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Blog Contest of the Year 2006

Fighting to Stay Awake blog is hosting the blog contest of the year. There are some great prizes involved as well. I am planning on submitting something and if you’ve got a blog you should too. One question – I am not sure which to submit, was there one that

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New Server – Time to Switch?

I was notified yesterday by Paul Stamatiou that I was awarded the 1 year free hosting from Media Temple. I haven’t opened the account yet but I am excited about winning, I’ve wanted to have a media temple account for a really long time. So now I am

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Merry Christmas

I wanted to wish all of you a very merry Christmas this year. I hope that you will be with loved ones, have safe travels, and enjoy the season of reflection on the birth of our savior.

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Free Website Hosting Contest from Pstam.com

As most of you know I read Paul Stamatiou’s technology blog on a regular basis, it’s one way I am able to keep up with what’s going on in the world of tech. In fact he was probably one of the big resources for me as I

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Three Queries on Communal Spiritual Growth

The other day on my way home I was thinking about my faith and stumbled upon three questions I thought worthy of thinking through aloud with you: 1. How do I love you God? 2. How do We love you God? 3. How do they love you God? These are

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Airport Love – Is It Possible?

Landed in Vegas about an hour ago, did you know they offer free wireless here! I paid my dues in the form of $1.50 in slot machine goodness. Wireless, is a treat especially if you’re flying home alone. Emily has to finish out the week teaching class, and

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Quaker Gatherings Coming To A State Near You

Robin’s posted a list of coming Quaker gatherings all of interest, and at least of which I will be at – possibly more. Here are some Quaker gatherings that I am very much looking forward to next year: January 20, 2007 College Park Quarterly Meeting, with a concern for living

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The Chronicle Project

A friend of mine from Pasadena, Brent Gudgel, just sent me a link to his new video-blog for a ministry he’s been working with call the Chronicle Project. The main point of the Chronicle Project is to use “film and video production” to tell stories about tough issues in

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Is Beppe Done? Pod-fading? If So…So Long Good Friend

Joe Guada, good friend, fellow blogger and wonderful podcaster is hanging up his pod (or whatever it is podcasters hang-up). He says, “And so the time has come Beppepodcast is pod-fading. In fact, I have decided to permanently retire the podcast. Why? TOO MUCH WORK! amongst other things” You can

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President Richard Mouw’s New Blog

Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Seminary (where I attend) has launched his own blog – Mouw’s Musings. Okay, despite it having the very typical “blog” name, with the word musings in it, and having it hosted on blog client few people have ever heard of I anticipate it being worth

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My Bookshelf is Live

I’ve posted a virtual version of some of the books on my bookshelf using Delicious Library and Delicious Web. Now I will be able to see what I’ve got on the shelf at all times! (Watch load time is slow!)

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Jarrod McKenna and the Peace Tree Receive Quaker Peace Award

Just today I got an email from Jarrod McKenna, a Christian activist who lives Down Under. He says of himself, “Im a lapsed vegetarian wholl now eat happily my daily bread from dumpsters (but secretly longs for the flesh pots of evil big corporation burgers.) I spend my

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Macheist Bundle for Sale – Great Mac Apps

I’ve been doing the “macheist” where a group of mac groupies have been doing complicated puzzles to win free macintosh applications. Well this is the last week for that game (we’ve won 13 apps so far) and today the people behind the macheist have released their special bundle

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Daily Scribe Jamboree December 10, 2006

Here are the postings from the Daily Scribe for this past week: * Daniel Harper Discusses what Church 2.0 might look like. * Boy in Bands points out that St. Nick is the people’s saint. * Chris from Katagrapho is beginning a long discussion on Ephesians complete with exegesis. Technorati Tags:

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Thoughts After Fall Quarter 2006

I realized yesterday that I haven’t blogged in quite awhile and realized I needed a little break from it. There’s so much I’ve been thinking about and I’ve needed some space to do it without trying to come up with something worth reading (as if that

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Notes on James McClendon and the Virtue of Presence

I’ve been doing extra reading for my seminar trying to nail down a paper topic and have really been enjoying the exposure to James McClendon’s stuff, here’s tidbit. “James McClendon in his book Ethics describes the virtue of presence as an acquired human characteristic necessary to achieve

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Updated: The Most Influential Book Of My Life…?

Updated: I forgot to put the link to what I to discussion board, sorry about that! — I don’t do well at keeping up with discussion boards and following all the wonderful discussions on the various websites and blogs that I’d like to and this is no less true

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Rhythms in Urban Life and the Season of Advent

Two separate conversations about rhythms of contemplation have cropped up this week. One was brought up by Emily while we were falling asleep the other night. She discussed her desire for us to build some healthy patterns in our lives that are directed at hearing God, slowing down life, and

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Daily Scribe Jamboree December 1, 2006

Five posts from the Daily Scribe religious blogging community. * Tall Skinny Kiwi offers a timeline of the Emerging Church * Kesher Talk points out an interesting article on Jimmy Carter and political history with Jews. * Jonny Baker shares a great idea for a new wedding ritual * Jspot offers a link to

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Shoot and Deliver is Live

So what would you expect to find a PhD student doing during week 10 of the quarter? Building a website maybe? Well if that’s what your guess was then you’re right! My buddy Chris Sikorowski was a freelance videographer long before I met him 3.5 years ago

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FAQs: What are the practices of Quakers?

“Frequently Asked Questions” is a segment on this site where basic questions get answered from people with theological training. If you’re interested in asking a Question you can contact me, otherwise you can visit the FAQ category or it’s corresponding wiki for more information. This week’s question

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Books Died On: Girlfriend For A Night

My housemate Arkay, has recently released his new album with his ever-changing band Books Died On. On this album he’s written a particularly revealing song, Girlfriend For A Night, which looks at the ills of pornography and how it dehumanizes all parties involved. Along with giving the album a

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Siteground Hosting Special

I’ve been using siteground to host my website and domain name for the past year and have had great service with them. Today they sent an email to all their customers offering 5 $20 coupons to give away to friends who would like to get their own website. If

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Add Emerging Church Search to Google

Did you know that if you have a google homepage setup you can add the Emerging Church Google Search to it easily by clicking on the add google button found at the bottom of that page? Step 1: Step 2: Technorati Tags: Emerging Church