If we insist on going back to something in the past, perhaps we should go back to the beginning, rather than getting off conveniently at some 18th-century plateau (or 16th or even 12th).
From Our Daily Blog
Source: The Emerging Church by Osborne & Larson

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This is from the pharmacy around the corner from our house, on Edgewood Avenue in Burlington, NC.

Jim Caple writes today on ESPN.com attempting to debunk the myth that the NFL has parity and Major League Baseball does not:
Does football have more parity than baseball, as our friend at the bar contended? No. If you judge parity based on how many different teams reach and win the championship, baseball and football are […]

Making breakfast for dinner tonight - pancakes, sausage links, and toast. Listening to Coltrane.
Sneaking bites of pancakes as they come off the griddle with Raegan. The cook’s prerogative.
It’s a good night.

The Virginian-Pilot:

Quarterback Donny Kirby has committed to play at Elon…Kirby, 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds, picked Elon after also receiving offers from East Carolina, Duke and Bowling Green. Elon finished 3-8 last season but has a new coach in Pete Lembo, formerly of Lehigh. “The new coaching staff runs the same offense I ran […]

Tony commented on my earlier post, “People and Ministers.” I started replying to his comment, but my reply got longer and longer so I’ve decided to make it a regular entry instead of a comment.
Tony says, “the emergent church desires to have a shepherd-less flock in order to remove authority form the church (unbiblical).” […]

PC World reviews tax prep software. Their conclusion: TaxCut is the better value if your return is simple and you have few noncash gift deductions (donations of clothes and other items) but TurboTax is better overall (though it costs more) and is a better value if you have a complicated return or many noncash […]