- Imperial history of the Middle East. Check out this fascinating, 90-second, animated demo that visually answers the question: “Who has conquered the Middle East in the past 5,000 years?”
- The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks. Someone else has taken up my vain battle against poor punctuation. I love this site. If you don’t, you are probably part of
the problem. 
- Shorpy: The 100-year-old photo blog. A captivating site of user-submitted photos from the distant past.
- Glassbooth guides you to the U. S. presidential candidate who sees things like you do. Rank the issues and take the survey and Glassbooth tells you who your best matches are. (When I did it, GB named two candidates I’d never heard of, which is why I shouldn’t be allowed to vote).
- Shane Claiborne on Speaking of Faith. This link takes you to an information-rich page about Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution and an important voice in the church today. The page was developed by American Public Media’s excellent radio show Speaking of Faith. I highly recommend SOF’s audio interview with Shane. You’ll find links to his writings as well.
- Halls of Fame. Ryan and Sara Hall are two of America’s best distance runners. They are also dedicated Christians. This Running Times article focuses mostly on their running, but jump ahead to the last page to hear how important Christ is to them. (Ryan won the U.S. Men’s Olympic Marathon Trials in November).
- Recovering from Excellence. Excellence in church is sometimes a euphemism for perfectionism and materialism. Daniel Schantz diagnoses the disease and prescribes a cure in this Christian Standard article (via Out of Ur).
Sunday Seven
January 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments
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1 Marsha // Jan 13, 2008 at 10:06 am
The “excellence” gospel has been around for quite sometime. I am part of a few who have attempted to recover from it. When I hear the word in church circles I cringe and run. I agree with Daniel Schantz’s diagnoses wholeheartedly. Some have not recovered from this disease and the one’s who teach it will be held accountable.
The “We are called to excellence” jargon is a way of telling everyone else that we are better than them. It is not the gospel.
2 sumgirl // Jan 16, 2008 at 8:55 am
i heard about this site about apostrophe abuse on the radio. (www.apostropheabuse.com) the radio guy noted that the “Gods Corner” christian book shop in gatlinburg, by failing to add an apostrophe, is actually a corner for multiple deities. see, we have to be careful with our punctuation, people.
3 Marsha // Jan 16, 2008 at 10:28 am
I guess I didn’t read that “article”. LOL
4 AWIP // Feb 25, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Hey if you’re a fan of Shane Claiborne and his book, then you should really check out the Another World is Possible DVD series. It’s a multimedia project by Shane Claiborne and Jamie Moffett (co-founders of the Simple Way) that emerged in response to their belief that things are not right in the world, and that they don’t have to stay that way. There are three DVD’s, one on war, one on poverty, and one on creation. You can find out more about them at http://www.awip.us.
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