Monthly Archives: March 2009

“Does Satan Exist” ABC Special

Posted on March 30, 2009 at sometime around 11:31 pm

Airing as a special on ABC a few nights ago, different thinkers gathered to discuss the existence of Satan.  I found the discussion pretty interesting (although I will warn you it is long).  Many of my readers who are followers of Christ might be quick to jump on the “truth” coming from Mark Driscoll, but [...]

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Campolo/Claiborne Talk Religious Peace

Posted on March 23, 2009 at sometime around 8:34 pm

Peace. Everybody wants it, but there are many different routes to getting there.  So much of war is caused by religious differences.  It’s sad, but it is true.  Conservatives are criticized because they want to stop violence with violence.  Liberals are criticized because “all they want to do is talk”.  Maybe you “don’t care about [...]

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Godin writes back…

Posted on March 22, 2009 at sometime around 8:10 am

I received an email back from Seth Godin!  I was really excited, since he is one of my favorite thinkers.  So let me just say the first thing that came out of my mouth was “holy crap! Seth Godin read my blog!”.  My second thought was “[swear word]. The reason he is writing is to [...]

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Seth Godin talks Music Business

Posted on March 21, 2009 at sometime around 3:13 pm

Seth Godin is a marketing god.  Here is an interview from Seth explaining the music industry.  Key thoughts he advocates include:
1) Piracy is not the thing that is crushing the monetization of music, it is an industry that is unwilling to adapt to music being essentially free.
2) Songwriters are no longer needed.
3) Top 40 radio [...]

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My “Coming Out of the Closet” into the Emergent Church

Posted on March 19, 2009 at sometime around 3:47 pm

Ok.  I’ll admit it.  I am not a homosexual as people normally refer to with the “coming out of the closet”.  However, I am coming out and saying that I am part of the Emergent Church.  Sorry for the gimmick.
If you are a reader of mine, most of you will not even know what this [...]

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March Madness Begins!

Posted on March 19, 2009 at sometime around 11:42 am

Let the madness begin!
My final four picks:
Memphis, UNC, Duke, and Louisville.
Champion:
Memphis
Here is a link to my official bracket at ESPN or watch Barack make his picks here.  Happy Madness!

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Indie-Greatness

Posted on March 17, 2009 at sometime around 1:39 pm

Independent music is unheard by so many.  It’s hard to know what is good out there in the indie scene, so I’ve done the hard work for you (well…some).  I’ve posted below a mix and short review-type writing on each song for your listening pleasure.  Click the play button in the player above to stream [...]

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