I just finished reading Illusions of innocence: Protestant Primitivism in America, 1630-1875 by Richard T. Hughes and C. Leonard Allen (1988, University of Chicago Press). This is an excellent book that most of you won’t want to read (unless you’re really into history) because it is so technical. But it is valuable [...]

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Shane Claiborne has an interesting article (part 1 of 3) today at Out of Ur, the blog for Christianity Today’s Leadership magazine. I’m currently reading Claiborne’s book The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical. I like the book because, aside from a few sophomoric references, Claiborne defines “radical” in the correct sense [...]

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Friends are still sending me emails that say that the death-rate of US soldiers in Iraq isn’t all that different from the murder rate in big cities like Detroit. The implication, I guess, is that people die everywhere, so why get upset over some deaths in Iraq? Or maybe the idea is that [...]

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I still maintain my innocence regarding interest in O. J. Simpson’s salacious book deal, but if I were to write about it, I would want my post to resemble this Newsweek article based on an exclusive look at the chapter from Simpson’s book about the night of the murders.  You shouldn’t read the Newsweek article, [...]

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Attitude adjustment - Thinking that holds us back - Dennis Mullen - 1.14.7
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When I was a kid, I was a committed Christian and I was really into science fiction. It didn’t take me long to see the tension between the two. My favorite science fiction writers (especially Isaac Asimov) were atheists. Their vision of inter-galactic travel and settlement of the universe had no place for [...]

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Two MHCCers who have been blogging on MySpace have recently ventured out into the wider blogging community. One is Summer Hensley, whose blog “The Shelf” is on life in general and parenting in particluar, with a special focus on raising her autistic son. Summer registered more than 10,000 page views on her MySpace [...]

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I recently discovered Carmine Gallo, a Business Week writer who focuses on the craft of public speaking and giving presentations. I’ve been slowly working through his articles, trying to learn as much as I can to apply to my own preaching and teaching. Gallo is practical and entertaining. Check him out before [...]

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Your integrity - How much would you sell it for? - Dennis Mullen - 1.7.7
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I could mess around for hours with the Museum of Modern Betas, and sometimes I do. MoMB is a very simple list of the most recently-released web applications. No reviews or recommendations, just a thumbnail screen-shot with the default brief description from the app itself. It’s amazing to see the creative business [...]

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