Category: news
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“suffocating the faithful” and a new blog
On Sunday evening I read David Aikman’s commentary in the December issue of Christianity Today, Suffocating the Faithful: Will the last Mideast church leader be sure to turn off the lights? In this short article Aikman points out the alarming rate that Christianity is shrinking in the Middle East. No one knows precisely how many…
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rednoW’s top 10 lists
You can’t look anywhere this time of year without stumbling onto a “Top-10” or “Best of 2007” list. I could point towards a number of different lists that I’ve enjoyed looking at the past couple of weeks, but since I do some writing for rednoW.com, I’ll point out a few of the lists we’ve pulled…
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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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chicago cubs: limericks and photos
Typically on Saturday I try to share a video that I’ve found to be intriguing, funny, provocative, or weird. However, given that we are in the waning days of September and the Cubs have not yet disappeared into their familiar oblivion, it only seems right to highlight the team from the north side. Sox fans,…
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luciano pavarotti and james brown
Given Luciano Pavarotti’s death on Thursday, it seems appropriate to post this duet with James Brown. I’m not sure how, but these two legends from completely different backgrounds and styles somehow pull this off. Pretty amazing really. Take a look.
David W. Swanson 