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A young guy named Jeff Bethke recently made a youtube video which has had over 16 million hits. The topic of this video is Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus. Below is the video, then Kevin DeYoung's response to the video, a follow up post by DeYoung after corresponding with Bethke, and the final video is of Dennis Tuuri touching on this topic of religion vs Jesus in a sermon preached in 2010.

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Yesterday I listened to an amazing episode of Radiolab on the correlation between Language & Music. Interesting tidbit learned, Chinese children are 9 times more likely to have perfect pitch than American children. Perfect pitch to Asian musicians, who grew up in Asia, is considered standard and not special. Scientists believe this is due to the fact that Asian languages are tonal whereas English

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Today I was listening to an episode of Radiolab on Stochasticity. Here is their description of the episode: "Stochasticity (a wonderfully slippery and smarty-pants word for randomness), may be at the very foundation of our lives. To understand how big a role it plays, we look at chance and patterns in sports, lottery tickets, and even the cells in our own body. Along the way, we talk to a woman

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A big thank you to Ana Dau for turning me to RadioLab. The first episode I heard is an exciting and stupefyingly interesting episode. Click HERE for an episode on Mirrors! Mirrors? How is that exciting? Well, below is their synopsis of the episode. Trust me and listen to the episode. "The mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson posed a big question about mirrors in one of his best-known books:

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 "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth?….When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"--Job 38: 4,7 <p><p><p><p>&

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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightbyDylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rage at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right,Because their words had forked no lightning theyDo not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how brightTheir frail deeds might have danced in a

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Here is the greatest university/college commercial ever made. BTW the song is Welcome Home by Radical Face. Enjoy!

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Love Thanked By CC I wanted to thank you for  reaching out to me.I bid your patience as I try to express how much it means to me. I struggle with thoughts of control  "Why did I come?"     "I don't belong." It is so hard to forget 'myself'. I habitually bring 'myself' along. Why does it seem easier to control  thoughts when distracted  from them?  "My sin, my own sin, my own most

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              Leonard Cohen sang in I Can't Forget, "Summer's almost gone, the winter's tuning up." I suppose that's how most view autumn, a tuneup or interlude between the two great movements of the symphony of the sun.               What season is your favorite time of year? I've always been a summer man. Tennis, volleyball, hiking, swimming, fishing, cicadas singing at dusk, summer

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Building on my first post, these are songs that I would listen to before an athletic event, or before or during working out at the gym. Number ten on the list I distinctly remember listening to with Patrick Swanson and Brian Points before playing a rugby match against the WSU team. Unfortunately, we did not follow Eminem's sage advice and we let the chance slip.... we got demolished. Anyways,

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"Now the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil[a] spirit from the LORD tormented him. Saul’s attendants said to him, “See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.” So Saul said to his attendants, “Find someone

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Road From The West is the first book in a trilogy following the exploits of the Norman lord Tancred as he makes his way to Jerusalem in the First Crusade. This is the second book I've read and reviewed from author Rosanne E. Lortz. And I must say that this book is an improvement on her first novel, I Serve. While I Serve felt bogged down in the beginning of the book, Road From The West

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The Swanby Rainier Maria Rilke This laboring through what is still undone,as though, legs bound, we hobbled along the way,is like the awkward walking of the swan. And dying-to let go, no longer feelthe solid ground we stand on every day-is like anxious letting himself fall into waters, which receive him gentlyand which, as though with reverence and joy,draw back past him in streams on either

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I've been on a bit of a home improvement kick lately. It all started when I began to look into buying a house. Once that idea sprang into being I started to dream up ways to improve upon the houses I was viewing. After thinking of some more practical options for improvements it hit me, a hot tub would be fun to have! A few days later I called my sister while on my way to the gym. She couldn't

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You might be able to make out a bit of one of the wild-fires in the distance. I suppose I've started an "annual" tradition. This is my second year hiking Mt. Hood on my Labor Day break. I would have said that last year I started the "annual" tradition of hiking that time of the year, but as the local angry/bored anti-Christ Church mob in Moscow Idaho were fond of pointing out, "If it's the

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A Valediction Forbidding Mourning By John Donne AS virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, "Now his breath goes," and some say, "No." So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move ; 'Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Moving of th' earth brings harms and fears ; Men reckon

