September 2009
9 posts
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50 Viral Images Part Two
Yeah Jakes I’m stealing again.
50 Viral Images (and how they spread)
A Picture of the Father’s Grace →
A wonderful picture of the Father’s grace toward us. If you have been told that God is not like this, remember that in Jesus he is more like this than you could ever imagine.
Let go forever of…
Plainview #106 - fixed →
Here’s the real link. Thanks Dee. Plainview #106 - part 1 - August 11, 2009
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Charles Darwin Can’t Get No Respect (with a Jay... →
And so we turn to the news on a Monday morning: Things are going just fine in the world of dumbed down culture – I just heard a story on NPR suggesting that the writers of Jay Leno’s new…
Plainview 106 part 1 →
Plain View #106 - part 1 - August 11, 2009 Will to Dentist Summer over So You Think You Can Dance
Leverage Burn Notice Lady Eve Blood Simple Film Rant Tumblr subscribe …
Plainview 105 part 2 →
Plain View #105 - part 2 - August 4, 2009
Doug Benson - I Love Movies The Film Talk Facebook Etiquette Top Books Slumdog revisited subscribe to this podcast!
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Seeing Gravity →
For a brief period of time in 2001 I started seeing gravity, and my world turned into a slapstick comedy. It began when a woman dropped a book. The book flew out of her hand and smashed into the…
Mini-Doctrine: My Stupid Hard Drive →
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We know it’s going to happen to us sooner or later. Not looking forward to it.
Just an update to let you know I can’t go all in on new videos until I replace…
From the Classic iMonk Archives (2002): I Have My... →
Not a piece on atheism, but an honest recounting of doubt and faith in my life. From 2002.
Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”- Mark…
August 2009
9 posts
3 Jedi Mind Tricks to Feel Better in a Nanosecond →
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Steve of Freedom Education.
This strategy works so well and it’s so simple. You can do this at home, at work, with friends, family or even with anyone…
Psychic →
“What Did You Create Today?” →
In a couple of weeks, both Tess and Tucker will be starting their first day at brand new schools. They’ll know no one, have all new teachers, new surroundings, and, hopefully, new opportunities. I’m…
With all due respect…. →
UPDATE: Piper “clarifies” his tornado comments by referring to his bout with prostate cancer. The message of every event is repentance: “That is the message of every calamity (Luke…
Obama/Duncan’s Reform Blackmail →
Reading this morning’s LA Times article about Governor Ah-nold’s latest recipe for “reforming” education in California, one word kept popping into my brain.
“Blackmail.”
What do you think the…
How to Let Go of Hyperparenting and Learn to Relax... →
“If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.” - C.G. Jung
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Plainview 105 part 1 →
Plain View #105 - part 1 - August 4, 2009 Bolt Slumdog Millionaire Cinema Paradiso Confessions of a Super Hero Oklahoma Woolaroc Bacheloretta Reality Steve I Hate Green…
John Hugheses I Have Known →
Cameron Frye: John Hughes’ Alter-Ego?
1: The girlfriend who watches ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’ over and over again, as if it contains hidden treasures about the nature of Being that will…
Plainview 104 part 2 →
Plain View #104 - part 2 - July 15, 2009 Bobby Fisher House of Games Doubt (Mom translator) Dr. Horrible Bachelorette Weird Al Michael Jackson Easy J (Jay Smooth) …
July 2009
8 posts
Understocked →
Plainview 104 part 1 →
Plain View #104 - part 1 - July 15, 2009 Harry Potter Kids Reading Projects: Shed & Jerky So You Think You Can Dance VBS Swimming Lessons Tumblr subscribe to this podcast!
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Now I’m Surprised This Wasn’t Used As A Worship... →
Plainview 103 part 2 →
Plain View #103 - part 2 - June 11, 2009 Psych Weeds
Entourage Leverage So You Think You Can Dance Burn Notice Madmen Blue Shoes Pillars of the Earth Jesus…
Plainview 103 part 1 →
Plain View #103 - part 1 - June 11, 2009 Murderball Harold & Maude Galileo (NOVA) Let the Right One In Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Oh, and Robert Downey Jr. was not in Pretty in Pink….
