Some provoking words from our American brother (since it seems us Canadians have no real heroes besides the queen):
To our most bitter opponents we say:  “Throw us in jail and we will still love you.  Bomb our houses and threaten our children and we will still love you.  Beat us and leave us half dead, [...]

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My latest somewhat auto-generated and random links of the past week.

Salon.com Life | What every freelancer should know -
Welcome to the Distillery District -
Global Food Crisis (washingtonpost.com) -
Color Wars 2008 » Youngme / Nowme -
PC World - Top 50 Tech Visionaries -
Teachers without Borders - a compass for worldwide educational reform in the information age [...]

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All across Canada today, people are sleeping in and lighting up their BBQ’s for dinner with friends and family.
Supposedly only 22% of people believe there is any historical significance to this day at all.
It’s odd that in a country as multiculturally diverse and independent as Canada, we would have a day dedicated to the birth [...]

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For Mother’s day I drenched Stellar’s feet in paint and made a little print along with words she knows right now (yvz and I might be the only ones who understand half the words though)

Of course breakfast in bed was a part of the day as well. More food shots to follow soon.

If you [...]

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I’ve been highly unproductive the last few weeks trying to pray and listen for God to speak to me in terms of next steps… problem is He keeps speaking to me in all these other areas of my life.
- I have answers to questions I haven’t honestly wrestled through myself
- I judge people by their [...]

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I’ve spent most of my journey with Jesus with a go-until-you-get-a-no philosophy.  The last six years of my life were well planned ahead and have more or less worked out accordingly.  I believe in the sovereignty of God, but I also believe in doing my part, and being diligent with the mind and creativity God [...]

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Auto-generated noteworthy links of the past week

Toronto Hi-Rise Community Newspaper -
Multihousing Outreach -
Engaged by the Culture: Michigan Megachurch Goes Egalitarian | TheResurgence -
The State of the Canadian Church — Part I: A Nation of Believers? -
Welcome to the Mission to North America Homepage -
Great Leap Forward | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction [...]

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It is the Christians, O Emperor, who have sought and found the truth, for they acknowledge God. They do not keep for themselves the goods entrusted to them. They do not covet what belongs to others. They show love to their neighbors. They do not do another what they would not [...]

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A new book by Alex McManus will be released soon - Making the world human again.
From the back cover…
Why did Jesus come into the world?
According to McManus, contrary to popular opinion, Jesus Christ came neither to teach Christianity nor to establish the Christian religion.
The goal of the life and teaching of Jesus is not to [...]

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Noteworthy posts of the past month…
Food we’ve made recently
Questions I’ve been asking
A day downtown Toronto
I’m done…
The church is a whore…
Asian Liberation Theology
If you liked that post, check out…Links of the week… by Lon on May 6th, 2008Linkage… by Lon on June 28th, 2008Hot Links… by Lon on May 28th, 2008Darth Maul? by Lon on November [...]

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