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Here is an interesting article I read today in the Wall Street Journal. The article details how a few scientists have postulated that charged subatomic particles from space, and the cyclical shifts in solar winds, are perhaps the primary reason for any climate change. The article touches on how they found that climate change, and postulating any theory but the standard one, was an extremely

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This morning was as most mornings. Woke up, got ready for the day, and drove to work. Upon arrival at the Swan Island complex I popped out of my car and began to walk to the building where I work when I was stopped in my tracks by a car which parked not more than fifty feet from where I was standing. This was no ordinary car, oh no. It was my car. Well, it wasn't my car but it was the same make

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There is an art to making a well made documentary. The pace, music, lighting, and dialog must paint a picture to the viewer that matches the story being told. Perhaps no other documentary I've seen paints such a beautiful picture, or tells such a wonderful story, as Charlotte. The film follows the workings of the Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway over a period of a few years. The principals of

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Pressed OnCC As we grow older it is so hard to press on                       I feel pressed into the depths of "dis-chair"                       Heavily pressed down by nature’s gravity. It is not just my weight pressing, but the weight of all the laps that have sat upon mine.                       It is so hard to get up … from mourning.                       Lids holding tight to protect the

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Many years ago now, when I was about 12, my parents one day said I could choose what we would be doing as a family that night. I quickly chose what I wanted to do. That night we played hearts and spades against the backdrop of a fire crackling away in the hearth. For refreshments I opted for drinking coffee and eating popcorn. Of course, as was usual for our family back then, Van Morrison

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  The year is 4012. For the past 1900 years the known universe has been ruled by a succession of overseers. In the latter part of the 21st century the world was nearly destroyed by not nuclear war or disease, but by incompetence. The world's grand experiment of letting the masses decide their own fate was a failure. Through incompetence of men and women the known world was driven into a state

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It's a tough thing to realize you are wrong. It's an even harder thing to admit your mistakes, to acknowledge your errors to others. There is the slow or sudden realization of what all too often is obvious to others, that you are wrong. Of course this realization is never the tough part. The hard part is to let others know you were wrong. This proclamation is never as bad as you think it will be.

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Tie Your Heart At Night To Mine, Love,by Pablo Neruda Tie your heart at night to mine, love,and both will defeat the darknesslike twin drums beating in the forestagainst the heavy wall of wet leaves. Night crossing: black coal of dreamthat cuts the thread of earthly orbswith the punctuality of a headlong trainthat pulls cold stone and shadow endlessly. Love, because of it, tie me to a purer

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I've always thought that motion picture soundtracks were particularly interesting. Original soundtrack compositions are created so that the audience feels a particular emotion or range of emotions. Whereas most music these days is created to express the emotion of the artist/band/singer. It must be fairly satisfying to create a piece that you know will be able to bring up an emotion in those who

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He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven By William Butler Yeats HAD I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with the golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams beneath your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my

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Two of my friends, David and Rosanne Spears, recently started their own publishing house. Madison Street Publishing. Madison Street Publishing is focused on "helping unknown authors find their niche". Here is a small snippet from the site. "In the turbulent modern publishing industry, we are committed to building a different business model—one that centers on the author and the reader, not

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Here is a short video showing a small portion of the pie eating contest from RCC's 2011 Jubilee.

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And yet again RCC donned its party hat and threw a grand bash. Highlights of Jubilee this year were Peter Mahar via the wizardry of the internet being present with us, a highly competitive and suspect pie eating contest, a roasted pig, the keg, face painting, volleyball, croquet, hay rides around the farm, a shooting range, dancing, music, and of course the bouncy castle. Bartholomew, the

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Love Sonnet IXby Pablo Neruda There where the waves shatter on the restless rocksthe clear light bursts and enacts its rose,and the sea-circle shrinks to a cluster of buds,to one drop of blue salt, falling. O bright magnolia bursting in the foam,magnetic transient whose death bloomsand vanishes - being, nothingness - forever:broken salt, dazzling lurch of the sea. You & I, Love, together we

