… I guess they still happen

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Some random noteworthy bookmarks from the past week

Free Beverage w/Starbucks Card Registration -
Barack Obama: More Popular Than Jesus, Angelina Jolie -
Free online web templates generator -
neue. - Rob Bell Q&A -
30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions -
House Church Resource.org -
McCain and Obama on Patriotism - TIME -
Greatest Man of Honor Speech EVER! Video -
How to Find [...]

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Yesterday was a preaching bomb.
Ever have everything prepared, really know your material, and still fail to deliver?
I wanted it over as soon as I got up… and I just pushed through it.
I love preaching, even though I question it’s role, I’m thrilled whenever I can engage hearts and minds with the Scriptures and the Spirit [...]

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(Photo by ambery)
Before I begin, I need to say that I’ve never been a fan of any schooling system I’ve ever been a part of.
- In high school, I was a 90s student but on academic probation for missing too many classes.
- I scraped by university, passionless for my engineering degree, and was probably in [...]

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jesus did not come to buffy’s party empty-handed…
Originally uploaded by ! ten-forty-seven

Just testing out flickr’s blogging feature… and I thought this was a brilliant photo.
It’s amazing how often we find Jesus engaging people over a meal throughout the gospels. Who are you having your next meal with?
up next: some thoughts I’ve been mulling over [...]

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Firefox version 3.0 was just released moments ago.  (They’re trying to set a world record for downloads today and looks like the servers are down, you can get direct download links here).
I’ve always been a productivity/tech junkie, besides firefox, here’s some random stuff I use to get stuff done.
- My Dual Core T60 thinkpad (200772U) [...]

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These are some random bookmarks for June 11th through June 17th:

how to do English ministry in Chinese churches » EM » L2 -
7 Reasons Why the Church Needs Artists | TonyMorganLive.com -
Catalyst Conference 2008 -
10 Theories on High Gas Prices and Church
Red Room | Where the Writers Are -
BookMooch: exchange books and trade them, like [...]

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I just recently finished “The year of living biblically - one man’s humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible” by A.J. Jacobs.
(I listened to the audiobook from the local library over a weeks worth of dishwashing)
I’d recommend this particularly to those in ‘professional’ ministry of any kind. Jacobs is an agnostic, [...]

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On the front page of the Huffington Post this morning…

According to the article just about every country surveyed people around the world largely prefer Barack Obama as President. Yet the rare instance he’s tied with John McCain is in the United States.
Why is that?

Are people around the world just less informed? infatuated with [...]

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Ordination.  I can’t say I think much of it.  I’m really not sure how biblical it is either.  I do however believe in the affirmation of a community in whatever role you’re in.  Of course, then we should be ordaining/commissioning our secretaries, engineers, and school teachers too, and not just church leaders.
Most would agree you’re [...]

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