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Goodbye Google

5 CommentsJune 10, 2010

I never imagined this day would come. It seemed like Google would be my conduit to the internet forever. Why not? Who could beat it? I never guessed that I would leave Google not for another, superior search engine, but simply because Google had turned fickle and annoying.

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The Christian Storyteller’s Dilemma

3 CommentsFebruary 22, 2010

There’s no good way to tell a Christian story. The gospel is perennially uncool. Any story that points to the gospel runs the risk of inheriting its uncoolness. A Christian yarn may end up sounding like a sermon. It may come across as moralizing, over-hopeful, or lacking the secular sheen that modern readers demand. A [...]

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Between Modern and Postmodern

Leave a commentDecember 14, 2009

I can’t decide whether to use categories or tags in my WordPress posts and it’s making me question my place in the universe. I’m drawn to Categories. They’re the traditional WordPress mechanism. They’re hierarchical, so if a post is categorized as “programming” it falls under “technology” as well. I like this structure. It’s systematic. Modern. [...]

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The Curse of Too Much Blessing

4 CommentsNovember 21, 2009

The most striking thing about the modern world is that our ability to live as we want has far outstripped our ability to live well or wisely. Ours is the most advanced society in history—where technology is concerned. But in our art, architecture, philosophy, public discourse—or even ordinary concerns like romance or happiness—we are infants [...]

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Trivial Pursuits

4 CommentsJune 4, 2009

I’ve resolved to blog every morning this summer. If you look around this site a bit you’ll see I have plenty to say. In fact it hurts to hold it in. So it’s a kind of relief to get some thoughts down each day. I enjoy the interaction as well. Getting thoughts down is one [...]

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Evangelicals in Search of an Enemy

6 CommentsJanuary 14, 2009

When George W. Bush became President, evangelical Christians like myself traded stories about his dramatic conversion. He had been an alcoholic but had found Jesus. He had become one of us. We welcomed his Presidency because he would stand for what we stood for. Family values. Marriage between one man and one woman. The curtailment [...]

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