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Two times I held on too long. Pain sprung into being only to be engulfed by a wave of stubbornness, they wrestled. Both times stubbornness came out on top. Both times I wished it hadn’t. The first time I grasped too tightly was in Walla Walla. The rugby team I was on was playing in a tournament that was being dominated by a team of Fijians, Tongans, and one blond British bloke from Seattle. At

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This is your chance to win an advance reading copy of the newest book from author Rosanne Lortz, Road From The West. Follow THIS LINK, fill out the form, and be entered into the giveaway for a chance to win an advance reading copy. "ROAD FROM THE WEST: BOOK I OF THE CHRONICLES OF TANCRED A tale of Courage, Conquest, Intrigue, and Honor.  You've heard of the Knights Templar, you've

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Watch THIS VIDEO of Scott Todd and his Q Conference talk on why extreme poverty will be eradicated in our lifetime. He points out that the data supports an optimistic view of eradicating poverty, and that those in third world countries believe it's possible. The biggest problem and pessimism he has faced in eradicating extreme poverty is the Church and their misunderstanding of a verse in Matthew

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THE BEST SUMMER SOFT DRINK Grape soda is by far the best soft drink for summer. It has an odd tangy taste to it that when combined with the bubbly wonderfulness of carbonation completes to form a summer super soda with an unparalleled ability to quench thirst. The only summer drinks that could rival it are Mint Juleps and Slurpees. Unfortunately, I try to stick to a diet of sorts during the

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RCC and a few other Churches in the CREC sent a team of congregants to Poland for a mission trip. The team left last week and is still over in Poland. Here is a video of the team performing one of their songs for a concert they put on in Poland. Thanks to Miwaza Jemimah for the video. Concert 02 - Poland 2011 from Miwaza Jemimah on Vimeo.

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I just finished watching the final scene from Anton Chekov's Uncle Vanya. The final scene is quite good and a wonderful reminder to Christians of the attitude we should have when life is not what we had hoped it would be. Here is the final monologue from the play. "What can we do? We must live our lives. Yes, we shall live, Uncle Vanya. We shall live through the long procession of days before

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In light of the recent spat of discussions in the CREC over a woman's role in the Church and in worship, here are three articles that offer an interesting perspective. I don't agree with 100% of what is in these articles but they are thought provoking. No. 86: Liturgical Man, Liturgical Women — Part 1 No. 87: Liturgical Man, Liturgical Women — Part 2 No. 41: The Triune Office Reconsidered

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Consider two Washington State laws: The first law is the death with diginity law which basically legalizes suicide in terminally ill cases. The sick individual is given the freedom to determine the time of their death. The second law is that of King County in Washington State which recently passed an ordinance declaring that no one may boat, float, or SWIM in any of the rivers without wearing a

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My father was on NPR's "Think Out Loud" today, speaking on the topic of gay marriage. You can listen to the show, or download it, HERE. If you look at the comments about the show on the web-site, you will see that the pro gay marriage proponents are anything but civil or "loving". Sheesh.

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  AIR AND ANGELS.by John Donne TWICE or thrice had I loved thee,Before I knew thy face or name ;So in a voice, so in a shapeless flameAngels affect us oft, and worshipp'd be.Still when, to where thou wert, I came,Some lovely glorious nothing did I see.But since my soul, whose child love is,Takes limbs of flesh, and else could nothing do,More subtle than the parent isLove must not be, but take a

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All authority in the Bible is purely based on love/peace and is always a choice. There isn't one time where someone is in authority over you where you don't have the option of not doing what he or she says. We are supposed to obey Elders and Magistrates because God says if you love me love them and do what they say (if it doesn't go against his rules). He tells children, as a way to show you love

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Hmmmm........ Maybe I'm color blind? Or perhaps my parents played a cruel practical joke on me as they taught me the various colors.

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I've been at the beach for the last week attending RCC's Family Camp. Jeff Meyers was the speaker and gave a great series of talks on the book of Acts. Below are some pictures from camp. Dodge-ball Joanna taking pictures of Ella hoping she will "accidentally" roll down the hill. Softball Game Getting ready to sing before the talk. Bruce's Candy Kitchen in Cannon Beach

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At our annual Family Camp we hold a "Talent Night" each year which showcases the talents we are given from God. This year Rosie Arnold took it upon herself to show us what real rap was and wrote and performed this song at our Talent Night. Hopefully a slightly better quality video will be coming out soon where you can hear the words a bit clearer, but until then, enjoy!

