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technology and the trivial

Posted by mike wittmer on August 26th, 2010 | 9 responses
If our technology had existed in Jesus’ day, our Bibles might read: “Jesus asked His disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of Man is?’ but they were checking their e-mail and missed the question.”... read more »

clearing clutter

Posted by roxanne robbins on August 7th, 2010 | 9 responses
Have you ever tried to convince a packrat to throw something away? If so, then you know just how difficult it is to get a person who hates to part with anything—even the most unnecessary items—to let... read more »

the kids are all right?

Posted by mike wittmer on July 7th, 2010 | 14 responses
This weekend a new movie opens which would have been unimagineable (both scientifically and morally) just a few years ago.  In The Kids Are All Right, the children of two lesbians search for their biological,... read more »

correct change

Posted by regina franklin on June 5th, 2010 | 4 responses
Making decisions while shopping has never been one of my strong points. I take forever to settle  on a purchase, and then all the way from the checkout line to my house, I still question whether or not... read more »

one, two, three . . .

Posted by tom felten on May 27th, 2010 | 9 responses
When my son was a toddler, I played a game with him that made a big splash—literally. As I stood in the water, just a few feet from the edge of the pool, I would reach out my arms and encourage him to... read more »

the kingdom of things

Posted by sheridan voysey on May 7th, 2010 | 12 responses
Since 1993, sales of luxury cars in my country— Australia—have doubled. Since the 1950s, Australian homes have doubled in size, yet the average family has decreased by a third. We’ve been on a pilgrimage... read more »

enough for me

Posted by winn collier on April 8th, 2010 | 10 responses
Author Peter Rollins offers a jolting retelling of Jesus’ feeding of the 5,000. Rollins recounts how the swarming crowds thwarted Jesus’ efforts to find solitude in a boat. As the crowds poured into... read more »

hedging bets

Posted by mike wittmer on March 11th, 2010 | 10 responses
Millions of people say they believe in God, but to guarantee the good life they also put their trust in capitalism, science, or immoral pleasures. Recently, however, we’ve seen further proof that these... read more »

solid investment

Posted by mike wittmer on January 4th, 2010 | 2 responses
The best time to buy stocks is also the most difficult. It takes guts to invest in a bear market (a down market), but savvy investors find bargains on some solid stocks and buy even when everyone else... read more »

treasures

Posted by marvin williams on December 31st, 2009 | 14 responses
Every day, according to one survey, Americans buy an average of 3,972,603 movie tickets; 1,683,835 songs and albums from online resources; 1,650,000 DVD rentals from Netflix; 978,030 bags of Orville Redenbacher’s... read more »
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