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a faith and culture devotional
What books do you find helpful for devotional reading? Do you only read the Bible or do you supplement your reading? I generally have one book in addition to the Bible next to my reading chair in the living room. This year I’ve alternated between An Ancient Christian Devotional and The Divine Hours, both which…
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happy saturday: 2008’s best albums
There are too many “best of” music lists to keep track of this time of year. Steve McCoy pointed out a number of these lists earlier in the week, so there is no need to duplicate his efforts here. On Monday NPR’s All Songs Considered broadcast the year’s 25 best albums as voted by the…
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thanks for the links
My little blog has the privilege of being linked to by a handful of other sites. The authors of these blogs are an eclectic and witty bunch of folks and I’d highly recommend checking out each of their sites. Andy Rowell is a Th.D. student at Duke Divinity School and an astute observer of American…
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a north carolina wedding
We spent last weekend in beautiful western North Carolina attending my sister-in-law’s wedding. In October we were in west Tennessee for Maggie’s younger sister’s wedding (cue sympathy for Maggie’s parents). Last weekend’s wedding took place in the same neck of the woods where Maggie and I met 11 years ago. The only disappointing part of…
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happy saturday: doc watson
As we are spending the weekend in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina (the land of our college years) for a family wedding, it seems appropriate to post a tune from the master of mountain music. Here’s Doc Watson singing and playing Deep River Blues. Enjoy.
David W. Swanson
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