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Acts 13: The center of God's work has shifted from Jerusalem to Antioch. Every ruler needs wise counselors. Everyone needs a profit in other words. Much of Paul's energy in his life will be for fighting against apostate Jews for the heart and soul of the Roman empire, which is a fight for the future. The Romans rightfully rule the world. They rule by divine right. God is the one who set up the

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Acts 8: Phillip and the Eunuch In the ancient world everyone read aloud. No one ever read silently. Why doesn't the Spirit just come to the eunuch to help him understand what he is reading? Why does it first go to Phillip and lead him to help the eunuch? The Spirit ordinarily works through other people to change hearts, convict of sins, etc. We usually for some reason think of the Spirit working

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Everyone is gone from Jerusalem except the Apostles. They have stayed. But who will lead them? Stephen is the first leader. The context of the letter of James is a Church that is persecuted and dispersed. Children suddenly with no parents. Wives with dead husbands. There are widows and orphans because of the persecution. Simon the Magician's conversion is like any other conversion we read about

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Stephen's speech is largely run up. Going back to Abraham and running it up to Jesus. He is selective in what he uses to describe the history of Israel. He knows why the rulers of Israel don't get Jesus, they don't understand the history of Israel. He builds up his entire story so that they will understand Jesus. And make no mistake they finally do understand Jesus and it enrages them. The Jews

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1. Three days are "narrative days" not literal. 2. Name of Jesus replaces name of Yahweh (Acts 3-4) 3. Leaders of Jews are guilty of the blood of Jesus and given another opportunity to repent - three actually (2,3,4,5) 4. Transfer of allegiance from priests and Sanhedrin to Apostles (4:21, 5:13-14). People no longer fear the Jerusalem leaders (3:9, 4:21); they fear the Apostles (5:11, 13). 5.

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God won't come to fix the world in the second coming. Jesus left the Church in charge of transforming the world. The Church is the agent of change. He left the Church and the apostles to bring in the Kingdom of God. At the time of the ascensions the world was at its darkest. The Church at its weakest. That is when Jesus left and told the Church to grow His Kingdom. This is in stark contrast to

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DuetLord Alfred Tennyson 1. Is it the wind of the dawn that I hear in the pine overhead? 2. No; but the voice of the deep as it hollows the cliffs of the land. 1. Is there a voice coming up with the voice of the deep from the strand, Once coming up with a Song in the flush of the glimmering red? 2. Love that is born of the deep coming up with the sun from the sea. 1. Love that can shape or can

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 The 54th International Art Exhibition (La Biennale di Venezia) is to the art world what the Olympics are to sports. To represent the US the state department chose artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla. Their exhibit titled Gloria is composed of six pieces of art which you'll find below. I'm not a fan of this type of "art". Monet, Van Gogh, or Chihuly, is more of my cup of tea. "In

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Marvin Olasky has an excellent article HERE on the history of abortion in the US. When thinking of abortion, today's Anti-Abortion advocates usually will believe that things are just awful now and long for the good old days. However, take a gander at what Olasky says: "It's conventional to think of the abortion horror as a product of the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, but research

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Doug Wilson had this quote from Calvin on his blog here. "But if their shamelessness deters us, we shall have to keep secret the chief doctrines of the faith, almost none of which they or their like leave untouched by blasphemy. An obstinate person would be no less insolently puffed up on hearing that within the essence of God there three Persons than if he were told that God foresaw what

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Once again Hollywood has decided to recreate a Planet Of The Apes movie. The latest rendition will feature squinty-eyed star James Franco as a doctor who inadvertently gives brains to those damned dirty apes and causes the rise of the planet of the apes. Ever since I first saw the original Planet Of The Apes movie with Charlton Heston I've hated these movies. Maybe it's the creation vs.

