Monthly Archives: April 2006

Quote of the Week

SEARCHING FOR UTOPIA Everything is busted. And we must know it somehow. We must recognize this to some extent. We just don’t realize, perhaps, the scope of the problem. We don’t understand we’re so hung over from Eden that we’re … Continue reading

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Why Write?

Why do you write? Many of you who read this blog probably also write your own. When someone asks you why, what do you say? If you don’t have an answer, you’d probably be better off wasting your time doing … Continue reading

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How to interpret the Bible like an Evangelical

NOTE: Before you read this post, I have to warn you that I am a big fan of satire. If you are offended by satirical humor, you will inevitably become upset when reading certain posts. I will not always feel … Continue reading

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Blue Like Jazz

I just got back from a concert featuring the Nashville Jazz Orchestra and the Blair Big Band. The NJO played their first annual “Writers Night”, featuring arrangements and compositions written by Nashville writers. I was reminded again why I love … Continue reading

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Orchestral Arrangements

For those who live in the Chattanooga area: This coming Monday, April 24th, the L’Abri Symphony Orchestra, a local community orchestra, will be performing a concert of Academy Award-winning songs. I arranged a couple of songs for this concert, including … Continue reading

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Plastic People

Shaun Groves made a comment recently on his blog mentioning that one of the reasons he has a blog is to ”promote not just ideas but my stuff in all forms: shows, music, books, action figures and bed sheets.” So … Continue reading

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Somewhere Between

Saturday, a day of darkness, of fear, a day of wondering who Christ really is, if anything he said was true. We live here, caught somewhere between Good Friday and Easter morning. As Anne Lamott says in Traveling Mercies, Plan … Continue reading

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Futureman’s Future

Futureman, best know as the incredibly talented drummer for Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, just sent out an update about some of the different projects he’s working on. The Golden Key -This is a musical animation project that Futureman has … Continue reading

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Combating the Calvinist Virus

For those who enjoy probing the different arguments concerning calvinism vs. arminianism, and who also enjoy sarcasm, check out this post from Nathan Casebolt over at http://natenotes.blogspot.com. To aid churches in guarding against theological terrorism, I’m proud to institute the … Continue reading

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President Bush Receives Award

President Bush is one of the winners of the 2006 Jefferson Muzzle awards, given by a free-speech group to those it considers the most egregious First Amendment violators in the past year, for his wiretapping program. Since 1992, the Thomas … Continue reading

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