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In a nutshell I want people to be able to leave comments without me having to "approve" them - they appear immediately. But I also want to keep out spam. The anti-spam module for some reason was marking all comments - including my own - as spam. I have since added the Disqus plugin which hopefully will allow anyone with a free Disqus account to be able to leave comments that appear immediately. So far it appears to be working nicely.-
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Father Moses and cross-cultural ministry
Stories do not come much more beautiful than this. The New York Times deserves profound gratitude for a magnificent article on Father Moses Berry who is an Orthodox priest in a small rural village in Missouri. Like most Orthodox priests … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Ethnicity and race, Missiology, Orthodoxy, Worship and Liturgy
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For me but not for thee, racist phone messages (or) Afternoon coffee
That the left would invest so much time and energy to portray opposition to the current administration and Congressional leadership as motivated by racism – thereby prompting said opposition to waste time and energy responding to these portrayals – is … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethnicity and race, Issues, Judaism, Logic and Reason, Personal
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My Who Dat? post (or) Why sports?
[I tried to add a good picture here but this just updated version of WordPress for some reason will not allow me to do that.] Donald Miller in his excellent book Searching for God Knows What? wonders what would happen … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Hebrew Bible, Sports
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Toward a general theory of country music (which I am learning to like)
How embarrassing. I am starting to like country music. Not only have a set one of the stations in my car to 101.5 FM – I actually turn to it sometimes when I am tired of NPR. This is largely … Continue reading
NPR celebrates $20 gas and the forced hyper-urbanization of America
Somebody please explain to me why I listen to NPR. Friday afternoon listening to “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday” hosted by Ira Flatow. Talking with writer Chris Steiner author of $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Price of Gasoline … Continue reading
Growing urban-rural tension (or) Random thoughts from trip to Branson
My wife threatened to tell everyone at the church that “my husband has gone country”. Nooooooo! Well – sort of. There is a serious point coming. See below. Got back last night – whole trip back on one day – … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Music, Personal, Travel
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