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I woke up to the sound of my two oldest kids singing - no, screaming - in the kitchen. In harmony.

I’m alive! And the world shines for me today

I’m alive! Suddenly I am here today

Why did my children start their day by belting out these words from the Xanadu Soundtrack?

i loved this quote from michael wesch on why he is moving away from literacy teaching as primary to integration of participatory media literacy.

My son is now two weeks old.  He might as well have his driver’s license and start dating.

One of my themes for this year is “Talk less.

i stumbled onto this when i was talking driver49 into plugging in friendfeed lifestream into his site (something at the moment of writing this we cannot claim complete success).

I’m so excited about the new series we’re launching this Sunday at Cross Point Nashville entitled “Paralyzed”.

I have a feeling many of us are entering into this new year with a sense of fear.

Fear of failure.
Fear of unknown.
Fear of financial crisis.

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What Congress Knew About 'Torture' - WSJ.com

I suppose if I posted more often (or if I were funny more often...) I might be nominated for the WebLogs Best Humor Blog of 2008 Award.

i was pondering my earlier post about how my church misses the mark in some of these marketing attempts things and getting their message (which i believe to be good) to the mass.

All is not well.

the book is coming soon, and i’m thinking it would be fun to take a little day trip one weekend out somewhere kinda close to do a book reading/signing!

the question is…where?

i am not a big christian music aficionado, at least not anymore. its not that i don't like christian music, but it just hasn't filled my soul need. one group tho that i got turned onto this summer (when way of pilgrimage was using their stuff for discussion videos) i do find myself listening to more and more.

Interesting article about Rights of Conscience in the healthcare profession, First Things » Blog Archive » The Hippocratic Oath, Persona Non Grata.

if you are in the nashville area, a blogger, and got some free evening time on wednesday evening. come over to the congress on evangelism for a blogger meet up with bishop robert schnase. amy posted info at the methoblog.

A recent New York Times article convicted the internet and its consumers for the long, painful and potentially foreseeable death of the book publishing industry.  From bookstores closing to publisher layoffs, an inevitably grim outlook faces the book industry in the next year.

saw this today over on kevin watson's deeply committed blog.

I’ve changed…

…although most of you thought it was stupid for me to poll you on it.

Enjoy.

A happy new year to all. Hoping for a great year for all. Am ready to go back to work. The holidays have worn me out. Too much Christmas. Traded in my storm for am omnia because storm had too many bugs.

i could not help it. i got burned up inside by some prooftexting comment on adam walker cleaveland's posting about inappropriate youth ministry curriculum.

Hamas leader Rayan lived by the sword. ("Bodies of Hamas leader's children paraded as group promises 'painful' revenge for their deaths").

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Who are the extremists on abortion?

A new Harris Poll finds a plurality of Americans want all or most abortions to be illegal and overwhelming majorities of Americans want more abortion limits in law.