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She Walks In BeautyLord Byron She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that's best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes:Thus mellow'd to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less,Had half impair'd the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress,Or softly lightens o'er her face;Where thoughts

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"Great art has the power of transfiguring the aspect of the world, while also mysteriously recasting in new shapes the substance of the self." "The experience of great art disturbs one like a deep anxiety for another, like a near-escape from death, like a long anesthesia for surgery: it is a massive blow from which one recovers slowly and which leaves one changed in ways that only gradually

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I've recently been on a Christian Art spiel. It started some time back but the flames have since been fanned by a recent interview on NPR of Jennifer Homans, author of Appolo's Angels: A History of Ballet. During the course of the interview she remarked how to a renowned instructor in ballet, and to most ballerinas and artists, they know God through the senses and that to her and most

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I'm gone one Sunday and the youth at RCC devolve into this... :)

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I ran across this article from Rich Bledsoe today. Very good article on the bad side of marriage and how it can be fixed. Bledsoe was at Family Camp last year and the more I listened to him the more I understood Eugen Rosenstock Huessy. And the more I've read of Eugen Rosenstock Huessy the more I've gleaned from Bledsoe.

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For Christmas this year my family all chipped in together and bought me a cello after I'd been making noises for a bit on wanting to own one. Now, a cello is much easier to play than most other stringed instruments. Well, perhaps it's not easier per se, but it doesn't make the obnoxious dying cat noises that seem to arise from poor playing on a violin. Anyways, let's just say that I haven't been

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Here is a video clip of one of Driscoll's sermons where he goes after men concerning their treatment of women, sexual sins, and general lack of participation in the Church. This type of message is I believe one of the biggest reasons why God is blessing Mars Hill. They are one of the very few Emergent Churches who will take a stand on issues and risk offending sinners by telling them they are

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I came across this video via Facebook yesterday and of course was drawn into watching it to see what he said about the why he hates religion. A couple things stood out. 1. Mark Driscoll Doesn't Hate Religion. Driscoll On Religion: Religion says if I obey God will love me. Redemption says God does love you. Religion says the world is filled with two different kinds of people. Good and Bad.

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Here is an Irish blessing I came across a week or so ago. May you see God's light on the path ahead when the road you walk is dark. May you always hear, even in your hour of sorrow, the gentle singing of the lark. When times are hard may hardness never turn your heart to stone. May you always remember when the shadows fall you do not walk alone.

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The Sun Also Rises Author: Ernest Hemingway For the last few summers I've been wanting to vacation in Morocco and Spain. The plan is to fly into Morocco take a ferry across the strait of Gibraltar to enter Spain from the south. Once in Spain I'd wind my way through the country hitting the various cultural landmarks and cities. The culmination of the trip is to participate in the Running Of The

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A concern has been raised that various people would believe the post on the two views of Baptists was written about them, or that the timing of the post was brought on by their recent actions. Let me clarify. I had started thinking and writing that post back in July after having a conversation with a couple of guys at a party. I kept it on the back burner and didn't publish it because the post

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After my recent blogging failure I thought I'd rectify it a bit by pointing out some ways that Reformed Christians can learn from Evangelical Baptists. 1. They Don't Play Telephone With Their Theology Or Beliefs: As a kid one of the games I used to play was telephone. How it goes is that you line up and the first person in line whispers to the next person some phrase. They in turn whisper that

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I've been told by a couple of people that my last post was offensive and arrogant. Let me say that my intentions were not to bash or belittle Baptists. I did attempt to say in my opening paragraph that my issues were not with the Baptists but with those that cast away their beliefs. I would have no problem attending a Baptist church. My real point is that it matters what you believe and how you

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First off, this post is in criticism of the Reformed Church's view of Baptists. While I do say critical things about Baptist Churches and Emergent Churches the problems that I take issue with are not with those Churches, but with the two ditches Reformed Christians tend to fall into when they deal with Baptists. Two years ago I left the reformed church I was attending and started to attend a

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Here is a movie trailer for those who just love A Cappella. Enjoy!!

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In my interactions with others who practice the arts in some form or another, I've found them to in most instances embrace the philosophy that an Artist is one who through an aesthetic medium expresses themselves to others. The main thing from this definition I've heard over and over from "Artists" through the years is that the Artist is most concerned with self-expression. Whether or not

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Here is a quote by Tim Keller on sin. My father recently used this quote in his latest sermon. I thought the quote tied in nicely with my recent post on Virgin Sacrifices. "Sin isn't only doing bad things, it is more fundamentally making good things into ultimate things. Sin is building your life and meaning on anything, even a very good thing, more than on God. Whatever we build our life on

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Here is a cartoon that my siblings and I used to watch quite a bit when we were younger. The old cartoons are the best and this was one of my favorite. Notice in the opening the "Sea of Discord". Enjoy!

