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so, are Reformed too Modernist? (McLaren, part II)
I’m about 2/3 through McLaren’s book A Generous Orthodoxy and still find myself agreeing (or tolerantly nodding my head) to the vast majority of his ideas. Maybe I’m finally old enough to yearn for people who think differently than I do, instead of wanting to read people who think just like me. [If you missed my first…
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the emergent conversation (food for thought)
Currently reading: A Generous Orthodoxy, Brian McLaren As I was packing for our current vacation, I nabbed McLaren’s controversial book from Jack’s pile of recent reading acquisitions. (I tell you, if another bibliophile were to move into our household, the walls would probably collapse under the weight of the paper. LOL) The “emergent church” movement…
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Brownies are Beautiful
Make these. You know you want to: 4 squares bittersweet baking chocolate 1 1/2 sticks (10 T) butter –none of that margarine stuff! 2 cups white sugar 3 eggs 1 T dark Kahlua (vanilla works instead … or regular Kahlua) 1 cup flour 1 cup pecans 1/2 cup chocolate chips can of dark chocolate frosting…
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Aliens & Strangers
“So Eve saw that the tree was good for food, and goodly to look upon, and she took of the fruit and ate it. And she gave some to her husband, and he ate also.” “And God came down to walk in the garden in the cool of the day, but the man and woman…
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It’s not me, it’s you, Windows.
I have been using one of the school’s laptops off & on this year — it generally makes my life a lot easier and reduces the amount of time I was spending at the school building in the evenings. (At least I can sit on the couch and work instead of abandoning Coart for most…





