Pretty ridiculous story of an insanely brave man, Mosab Hassan Yousef. For those of you who don’t know, leaving the Islamic tradition in strict practicing societies brings the penalty of death (often literally) and at a minimum you will likely never know your family again. Yousef, 30, said he realized the true nature of Hamas…
Read MoreSickest Violin I’ve ever heard in a long time, period.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Xt-XeWnHM[/youtube] The above video has to be some of the sickest violin playing I’ve ever heard. Over the past few weeks I’ve been meaning to pick up my violin again and would love to be able to rock it like Paul Dateh does here. Mixing my passion for the violin with my love of hip…
Read MoreImportance of Sleeping in and Sleep Strategies
I came across this short list that promotes sleeping in. Love it, and I love sleeping in. To bad courses start up Monday and I’ll again be sitting in those hard wood chairs at 8am. Enjoy the list from wired. You may need more sleep than you think. Research by Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders…
Read MoreBooks I read in 2008
I hope this list ends up being comprehensive but I’m really just looking at my book shelf and trying to remember what I read, if for work or pleasure. Of this list I know there are some books i read in full for different courses in the past year that aren’t here because they were…
Read MoreHappy New Year!! Hello 2009
A year has come and gone. Of my years of late this one has been rather uneventful. Aside from started up Nineteen05 back in January and starting Seminary in the spring we have just been chugging along. No major trips (only a handful of weddings), and nothing overly dramatic took place. Don’t believe that I…
Read MorePhoto from Friday
Last Friday we went out to the Holidazzel Parade and it was really cold, well into the negative digits and on our walk back to the North Loop we past this garage that was full. Thought it was a nice image and captures the attitude that us Minnesotans take during the winter. No frigid weather…
Read MoreMen and Women of Today
I mentioned a quote from a book by Henri Nouwen in November (here) and since finishing that book have really connected and identified with Nouwen as an author and a man of God. In much the same way as I have connected with Andrew Murray (19th Century author) who I have read a number of…
Read MoreChurch Exposing Members Sin Publicly… really?
I just posted about an hour ago about the passing of the second founder of the Moral Majority (which later evolved into the Evangelical Right). Now i was catching up on feeds for the day and came across this. Rebecca Hancock told FOXNews.com that Grace Community Church, a non-denominational church in Jacksonville, Fla., was against…
Read MoreEnd of an era, begining of a new one?
Yesterday evening I came across in one of my feeds this article about the passing of Paul Weyrich. His name didn’t initially strike me but the movement that he helped create (along with the late Jarry Falwell) has influenced and, in my opinion, abused the church in America for the last 3 decades. Those two…
Read MoreSt. Croix Panorama
This panoramic shot was take about a month ago and is a stitching together of 17 images in Photoshop to span from looking north east to south. Original image is 15736×3477 pixels. (Posting on flickr)
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