Let’s have an Amazon.com-free Christmas this year
Recently on twitter I said something I’m sure lost me a few followers, “Let’s make it an amazon free Christmas.” (Though I don’t doubt I say plenty of things on any given
The Cultural
Dowd on (Role) Modeling
I came across this today while I was doing some back reading from this weekend’s newspaper. It struck me as really insightful: After the baseball steroid scandal and the disappointing news that Tigers
‘Dont Buy It’ – Slam Poetry from the Climate Camp for OneClimate.net
Came across this today while reading Jarrod McKenna’s post on climate change over at the sojo blog. The poem is really intense and has that prophetic edge we aren’t real comfortable with but
Cancel Our Debts?
In my reading of the Disciple’s Prayer (the anabaptist/Quaker name for the Lord’s Prayer), we have to make sure that we dont limit what forgiveness includes ((See part 3, part 2,
We All Know That Reality has a Well-Known “Conservative” Bias
One of the things my favorite (fake) newscaster Stephan Colbert says on a regular bias is that “Major media has a well-known liberal bias.” And this is definitely something many people believe. This perspective has
Food, Inc. Documentary on Where Our Food Comes From (Review)
The tag line for FOOD, inc. is “You’ll never look at your dinner the same way again,” and well, they’re right. This for some of you may be the very reason why you
Dive! The Film: A Review of Jeremy Seifert’s Documentary on Dumpster Diving
At Camas Friends Church, we’ve been doing a monthly film and discussion group we’re calling “Last Sundays for the Earth.” The purpose of the event is to watch a film, or have a
Limiting Access: Flickr and Archiving Our Children’s Lives
I’ve been pretty open about sharing our lives online. I regularly post photos on flickr, videos on vimeo, post updates to twitter and facebook and even blog here (on this blog and our family
My choices for the Quintessential ‘It’s Alright Ma’ Dylan Playlist
The other day I got a message from a friend and former professor of mine from our Malone days, John David Geib, who is in the middle of facilitating a class on all-things Dylan. He’
Interventions: Discipleship in a Permissive Culture (Pt 1)
This is my reflections on Luke 14:25-35 from September 20th, 2009 and is in two parts, both work independently from one another. Part two has been published here. It was originally titled: Interventions: Discipleship
Bob Dylan and the BLACK CROSS (HEZEKIAH JONES)
I was listening to some Bob Dylan the other day when I ran across his version of Black Cross, a poem by Joseph Newman in 1948. I jumped out at me most likely because I’
The Divine Commodity by Skye Jethani (A Review)
I’m way late to be posting about this book, but I still operate under the “better really late, than even later than that” motto. I was sent “The Divine Commodity” by Skye Jethani, editor