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"When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of timbrels! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, “Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me down and I am devastated. I have made a vow to the LORD that I cannot break.” “My father,” she replied, “

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In honor of St. Patrick's Day below you will find a rare and wonderful clip of Sean Connery singing! The clip is from the Disney classic Darby O'Gill And The Little People. As my siblings can attest to this was one of our favorite movies growing up. Enjoy!

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Today at work I was e-mailed that a fellow co-worker's mother-in-law had passed away. The e-mail went on to say that a sympathy card was going to be passed around and everyone in the office was to sign the card. A few hours later after a hectic afternoon the card had completely slipped my mind until it landed on my desk. As per usual I have no idea what to write down on this type of card.

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In case you haven't heard about it in the past week BYU dismissed from their basketball team Brandon Davies. Davies is widely considered one of their top three players and his dismissal severely impacts the chances the BYU team has of competing for the NCAA championship. Before his dismissal they were considered one of the favorites. Why was he dismissed from the team? Davies had premarital sex

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My sister Lana recently posted a link on Facebook to this site . The site features a slightly more sci-fi version of the classic bed time story Good Night Moon . This version is inspired by the book Dune, hence the title Goodnight Dune. If you've ever read the book Dune, or seen the movie, you must take a look at this children's bedtime story adaptation by Julia Yu!

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While perusing some of the blogs I follow I came across a recent post on Rosanne Spears' blog on grammar. Here is her post in which she references this article on grammar. Great article, great post as usual from Rosanne. And if you haven't read her book yet be sure to buy yourself a copy for some good late winter reading.

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        "Consider the caption of an elegant circular from the Lincoln Mint, which offers as its annuals plate a work by Dali. It says: "All else passes...Art alone...endures." It goes on: "Today, in an age of rapid change and fleeting values, the enduring significance of art stands out even more clearly." You may say that this is the brainless jargon of the advertiser. The fact remains that to

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The Face Of Boe will be wheeled down the red carpet next..   So last Sunday I along with my family and my sister's friends watched the Grammys. So here are some random thoughts. Ruby Rhod Exhibit 1.... uggg THE BAD: As a society we are losing our collective marbles. You know things aren't looking good when one of the preeminent "artists" of our day shows up being carried on a litter in a

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The Rose in the Deeps of His HeartWilliam Butler Yeats All things uncomely and broken, all things worn-out and old, The cry of a child by the roadway, the creak of a lumbering cart, The heavy steps of the ploughman, splashing the wintry mould, Are wronging your image that blossoms a rose in the deeps of my heart. The wrong of unshapely things is a wrong too great to be told; I hunger to

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Chuck You know this show must be good as soon as you hear the theme song played by Cake.. Well, maybe you don't know that for sure but after watching an episode or two of this show you'll be hooked. Chuck follows the adventures of one Charles Irving Bartowski, an employee at the local Buy More Charles "Chuck" is your perennial underachiever (living in an amazing apartment). One day, however, his

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Recently I saw this artist perform on Jools Holland's show. If you are a musician or have ever attempted to play the guitar you must watch this video. The sounds and notes he is able to play are amazing!

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Below you will find a recording of each of the songs we performed at the Grotto. The recording isn't great but you'll get the general idea. Enjoy! Arise and Shine in Splendor Gaudete Click Read More To Listen To The Other 10 Songs! O Savior Rend the Heavens Wide Quem Pastores Lo, how a rose 'er blooming The Holly & the Ivy A Virgin Unspotted Psalm 24 Night of the Father's Love This

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This last fall RCC held two events. Our annual Reformation Day celebration featured court jesters, jugglers, and a wandering minstrel singing clues for a scavenger hunt. Below you will find three videos showing off some of the more unique aspects of RCC's Reformation Day. The second set of videos is of Run On Sentence. The first video is their song Surfy The Spider being performed at our Portland

