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Monthly Archives: April 2008
The War Prayer (National Day of Prayer, 2008)
Since today is the National Day of Prayer, as I’ve done before, I thought I’d post my favorite short story from Mark Twain, The War Prayer. I found an illustrated copy of this a couple weeks ago in a used … Continue reading
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Festival of Faith and Writing – Rob Bell, part one
Friday evening, I heard Rob Bell speak for the first of three times that weekend. Fresh off his trip to Seattle where he had spent a couple of days with my uncle and on panels with the Dalai Lama and … Continue reading
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Festival of Faith and Writing – Yann Martel
The first evening session on Friday was with Yann Martel, author of the bestseller Life of Pi. After reading a friend’s review of it back in October, I’ve been meaning to pick it up, but haven’t had a chance to … Continue reading
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Shaun in the Dominican Republic
Shaun is in the Dominican Republic this week with Compassion International, filming the stories of children and familes that have been rescued by Compassion. His pictures and stories bring back memories of the time I’ve spent in the Dominican. Back … Continue reading
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Consider the lilies…
After posting the Kathleen Norris quote yesterday, “I think sometimes that sacred space is found in an encounter with another person,” I went over to Seth’s blog, Five Cent Stand, and noticed this: I think if maybe ever’ once in … Continue reading
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Festival of Faith and Writing – “Looking Backward, Looking Inward”
The last afternoon session I caught on Friday was Looking Backward, Looking Inward: Scott Cairns and Kathleen Norris in conversation. Scott grew up in the GARBC, and Kathleen was raised as a presbyterian. Katherine is still presbyterian, but is also … Continue reading
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Interview with N.T. Wright
Before Bishop Wright’s lecture Tuesday evening, Trevin Wax sat down with him for an interview that he has just posted on his blog. It’s quite long, but very good. You can read it here. After answering a question about what … Continue reading
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“This Little Light of Mine”
My uncle just posted a clip on YouTube from a film my Great Grandfather, John R. Rice, produced, Bringing in the Sheaves. The clip is of my uncle, along with my mom and two of their other siblings, singing This … Continue reading
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N. T. Wright – “Heaven is important, but not the end of the world.”
Tonight, along with my pastor Tom and his wife Cheryl, my friend Matthew, his pastor, Pete, and another guy from his church, George, I joined a packed audience to hear N.T. Wright, Bishop of Durham, speak at a church here in Nashville about his new book Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church. Continue reading
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“Makes people out of strangers.”
You may have noticed that most of my posts from the Festival of Faith and Writing consist of quotes that I scribbled down during the talks that caught my ear. Today, I was reading a friend, Eric Peter’s, latest post … Continue reading
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