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Archive for October, 2006

Elena’s First Laugh

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Elena’s First Laugh Originally uploaded by mushin.

Elena has a new trick. Tonight we were taking some pictures of her and Nancy. I was trying to get her to smile, and so was making goofy faces and noises and heard the most amazing sound I’ve [...]

Porn: America’s Addiction, A CNN Special Series with Glenn Beck

Monday, October 16th, 2006

CNN has a very interesting series starting tonight at 7pm (EST).

> Hidden. Forbidden. Addictive. Porn In America. > > ABOUT THE SERIES > In Part 1 on Monday, Glenn profiles a man’s addiction to online porn, and we’ll show how he and his wife got through it. On Tuesday, we examine the proliferation of the [...]

Kathy Hanson On Biblical Literalism

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

Kathy has a great post on the “God Is Still Speaking” campaign, which touches on what I was talking about a few posts ago with biblical literalism. It is well worth the read. Quick quote:

No Christian–even the most fundamentalist believer–really takes the Bible literally. Language isn’t that simplistic.

Check it out.

Definitions

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

Edify – To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement. Encourage – To inspire with hope, courage, or confidence; hearten. Rebuke – To criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand. (The Greek is interesting here: Epiplesso: 1. to strike upon, beat [...]

The Opposite Of Play Is Not Work

Monday, October 9th, 2006

I am a Web designer by trade. I’ve been doing it for seven years and have gotten fairly proficient at it. I love doing what I do. It is a very exciting, fast-paced, ever changing, and very influential field. It was a hobby that someobody once started paying me to do. [...]