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Christianity, academia, and whatever else I happen to be thinking about

Saturday, August 29, 2009

An "Expresso" machine for the rest of life

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The local fitness center has added the world's coolest fitness machine. It's called an Expresso Bicycle, and it's a stationary...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Even Rock Stars Grow Up

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I was in the doctor's office this morning, and I was reading Rolling Stone Magazine. They had an article about Gregg Allman , of the Al...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

What religious freedom looks like in Egypt

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Here's an article about a Muslim man in Egypt who converted to Christianity. Why did he convert? "In Islam, if you steal your hand...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Portraying Christians negatively in literature

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I don't read a lot of fiction because whenever I do I can't help but to wonder if it's all made up. (I do read sci-fi, though, ...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Superman joke

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Okay, I'm back from a two-week vacation, and here's a funny joke that was in the paper yesterday: *** Two men are drinking in a bar ...
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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Watch out, the scientist is a Christian!

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Here's an op-ed piece in the NY Times about Obama's recent appointment for the Director of the National Institute of Health. It ac...
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Monday, August 10, 2009

More on the myth of Christian violence

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An enduring myth about Christianity is all the violence and death that it has supposedly caused. I posted on these a couple of years ago. He...
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Saturday, August 08, 2009

Kid steals car to avoid going to church

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A constant issue in Christian families is when to make kids go to church when they just don't feel like it. Well, here's a guidelin...
Thursday, August 06, 2009

Church buildings & business

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Here's an interesting article and slideshow about modern church architecture. It relates recently built church buildings to corporation...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Two tracks of Anglicanism

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From a New York Times article last week: " Rowan Williams , the archbishop of Canterbury, said profound differences among the world’s 7...
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Saturday, August 01, 2009

Irises (pic)

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There's an interesting & sad story behind this picture. A local farmer had his barn burned down by an arsonist--destroying all his ...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Religion and college majors

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A study recently came out that looks at the role of religion in university students education choices. I haven't read the article yet, ...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Marriage patterns by religion

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Here's an interesting graphic from the Pew Foundation about Americans' marriage patterns by religion. What patterns do you see in t...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

What did you do this weekend?

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What did you do this weekend? Whatever it was, I'll bet it wasn't as cool as what my brother John did... he went hang gliding in Yo...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

A Midwestern wedding entrance

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Here's a video of a charming and joyful dancing wedding entrance. When I saw it, I wondered why more people haven't done it. (We d...
Saturday, July 25, 2009

Barn Window (pic)

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Here's the window of an old barn, and it was torn down about a month after I took the picture. :-(
Friday, July 24, 2009

Yes, we worry when the kids are quiet

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Yesterday, Cathy told Gus and Floyd that they needed to go outside because there were getting pretty wild inside. Then, after about 5-10 mi...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Joel Stein on Christian Improv.

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Joel Stein, pop culture journalist, has written a really funny article about an comedy improv group at Rick Warren's Saddleback Valley ...
Saturday, July 18, 2009

Boy and puppy (pic)

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A boy in our neighborhood recently got a new puppy, so I asked if I could take his picture with it. This is another use for panoramas.
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Friday, July 17, 2009

Summer camp for atheists

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Here's an interesting article in this week's Economist. Apparently a series of summer camps for kids from atheist families. The ar...
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