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Revelation and Tradition

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I’ve been reading James K. Smith’s book, and am loving it!  I highly recommend it to anyone who’s interested in questions of postmodernity and the church; it is now on my convergent

The Breaking In of New Life

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As a lot of my thinking has been fixed upon the arrival of our first baby in December I was reminded of a journal entry I wrote for Barclay Press in 2005.  I wrote it

Dress Down Friday – Tetris-Like Quinn Gets Updated

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One of my absolute favorite mac games, Quinn, has been updated into a really nice sleek new version that is universal binary and has a number of great new features. This freeware game is worth

I’d Like to introduce…

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Baby Wemily, coming to a household near you December 25, 2007.  We found out today that the baby is a girl.  We’re having a blast telling everyone the news and we are really excited

Dress Down Friday

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Today we’re getting ready to move into our new apartment in Pasadena. We’ll be an easy bike ride from School, church, and Peets.  The move is apart of what we’re starting to

Harry Potter To Become A Quaker?

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Emily and I had a nice weekend (and our last here in the UK) with some friends near Norfolk and we couldn’t help but pick up the latest Harry Potter installment.  Not only have

Our Voyage and Sixth Year

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Emily and I are currently traveling through Scotland, tomorrow we are headed to the Isle of Skye, then to Aberdeen, then Edinburgh.  The we fly to Ireland for a couple of nights before heading off

Relient K Guys Survive Bus Fire

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Speaking of almost-tragic fires this week, I just found out yesterday (from my mom) that Relient K’s bus caught on fire while they were traveling from the Creation festival to Illinois.  Thiessen and another

Thinking Bloggers 2007 | One Top Five List

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Robin recently tagged me  for a “Thinking Blogger” meme, which I was very thankful to recieve, especially from someone like Robin, who I personally look up to. If you were allowed to tag back on

Re: The Daily Scribe Has Been Retired

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This post is long overdue but the Daily Scribe religious blogging community has been retired. What is written below is part of an email I recently sent to everyone who participated in the Daily Scribe

Fire at the Simple Way House in Philly

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I just found out from Janelle’s blog, about the fire at the Simple Way house in Philadelphia.  This is where Shane Claiborne and others live and do their ministry. And to hear about this