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Helping the Displaced in Pakistan

Posted in Church Life and Theology, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , on Monday, May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

-Image from the BBC
The picture above is from this story which describes some stories of people who have been displaced by the fighting between the Pakistani Army and Taleban insurgents in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. If you read some of these stories, particularly one about the teacher, you get a sense of how oppressive [...]

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Pixels to Start Your Mind, Break Your Heart, Move Your Feet: A Worldmapper Discussion

Posted in Ache for Eternity, Church Life and Theology, Culture, Library Stuff, Personal Growth or Lack Thereof, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on Monday, March 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »

In my work as a librarian I came across this amazing site, which is thought provoking and alternately heartbreaking or amusing, though much too much more the former.
The way it works is a bit like a semi inflated balloon in ones hands. If you compress one part of the balloon another part of the balloon must [...]

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Back Home From the Pub

Posted in Haiku, Politics, Senryu, tagged , , , , , on Friday, February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Back home from the pub.
The red kettle chortles. My
Nightcap is steeping.

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The Dassler Effect, A Retrospective

Posted in Ache for Eternity, Art Thief, Blogness, Catapult Magazine, Church Life and Theology, Culture, God's Grandeur, Guest Blogger, Haiku, Influences, Library Stuff, Literature and Language, Movies and Television, Music, Personal Growth or Lack Thereof, Poetry, Politics, Sonnets, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on Thursday, January 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Well, this new version of The Dassler Effect has had a more promising start than I could have imagined. And yet its previous incarnation was no slouch either (it still shows up first on Google). Because it was around for longer, it has far more more photos on it than the current blog and [...]

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Francis Schaeffer Lecture Series, Fall 2008, On Politics

Posted in Church Life and Theology, Politics on Friday, September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Looks like this will be an interesting and timely series. It is free, but registration is required.
With 18 months of unprecedented media coverage, a barrage of TV advertisements, and a couple of surprise decisions…the upcoming Presidential election has been the most talked about Presidential process in American History. Yet, as questions emerge about [...]

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