Archive for August, 2006

SUVs and French Fries »

Edmunds:
For an entire year, GM will subsdize your gas bill. That’s right, you won’t have to pay more than $1.99/ gallon for an entire year. They track your consumption through OnStar diagnostics, and at the end of each month send you a rebate check (based on the average price of gas in your metropolitan area).
Oh, […]

Agassi »

I’m up watching Agassi at the US Open. Agassi won the first two sets 6-4, 6-4 then lost the third. Fourth set is tied 5-5, Agassi serving. The crowd is electric. Living and dying with every point, groaning at every point Agassi loses and erupting with every point he wins. […]

Decentralization »

From TheHeresy.com:
Most ministry that occurs in a church is through a church program. In most church programs a few individuals conduct ministry (usually teaching or preaching) to a large group of people. There is certainly nothing wrong with this. However when almost all ministry follows this pattern we have a problem. We become insulated from […]

Failure »

Not sure if this is old news or new news, but it looks like the kids at Google are having a bit of fun with Dubya.
The first Google search result for the word “failure” is Bush 43’s biography on WhiteHouse.gov.

If He Can Make It There He’s Gonna Make it Anywhere »

Caedon is heading to Times Square. In pictures, anyway. This picture of Caedon (and Cameron, Kierstin, & Raegan) was chosen as one of approximately 250 to appear in a video on the Astrovision at Times Square before the National Down Syndrome Society Buddy Walk in New York on September 17, 2006.
If he can […]

Symbolic and Innocuous »

The Chronicle:
Georgetown University has barred Protestant ministries run by outside groups from conducting activities on its campus, The Hoya reported last week. Groups composed solely of students will not be affected by the move, the student-run newspaper said.
Six outside groups, including the Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, both national organizations, were informed […]

Jesus Came to Make Nice People Nicer »

Why Do Heathens Make the Best Christian Films?
Film excels at metaphor—forging a connection between dissimilar objects or themes. It doesn’t fare as well with text messaging. Show, don’t tell, is the rule of cinema. Christians, however, can’t seem to resist the prospect of using film as a high-tech flannel board. The result is more akin […]


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