Category: culture
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what to make of “the golden compass”
A few days back I mentioned that Maggie and I had seen the Golden Compass during our overnight stay in Effingham. Because there have been some efforts encouraging Christians to boycott this film (you can even buy a boycott t-shirt!), I was particularly curious to see what the hype was about. In this post I’d…
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on advent and the golden compass
I read two brief articles this morning from Christianity Today that I’d like to recommend here. The first, The Obstacles of Advent, was written by my friend Skye on how his church is attempting to make space for the Advent season. They’ve gotten very practical about this… In addition, beginning in late October we start…
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black friday
Did you know… In 2006, on the Friday after Thanksgiving (Black Friday), 140 million of us went shopping. On average we spent $360.15, up 18% from 2005. Total sales for Black Friday 2006 came to $8.9 billion. (CNN Money) Just thought you might want to know. The folks at Buy Nothing Christmas have gotten really…
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another insightful comment
A couple of weeks ago I posted a quote from unChristian. My friend Mike left a super insightful comment that I am posting here so that more folks can see it. I just picked up this book last night and am 3 chapters in. As I read the comments/data in these chapters, it made me…
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the culturally savvy christian (4)
This is my final look at Dick Staub’s new book, The Culturally Savvy Christian. You can find the first three parts here: one, two, and three. In the last three chapters, Staub looks at the last section of his thesis, The culturally savvy Christin is serious about faith, savvy about faith and culture, and skilled…
David W. Swanson 