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the good stuff is in the comments
Last week’s Does Ignoring Racism = Ignoring the Gospel post continues to generate some helpful comments. Some of the comments raised the question of entitlement to which Jas Dye responded, Entitlement doesn’t just surround poor blacks, but also poor whites, poor Indians, etc. Hell, I think the worst, really, are uber-rich (mostly white) as we…
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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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happy saturday: wall*e
Friend and blogger Jason Dye think Wall*E ought to be considered for the Best Picture award by the Academy, rather than the Animated Feature Film award it is in contention for. He makes a good case. It seems that the only type of genre that the Academy respects is drama. That is too bad. However,…
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live-blogging
I’m live-blogging my day in an attempt to answer the “What do you really do?” question. The most recent updates will be at the top. [9:51] Home! Enjoyed my dinner (tasty carne asada burrito) and time with the community group. This group has some complex decisions to make about their participation in the church plant. …
David W. Swanson 