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The source of much laughter
StopBuyingCrap.com’s post called Two Types of Mindset was a big hit over at our house. It really reminded us of someone we know; do you know anyone like either of the types?
Plagued by Technicalities (A guest post from the Darfur Coalition)
Last week, David Loyn of the BBC wrote about the crisis in Niger and asked “How many dying babies make a famine?”
Famine is a troublesome word with a very specific meaning to the professional aid community.
It is usually taken to define a situation in which a high proportion of the general population are [...]
Key ingredients for “megachurches”
Megachurches may not be everyone’s goal (it’s half mine; The Experience does intend to grow to a large—5000+—church, but on the other extreme, I’m very interested in house churches). However, the Adventist Review has an interesting article called “Why Don’t Adventists Grow Megachurches?“. I found this paragraph especially interesting:
Churches grow into effective megachurches [...]
Moab for family
Moab, Utah, has become a mecca for off-road enthusiasts
This article talks about my cousin, Zac White. This strikes me as funny because fairly recently, my sister-in-law, Tammy, was in a TV news feature on a Denver station; she was piloting her Land Rover over some fun terrain in Moab and they caught her on [...]
Did it matter? (A guest post from the Darfur Coalition)
Over a year ago, I wrote the post below urging the Bush administration to declare the situation in Darfur a “genocide.” Since then, an estimated 400,000 people have died, Doctors Without Borders is warning that millions of lives “hang in the balance,” and the International Committee of the Red Cross is warning of “chronic [...]
The Christian Paradox
I was browsing some of the most popular bookmarks on del.icio.us and stumbled across an excerpt from Harper’s Magazine article “The Christian Paradox.” The excerpt itself is interesting, but I’m really looking forward to the full article, which I’ll get off of EBSCOhost next month when it shows up there (side note: I love [...]
Women (and maybe men, too)
I’ve become more aware lately of how much most women are alike?or maybe I should say “how often women experience the same things.” Part of this awareness has come from reading Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge. They don’t lump women into one stereotypical category, but they do point out certain things that tend to [...]
A pro-life mini-rant
If you know me, you may know that I’m pro-life. Then again, you might not. Even though I am passionately anti-abortion, I also know that if you disagree with me, I probably won’t convince you otherwise; I tend not to bring up the topic because it usually just fuels frustrations on both sides. However, I’m [...]
Scientology is scary
The recent focus on Tom Cruise and his relationship with Katie Holmes has given Mr. Cruise the opportunity to evangelize for the Scientologists, and he’s taken full advantage of it. I stumbled upon a post called “Tom Cruise’s Dangerous Clown Show” (which made good points) and from there, followed a link to a 1991 [...]
Way to go, Idaho!
Being from Idaho, I feel obliged to post a link to this commentary on Idaho’s recent commendation of Napoleon Dynamite. It’s very amusing, although it does give me some pause when I consider that it is my tax dollars at work. Whatever.
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