Category Archives: Better Blogs

Peter Rollins on Parables and Resurrection

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Stephen

A couple weeks ago, I posted a review on the Rabbit Room of Peter Rollins’ new book, The Orthodox Heretic: And Other Impossible Tales, along with one of the parables, Finding Faith. Discussion on the post continues, including a couple … Continue reading →

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Belief in God is belief in mystery

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Stephen

I first discovered Tony Woodlief’s blog when he linked to a post I wrote about a year ago. He has a new essay, “OK, Virginia, There’s No Santa Claus. But There Is God” that was in the Wall Street Journal … Continue reading →

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Inclement Travel

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Stephen

A friend of mine, Taylor, a high school history teacher, has just started up a new blog about traveling. He’s planning on blogging about travel tips, stories from his own adventures, and whatever else comes out on the page. Growing … Continue reading →

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Behind the Mask / Compassionate response

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Stephen

A couple weeks ago, Shaun Groves blogged about how his wife responded to conflict with a neighbor contrasted with how others in their cul-de-sac responded. Shaun wrote, “That night she called me. I was in a hotel room in Florida. … Continue reading →

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Flannery O’Connor on Faith

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Stephen

Re-reading some old Rabbit Room posts, I came across this Flannery O’Connor quote in the comments section of a post about one of her books that reminded me of one of my posts from a while back, Weak and full … Continue reading →

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How to write good satire

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Stephen

Okay, I’ve said before that it is hard for me to write satire because I read stuff in papers like The Sword of the Lord and The Biblical Evangelist that are exactly what I would write, except they go even … Continue reading →

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Shaun in the Dominican Republic

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Stephen

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…

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Stephen

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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“This Little Light of Mine”

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Stephen

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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“Makes people out of strangers.”

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Stephen

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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