March 2006
The Archives
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burnout, calling, depression, grief, loss, ministry
Killing a fourteen-year-old
03.28.06 | Permalink | 11 CommentsA little over seven months ago I left my steady gig as a communications/program director for a small university research center. This week I expect to sign my first website design contract and send out my second bid. Burnout is the easiest explanation for the quit, but there is a long story behind that explanation. […]
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Any villains out there?
For those City of Villains fans out there: Rumor has it that a new villains group by the name of Unitarian Jihad will be forming on Virtue server. Leave a comment to get more info.
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ordination, seminary
Seminary students getting ordained? Only 50%
03.18.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Seminary students getting ordained? Only 50%Yup, I feel a lot better now. Only half of my fellow seminary graduates go into the ministry these days. The trend changed in the 90s, mostly among the under 30 crowd, which either makes me a stereotypical trendsetter or trend follower. Believe me, I’ll be using these figures in my next few job interviews. […]
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modern-world, modernity, tradition, traditional
Modernity is so “we’ve always done it that way”
03.16.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Modernity is so “we’ve always done it that way”John Quiggin calls the modern world out for its being so traditional.
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concerts, favorites, music, songs
I know its only rock n roll
03.15.06 | Permalink | 4 CommentsFollowing fouralarmfire’s lead, here’s my “It’s only rock” post, as started by Kermit Is My Copilot. Kinda slow tempo Americana stuff. It’ll probably be different by summer. Seven of my favorite albums
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kosmix, news-filter, search-engines
You decide, we report
03.15.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on You decide, we reportThe new search engine Kosmix lets you filter your news searches by political ideology. (Article here.) But only three ideologies to choose from? (Liberal, conservative and libertarian.) Why not fascist and socialist for starters? Then break up the big tent categories of liberal and conservative into their constituent parts. We Americans have such a depraved […]
