So I gave in. Here’s my fingers doing the Harlem Shake. Sorry.
The Era of Giant Chain Stores Is Over — And They’ve Ruined America
The Era of Giant Chain Stores Is Over — And They’ve Ruined America
The Era of Giant Chain Stores Is Over — And They’ve Ruined America
The end of Wal-Mart stores is coming? I hope this prediction is fulfilled. Chain box stores have done more harm than good to the fabric of values in this world.
Gleanings from Clement of Corinth
The Letter of Clement to the Christians in Corinth is probably the earliest Christian writing we have outside of the Gospel canon. The letter mainly dealt with a scandal in which shepherds (aka elders, bishops, presbyters) had been tossed out by a younger generation without good reason. It’s a well-known letter to Christians today, but it gives us a great insight into early Christian history and culture. Here are some gleanings from the letter:
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11 Ways to Describe Tom Waits’s Voice
If you haven’t experienced America’s favorite lacquered vaudeville rock beatnik carnival barking balladeer, you haven’t lived.
His voice sounds “like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car.” -Daniel Durcholz
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Why Are Kids Leaving Church?
Why are kids leaving church? This post suggests some very real possibilities that parents need to consider.
Why There Ain’t Nothing Wrong With Double Negatives
“I didn’t do nothing,” is a double negative. The words didn’t and nothing, both being negative, create a sentence in which there are two negatives, when it is otherwise assumed that the speaker meant to enforce a single negation: Nothing was done.
Is this an error? Is this bad grammar?
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_50 Shades of Grey_ Review (in photo essay form)
Sometimes you just need a good laugh
Sometimes you just need a good laugh
Sometimes you just need a good laugh. Here’s some of the greatest movie laughs of all time.
Peanut Shells and Bible College Lectureship Discussions
The other night I had the privilege at eating at Texas Steakhouse, which is like Logan’s Roadhouse, which both have something in common with Five Guys and a Burger, which is my favorite of the three. That information isn’t important. Neither is it important that among the few lifespan-decreasing fast food chain restaurants I actually enjoy is Five Guys and a Burger. On two levels, the burgers and peanut-oil fries are to die for. I’m here to talk about the peanuts.
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Jesus Loves You & Pure Religion Too: A Response to Jeff Bethke
Around this time year ago I was one of many people who grew interested in a thoughtful and poignant video poem posted by Jeff Bethke, and responded to the discussion in like fashion with a video poem.
Here is Bethke’s poem, “Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus”
Here is the video poem I posted in response, “Jesus Loves You (and Pure Religion Too)”
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CALEB COY 