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I don't know about you but for me there are certain books that once I start reading I can not put them down. The Harry Potter series, Tolkien's books on middle earth, the Wheel of Time series are the most obvious candidates that come to mind. Actually, now that I think about it some more, this is how I read almost all books. Anyways, this trilogy written by Stephen Lawhead took me a total of 4

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Josiah A year ago I was going through a reading the Bible in 90 days program. As I was going through and re-reading the books of the Bible that chronicle the pattern of sin, repentance, and restoration, one thing struck me. The Land And The King Are One. This is famously put forth in the Arthurian legend as well as in other works (Song of Albion). If you go through and look at the repentance

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I heard this joke from our choir director tonight. Thought it was pretty good. How many conductors does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Nobody knows. No one's ever watching. On my way back home from choir I heard the song by Paul Simon You Can Call Me Al which took me back to my wee little years. This song as well as George Harrison's Got My Mind Set On You were probably the songs I have the

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Check out this article here. It's a very fascinating piece on the problem they are having with the scientific method. Yes, there is a problem. Turns out that over time many results of various tests that were one time constant are changing and many can no longer achieve the replicability of results. Without this replicability of results the scientific world is getting turned on its head. Here is

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It's a little strange to me that of everything in the Genesis creation account the biggest problem most people who don't believe in 6/24 creation have is that they believe it to be impossible for there to be 24 hour days without a sun in the first 3 days of creation. I don't know, just seems to me that this is pretty easily reconcilable. Time is not dependent upon us seeing the sun. Ever heard of

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 On December 27th 2010 the RCC Select Choir sang at the 2010 Festival of Lights. The Festival of Lights is the largest choral festival in the Pacific Northwest and is held at The Grotto. We arrived about an hour before our performance went through our warm up exercises and then came the performance. First impression upon entering the chapel was how beautiful it was. The Catholics have some

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I love the outdoors. Camping, hiking, hunting, backpacking, kayaking, you name it I love doing it. But often times, particularly while backpacking or on extended day hikes, I find myself rushing up the mountain or down the trail ill prepared for the trip. Well, to make sure you don't make the same mistakes that I've made in the past here are 9 essential items for every backpacking/day hike/

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Today is Christmas. One of my fondest memories of Christmas is watching The Snowman Christmas special on VHS every year while growing up. The Snowman is based upon a small children's book written by Raymond Briggs and was first released in 1982. We grew up watching a later version which had David Bowie give the opening narration. The 26 minute long TV special is perhaps best known for its song "

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It seems like everyone now is singing The Hallelujah Chorus in a mall. I have even seen a video of an attempt at this in the Tri-Cities!! However, that attempt didn't seem too surprising, probably the sheet music gave it away. Anyways, here are some of the other Random Acts of Culture that the Knight Foundation has put together. http://www.knightarts.org/random-acts-of-culture Random Act of

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Take a gander at this! The Opera Company of Philadelphia along with over 650 choristers break out into Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. Like "flash mob" dancing except a million times better! Imagine being one of the hundreds of customers in the store to be surprised by this!

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On A GirdleByEdmund Waller(Great, great, great, etc. Grandpappy) That which her slender waist confin'd,    Shall now my joyful temples bind;    No monarch but would give his crown,    His arms might do what this has done.     It was my heaven's extremest sphere,    The pale which held that lovely deer,    My joy, my grief, my hope, my love,    Did all within this circle move.     A narrow

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Life Goes... Waters disperse Creatures Fall out of Gardens             An instinct                           Move-             ment, to death                       A dry life is miserable                       a direction is chosen                                 I only                                           know                                 I want life

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 Doug Wilson recently posted to his blog a quote from his book Fidelity. Here is that quote: "A man should resolve before God that he will have no one-on-one friendships (or close working relationships) with women unless they are with his mother, grandmother, sister, or wife. Now, what is meant by 'friends'? We have been taught ad nauseam by means of feminist propaganda that men and women

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Paradise Park The route of my 12 mile hike. Last week I decided to finally try out the Timberline to Paradise Park trail on Mt Hood. The trail is 12 miles long and starts at Timberline Lodge. I got a rather late start to the hike and didn't leave Timberline Lodge til 2:00 pm. The only gear I took with me was my camera, a water bottle, and some granola bars. The hike starts on the Pacific

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