Archive for August, 2009
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Jacqueline du Pre’: bringing to life the work and vision of another
“[Jesus] is performing God’s love, God’s purpose, without a break, without a false note, without a stumble; yet he is never other than himself, with all that makes him distinctly human taken up with this creative work. If we look at great musicians, we see both the intensity of the struggle and the strength of [...]
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
ted haggard: evangelical saint
There has been a lot of hub-bub since last month’s news
about the Episcopal church and their appointing openly gay bishops (see here
and here). Many people have taken sides on “the issue” each tugging at the
Bible in support of their own opinion. As long as it remains in the abstract as
“an issue” it is easy to [...]
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
heading to wobegon country
Tomorrow, April & I are headed up north for a 16 hour drive to visit my dad and Katie. We won’t brave the trip in one day, but I will be away from the blog for awhile. In the meantime, here are some articles worth reading:
Bill Cavanaugh on the economic faithfulness of the Church (audio)
advice [...]
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
the world is a stage…
Last night, April & I went to see Wicked the musical. It has been in Tulsa for the summer and April has been waiting to see it for a very long time. I found the production to be very good. The sets were intricate, the costumes elaborate, and the voices were impressive.
However, what [...]
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Friday, August 7th, 2009
still alive…
It’s been about a month since I’ve posted on this blog. I haven’t been writing in my journal at all either.
This means that either my life is just too busy or boring.
In the meantime, check out the latest blurb about bob dylan doin’ a xmas album!