Monthly Archives: July 2008

40 Day Fast

Tomorrow is the last day of the 40 Day Fast. There have been a number of good posts recently, including this one by Kristin about fair trade. Check out inspiredtoaction.com in the coming days for a roundup of this year’s … Continue reading

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David Dark – A Space of the Talkaboutable

As I’ve mentioned before, I find David Dark to be one of the more thought provoking authors I’m reading now. And I enjoy every chance I have to hear him speak or talk over coffee. When we met at a … Continue reading

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New book from Frederick Buechner

Last time I counted, I had about 15 books on my bookshelf by Frederick Buechner. A good start, but I’ve still got a way to go before I catch up with Eric Peters and Andrew Peterson, fellow Buechner aficionados. One … Continue reading

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Shaping our inarticulate feelings of reality

Philip Yancey’s Soul Survivor: How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church was one of my three favorite books I read last year, so I always enjoy reading his articles for Christianity Today. Tuesday, CT posted an article … Continue reading

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Andrew Peterson signs to Centricity Records

The official news broke last week: Centricity Records has signed Andrew Peterson, and will be releasing his new record, Resurrection Letters, Vol. II, on October 21st. I posted a link to the press release last week on the message board … Continue reading

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40 Day Fast, 2008 – No other hands…

This post is my contribution to the 40 Day Fast. I blogged last year about Blood:Water Mission, and decided to do the same again this year because I believe in the work they are doing. Blake is blogging for team … Continue reading

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Guillermo del Toro on metaphor and small decisions

As I mentioned in passing in an earlier post, I saw Hellboy II: The Golden Army on opening night with a couple of friends. I thought it was a great movie, a lot of fun (especially the scene involving a … Continue reading

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JJ and Dave Heller are back in the studio

On Monday, JJ and Dave Heller went back into the studio with producer Mitch Dane to start work on their fourth project together. I dropped by the studio for a couple hours yesterday, just in time to hear Cason Cooley … Continue reading

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Buechner on Faith and Fiction

One of the books I’m reading now is Frederick Buechner’s Secrets in the Dark – A Life in Sermons. It contains thirty-seven sermons, and I’ve been trying to read one or two a day for the last week or so. … Continue reading

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Natalie Grant – I Will Not Be Moved

Speaking of Natalie Grant (see previous post), she just shot a music video for I Will Not Be Moved, my favorite song from her new CD, Relentless. One advantage pop singers like Natalie have over the singer/songwriters I usually listen … Continue reading

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