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a response to the recent violence in chicago
Peter Hong, the lead pastor of the church I’ll begin working at in a couple of weeks, posted some thoughts about the recent violence in Chicago. Nine people killed in 36 different shootings throughout the city (SEE this article). Reflecting on the senseless tragedy, I experienced a myriad of emotions—sadness and grief for the families…
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economic stimulus payments (subverted)
During the sermon on Sunday I interviewed my friend Chuck about an idea he had about how to spend the Economic Stimulus Package checks most of us will be getting in the mail. Yesterday I wrote about his idea for Out of Ur. “I thought that spending my check from the government was supposed to…
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first day off
Typically on Monday mornings at 10:30 I’d be heading to the PCC staff meeting. But instead, since yesterday was my last day on staff, I am sitting in Caribou catching up on some reading and emails. It’s a good morning to be inside sipping some coffee given the cold and wet weather. Yesterday was a…
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sigur ros, “hoppipolla”
I watched the Sigur Ros documentary, Heima, with some friends a few weeks back. Gorgeous. I’ve been listening to their album Takk a bunch since seeing the film. Here’s one from that album, Hoppipolla. Don’t you love all those Icelandic words? What about this video is so intriguing? Update: make sure to read Keith’s comments…
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live blogging the last day of work
I’m live-blogging my last day in the PCC office. No real reason, just for kicks. The most recent updates will be a the top. [5:17] Time to call it a day. Probably have a bit more tweaking to do on the sermon, but it’s getting close. Maggie and I are off to celebrate (if that’s…
David W. Swanson
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