenthood
I need your advice. As has been mentioned, one of the things I’m most looking forward to about 2009 is adopting our first child. Just last night I spent some time on our adoption profile (a collection of photos and text about ourselves) for birth mothers to look at. We were supposed to meet today…
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the divine commodity
The Divine Commodity: Discovering A Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity gives language to the sinking feeling many ministry folks have as we realize how enmeshed our churches have become with consumer culture. Skye Jethani, a friend and managing editor of Leadership Journal, provides the right balance of cultural analysis, clear insight, and gentle direction to show…
David W. Swanson
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