Monthly Archives: October 2009

8 Tech Trends for 2010

I’ve always wanted to chat with faceless minions in Norway. This really will change my life. 7. You’ll chat with faceless minions One new trend regurgitates an age-old concept: On sites such as Omegle.com, you can chat with complete strangers. … Continue reading

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Clunkers

I don’t know whether the Cash for Clunkers program was worthwhile or not. My friend gmart just posted on facebook about an Edmunds.com analysis of it. Obama’s White House fired back immediately denouncing their report as faulty. What I do … Continue reading

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Osaka Sun

“Tonight, maybe we’re gonna run, Dreaming, of the Osaka sun, Dreaming…. of when the morning comes” – Coldplay, Lovers in Japan

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How I Am Feeling

Many dear friends are asking these days, “How are you doing with K coming next week?”  I suppose I should be very overwhelmed.  There is still work to do to prepare her room and we know very little about her … Continue reading

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Christopher Dawson Institute–Africa Rising

I love the idea of Christendom, of a civil society that is imbued with the principles of Christianity and where the sphere of the Church is respected and valued as equally as the sphere of the state. Europe is living … Continue reading

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School Choice

Attorney General Eric Holder asked former DC Councilman Kevin Chavous to kill this ad, according to Chavous. An odd request from the Attorney General one would think. However, I can appreciate the concern of the AG about this ad. DC … Continue reading

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Give No Money to CCHD

St Michael Society » Alert: Refrain From 2nd Collection on 11.22.09. It’s not too early to prepare for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development in less than a month–to prepare for not giving them one dime.

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Catholics and Protestants on Faith, Love, Grace and Justification

That’s the Lutheran paradigm in a nutshell. The Catholic paradigm is quite different. The fundamental problem in man, in Catholic soteriology, is the absence of sanctifying grace. Here at this point is a crucial distinction between Catholic and Protestant soteriology. … Continue reading

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During Lunch Today

I ate lunch at work with two good friends of mine, who belong to different Protestant Communities (one is Evangelical and closest to Baptist, the other is somewhere between Plymouth Brethren and general non-denominational cessationist (i.e. the charismatic gifts like … Continue reading

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Help Our Friends Adopt a Child (and Give Someone a Pound Cake)

Our friends the Husings are raising money to adopt a child: Please consider ordering a pound cake from their online store (and greedily eating it yourself or generously giving it to someone else, just in time for Thanksgiving). All of … Continue reading

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