Category Archives: links
Is President Obama the First Female President?
Don’t ask me. Ask Kathleen Parker. She just suggested so–in the Post, no less. However you answer this question, it seems incontrovertible that men have adapted womanly traits and habits in just about every category–dress, speaking, physicality, you name it. … Continue reading
A Beautiful Story on the Power of Music
Caught this moving story in WSJ, the magazine of the Wall Street Journal. It’s from Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora, the online personalized radio program: Music is a tremendously powerful medium. I was in a Pandora town-hall meeting in … Continue reading
Swagger Wagons, 9/11 Politics, and Fake Godliness
Denny Burk on “swagger wagons” is worth looking into. The video he links to will rock your world, particularly when the dad puts on a feather boa and clears his daughter’s tea table. Nice spoof on the strange and singular … Continue reading
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Are Suburbs Becoming the New Cities?
There’s been much discussion in the blogging world of late about whether to target cities or not in church planting efforts. In light of that conversation, consider David Brooks’s most recent NYT piece. He argues based on some studies that … Continue reading
Jamie Oliver, the Morality of Food, Al Mohler, and The Essential Edwards Collection on Air
Are you watching Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution? It’s viewable online and is quite entertaining in a reality-show kind of way. Even if Jamie does cry a bit much for my tastes. The show showcases the hideous and death-inducing eating habits of … Continue reading
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David Platt, Ben Stiller, and a Fantastic Singer/Songwriter
The booklist for Band of Bloggers has been released, and it includes such brand-new titles as David Platt’s Radical and Kevin DeYoung’s The Good News We Almost Forgot. There are less than 40 spots left, so to get these and … Continue reading
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