I’ve been shifting gears mentally as of late, trying to wrap my head around various theories of Place, and how they fit into my theology. Some things I’ve been reading: Practicing the Discipline of Place — Caleb Stegall About New Urbanism Civic Art and the City of God — Phillip Bess Receiving Community: The Church […]
Posted on November 23rd, 2004 by admin
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A group of our climbing friends got together with us last night to celebrate Jen’s birthday (and her survival of her first semester of graduate school) at the Sharp Edge. A good time was had by all. If there’s anything I miss from our pre-Seb days, it’s the frequency of getting together with folks to […]
Posted on November 17th, 2004 by admin
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Wired has an interview with Jeff Tweedy. Interesting stuff. I was once on the Wilco bandwagon, mostly because I felt I had to get on it since I was such an Uncle Tupelo fan, but I never really felt that strongly about Tweedy, and I always liked Jay Farrar’s songs more. I’ve always been intrigued […]
Posted on November 15th, 2004 by admin
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First, Crooked Timber is spreading the word about the gradual erosion of our system of government. Second, via Keith, Comment has a series of articles comparing the blogosphere with European coffeehouses. Jump aboard the meme train.
Posted on November 11th, 2004 by admin
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There are a lot of things I’d like to comment on today: Eric Miller’s Single Issue Voter Apologetic Keith Martel: Can I wear clogs with my kilt? The Discussion of How Now Shall GWB Live? Unfortunately, my brain is having trouble shifting out of low gear. We went to the New this weekend, and the […]
Posted on November 8th, 2004 by admin
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Our Thursday night chit-chat group got together last night to discuss two articles from First Things: Freedom and Decency Church as Culture I wrote about Freedom and Decency last week (scroll down), and after our discussion, I stand by most of my comments. One thing that we dove into, and were very critical of, was […]
Posted on November 5th, 2004 by admin
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After days of heady (at least in my mind) posts, let’s turn to some other topics on this election night…. First, a couple more words about the alleycat. The weather was really perfect for late October. Warm-ish, with a nice breeze, clear skies and a full moon. And riding the Jail Trail with the wind […]
Posted on November 2nd, 2004 by admin
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My church’s little “cultural issues” discussion group has picked the readings for our next get together, and I thought I’d use this space as my notebook for my thoughts. Freedom and Decency — David Hart (from First Things) Hart, and Eastern Orthodox theologian, sets out to define whether or not we, as Christians, are engaged […]
Posted on October 30th, 2004 by admin
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We got back from our five day trip to the New River Gorge last night. It was good to be back there — the place where we’ve spent a good portion of lives from 1993-2002. We saw a lot of old friends, and made a few new ones, and made a pact to go there […]
Posted on October 25th, 2004 by admin
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After a false start last week (thanks to Seb’s cold), we’re heading to the New River Gorge later today for five days of climbing and relaxing. The weather is looking much better than last weekend so maybe the change in plans isn’t all bad. We’re looking forward to seeing some friends we haven’t seen in […]
Posted on October 20th, 2004 by admin
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