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Recipe: Pasta with Sundried Tomatoes and Awesomeness
Definitely our favorite recipe from this week. Adapted from something I saw somewhere in Martha Stewart land. Lori’s Sundried Tomato, Grilled Chicken, & Bacon Pasta, with Sweet Tomato & Onion Topping 3 strips bacon (I used Hormel–maple)– diced (The “maple” sweetness works nicely.) 1/2 onion chopped (and more onion sliced) half jar sundried tomatoes (in…
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Theology & Mercy: Separate yet inseparable
Last week I had the incredible opportunity to participate in a “culture panel” hosted by my friend Rebecca who teaches foreign engineers & businesspeople upper-level conversational English. For example, all of the 7 students in the class speak German & work for BMW. Coart & I joined to help answer questions (and pontificate) about American…
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Protestant Worship: Too rational for our own good
from Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview and Cultural Formation, by James K. A. Smith: The church often adopts a . . . misguided strategy: while the mall, Victoria’s Secret, and Jerry Bruckheimer are grabbing hold of our gut (kardia) by means of our body and its senses — in stories and images, sights and sound, and…
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Concert Report: Yann Tiersen
Sometimes you end up in the presence of a true musician, someone who lives and breathes music. Rhythm and melody are their blood; they feed on life but mix it with creativity to offer lucky audience members a taste of what God must have intended for the human race. Yann Tiersen is such a soul. Shout-out to…
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On All Things Directorial
…Musings on theater, life, and directing…. seasoned with a bit of “after midnight.” And written in the crucible of preparing the Advanced Drama students for their production of And Then There Were None. I don’t “do theater” for a living. (See, the proof is in the fact that I generally spell “theater” the American way…
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