Archive for October, 2008
Andy Crouch on 'counter-cyclical' hope
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
From Books&Culture: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett reiterated his best-known investing principle in the New York Times last Thursday: “Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” It’s a vivid way of saying that the best investors are, to borrow a phrase from macroeconomics, counter-cyclical. Their investing sentiments are set [...]
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'Fear Naught But God' by Edward Knippers
Monday, October 20th, 2008
From Image Update: ‘Fear Naught But God’ is a suite of black and white woodcut block prints by artist Edward Knippers. The prints are paired first with a serious Biblical narrative, then with a more playful circus subject. This is similar to medieval morality plays with clowns and minstrels making commentary on serious themes. “The [...]
Tags: arts, News
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Where was 'God' in the recent presidential debates?
Monday, October 20th, 2008
From Time.com: In the nearly sixteen thousand words uttered last [week]in the debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, one was noticeably absent: God. The deity got not a single mention, not even a perfunctory ‘God Knows,’ or ‘Good God,’ or ‘God Bless America’. In fact, in the three presidential debates, McCain and Obama have [...]
Tags: News, politics
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WQOTW on 'Passion for God'
Monday, October 20th, 2008
From WQOTW: Being moved by music is secondary to worshiping God. The Spirit is always to be free to direct our worship, whether the music moves us or not. It is only when being moved by music is coupled to a PRECEDING passion for God that we are truly moved. Behind all of this is [...]
Tags: music, quotes, theology
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GIA New Music Seminar – Nov. 8, 2008
Monday, October 20th, 2008
From thecall2worship.net: GIA New Music Seminar (Charlotte, NC) Looking for new music and worship ideas for your choir and congregation? Are you hungry for fresh, exciting service music appropriate for Sunday worship? If so, make plans to meet us at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church (3400 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28216) Saturday, November 8 for [...]
Tags: music, News
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Alban Weekly on planning as 'holy conversation'
Monday, October 20th, 2008
From Alban Weekly: What is a leader to do? How do you negotiate all of the preferences and opinions in order to come up with a plan that all agree with and are willing to support and work on? Leaders can be misled by such questions because these questions imply that there is a plan [...]
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Cardus
Monday, October 20th, 2008
The Work Research Foundation—a Christian think tank in Canada that publishes Comment, which we often link to—has become Cardus, named for “an ancient north-south road that connected the people of Roman cities to their major public spaces.”
Tags: links, News
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Prayers for Christians in India and Iraq
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Above: A Christian in her burned home in the Indian state of Orissa. (NY Times) Christians are suffering in India’s Orissa State and in Mosul, Iraq. We pray for their courage and safety. Earlier Post’60 Minutes’ on the persecution of Christians in Iraq
Tags: News, prayer, world
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
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