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Please Pass the Cheese: Do we really love Betty because she's ugly?
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Please Pass the Cheese. Monday, May 14, 2007. Do we really love Betty because she's ugly? Okay, I'll admit it. I'm a big fan of the show Ugly Betty. And even though some elements of the plot line strike me at times as perhaps not completely the kind of thing I should allow into my brain ("think on these things. . . ," you know the verse), I still allow myself this guilty pleasure because I believe that in addition to being entertaining, the show has redeeming value. Why is she so darned likeable? So ther...
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Please Pass the Cheese: Quite Possibly the Perfect Madlib
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Please Pass the Cheese. Thursday, April 26, 2007. Quite Possibly the Perfect Madlib. For our final class trip our teacher, Mr. Dyed-In-the-Wool-Faith-Head. Announced that we're going to a particular node of the brain! I'm so excited, I can hardly lash out uncritically at religion! I'm bringing my new slick hell fire collection of organs,. My fancy discarded 19th century assumptions. And of course my turbocharged rhetoric. I'm sure we'll see lots of ivory-tower athiests. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Suburban Christian: Philip Yancey on Christian writing
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The thoughts and musings of a suburban Christian on life, books, Christianity and culture. Thursday, February 25, 2010. Philip Yancey on Christian writing. Some thoughts from Philip Yancey in his book Open Windows. 1982), in an essay called "Pitfalls of Christian Writing":. Christian authors tend to give only. And most recently The Suburban Christian: Finding Spiritual Vitality in the Land of Plenty. I've served as a columnist for Christianity Today. View my complete profile. IVP's Behind the Books blog.
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The Suburban Christian: My Facebook statuses from Cape Town 2010
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The thoughts and musings of a suburban Christian on life, books, Christianity and culture. Friday, October 29, 2010. My Facebook statuses from Cape Town 2010. I was a delegate at the Cape Town 2010 Lausanne Congress. Here are my compiled Facebook statuses from the Congress from Oct. 16-26:. After 27 hours of travel time (including 16 hours sitting next to Ron Sider), I'm finally in Cape Town. Whew. T feels like a combination of Urbana and the Olympics. Singing "King of Kings and Lord of Lords" in English...
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The Suburban Christian: The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose
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The thoughts and musings of a suburban Christian on life, books, Christianity and culture. Wednesday, October 14, 2009. The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose. A couple of years ago I read A. J. Jacobs's book The Year of Living Biblically. Which I enjoyed but critiqued. As being a rather individualistic exercise rather than rooted in actual communities of spiritual practice. Well, I just read a book that follows Jacobs's lead but ups the ante. Kevin Roose. Sounds like a very interesting book. Magazine, and...
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Beth is going to Ghana: Newest Arrivals
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Beth is going to Ghana. West African Mercy Ministries. Grace Bible Church of Adell. The Second Team Arrived Today! Just a quick note to ask that the pictures on this. Random Lake, WI, United States. View my complete profile. Thursday, August 5, 2010. Here are pictures of the two babies the McIntyres. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Suburban Christian: Rene Padilla on the Cape Town Lausanne Congress
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The thoughts and musings of a suburban Christian on life, books, Christianity and culture. Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Rene Padilla on the Cape Town Lausanne Congress. About the Cape Town Lausanne Congress, appraising the future of the movement and offering significant critiques. Very helpful analysis. (The original post is in Spanish, so here's a Google-translated English version.). The future of the Lausanne Movement. A positive assessment of Lausanne III. Special mention should be made of several of...
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The Suburban Christian: Win a free mission trip to Haiti
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The thoughts and musings of a suburban Christian on life, books, Christianity and culture. Monday, November 23, 2009. Win a free mission trip to Haiti. IVP is cosponsoring a contest to win a free mission trip to Haiti. With Kent Annan, codirector of Haiti Partners. And author of the new book Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle: Living Fully, Loving Dangerously. How are you personally challenged by Jesus' invitation to live more fully and love dangerously, and how could this trip be part of that?
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The Suburban Christian: Ted Ward, Groundhog Day and cultural impact
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The thoughts and musings of a suburban Christian on life, books, Christianity and culture. Saturday, October 31, 2009. Ted Ward, Groundhog Day and cultural impact. As part of my PhD program, I have the opportunity to meet with veteran educator Ted Ward. And several of my IVP authors, including Duane Elmer. Steve Hoke (coauthor of the recently released Global Mission Handbook. And Jim Plueddemann, whose new book Leading Across Cultures. Just came in from the printer yesterday. This post made me laugh!
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The Suburban Christian: "The Day We Let Our Son Live"
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The thoughts and musings of a suburban Christian on life, books, Christianity and culture. Wednesday, November 04, 2009. The Day We Let Our Son Live". My wife, Ellen, wrote a blog entry about our son, Elijah, that has been reposted on Christianity Today's Her.meneutics. Blog (The opening paragraphs below are by editor Katelyn Beaty; Ellen's material follows.). The Day We Let Our Son Live. It ended up being the most important day of my life. Ellen Hsu, guest blogger. That of all women in the U.K. A Christ...
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