A Visit from Thomas Berry in the Rockies →
I was in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado with my family last week. To describe the trip, I could show this photo and write about how I had an intensely mystical experience with God in the…
What do the best Christian Theologians say about... →
Bill Moyers does an outstanding job getting the voices of these outstanding theologians out. Cornel West, Serene Jones, and Gary Dorrien (Dorrien drops the word down here) all bringing some…
June 2009
6 posts
facebook tag →
My Firsts! I got tagged on facebook with this, but I’m think I’m phasing out my facebook activity, and I can’t find my notes on there, so I put it here. 1. Who was your FIRST prom date? Lisa…
Plainview 102 part 2 →
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Prophetic Comedians →
Jon Stewart’s the cover boy for Sojourners magazine this month – [full disclosure: I’m a contributing editor. But I’d like the magazine even if I wasn’t] – engaged in conversation with Jim…
Plainview 102 part 1 →
Plain View #102 - part 1 - March 1, 2009 Will: Oreo and The Spy Who Loved Me Milk The Mentalist Madmen Tumblr subscribe to this podcast!
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church picnic video →
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Graduation Address →
A few weeks ago I had the honor of delivering the address to Adrian’s graduating class of 2009. Here’s what I said. Thank you. Hi everyone.
I’m going to speak real briefly to everyone here, and…
May 2009
4 posts
Plainview 101 second try →
Alright, hopefully this one will sound better. Plain View #101 - March 27, 2009
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Maly's Piano Recital Yesterday →
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Plainview 101 →
Plain View #101 - March 27, 2009 Tropic Thunder The Circus Transamerica T.V. The Man Who Loved Clowns Educational Stuff
Field Trip Will’s B-Ball Tourny Maly’s Glasses …
My Brute →
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Come and fight me!
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April 2009
1 post
Discount Atheism →
Andrew O’Hehir has a characteristically smart and helpful review of Terry Eagleton’s response to Dawkins and Hitchens (whom he delightedly re-christens ‘Ditchkins’; images of an amusing…
March 2009
2 posts
Communion Med →
The other day I’m driving down 71 with MaryEllen and Maly, and Maly wants to sing. We tell her to go ahead and we’ll try to join in. So she launches in to Piano Man by Billy Joel. Between the three…
Plainview 99 - part 1 →
Plain View #99 - part 1 - Feb 15, 2009 Boil Order 9 Years Old The Bachelor D.S. Will B-ball Facebook Tumblr subscribe to this podcast!
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February 2009
5 posts
Plainview 98 →
Plain View #98 - Jan 2, 2009
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louis ck →
“We live in an amazing, amazing world, and it’s wasted on the crappiest generation of spoiled idiots.”
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me: from a recent email conversation regarding... →
This is what makes these discussions so frustrating. (I talk a good game with doctrine isn’t everything, but I get cranky when people don’t agree with me too.) Christians read, and pray, and…
Communion med from last week →
A couple years ago my brother and I came to an agreement about Christmas. We agreed that we both had more than we needed or deserved and that our Christmas money could be better spent elsewhere. Se…
Bubbling Brew →
I’ve never needed a blowoff tube until now. Brewed Saturday night. Old ale, a strong malty beer that won’t be ready to drink for about 4 months. Sunday morning the airlock was already bubbling away….
January 2009
12 posts
Bump in the Night →
“Marsh, your roll,” said Mike. Marshall picked up the dice and shot them across the board. “Six.” Marshal moved his counter across the game board. “One, two, three, four, five, six. That does it….
God Hates Shrimp! →
Shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, all these are an abomination before the Lord, just as gays are an abomination. Why stop at protesting gay marriage? Bring all of God’s law unto the…
Why I'm Happy, Why I'm Not Satisfied →
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Bishop Robinson’s Invocation →
Invocations are a touchy subject these days.
Here’s Bishop Gene Robinson in the NY Times on the subject of prayer at inaugural events:
Bishop Robinson said he had been rereading…
Why does this make me feel better about the world? →
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Call and Response →
Go here: http://www.callandresponse.com/trailer.html and click on the last trailer - “Horror” Tailer. “I am ten.” This shit makes me want to get on a plane and go do something now.
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