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Article worth reading: Christians and Marijuana
Christians and Marijuana. ^ This post is worth your time. I haven’t seen a lot of discussion within Christian evangelical circles on the nuanced question of marijuana use once it’s legal. John offers two strong arguments worth considering. Neither is a knee-jerk reaction.
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The Realities of Being a Public Educator | molehills out of mountains
You see, school isn’t just about education any more. It is about meeting the needs of the “whole child,” and that requires a lot of work, and adequate resources. Public educators are truly on the front lines of pressing social issues such as poverty, hunger, homelessness, broken families, depression, and mental illness (obviously this list…
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Music Monday: Worldly, Jazzy, Bluesy, Awesome [Snarky Puppy, Hiatus Kaiyote]
We live in a charmed age. The Internet is truly a magical place – musicians can find each other across any distance or length of time to collaborate and challenge the very notion of genre. So I offer you two groups of musicians who are doing cool things. Give them both a listen. SNARKY PUPPY…
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A couple good films for your February
Instead of just grousing about how Christians often fail to recognize excellent, biblically normative art when they see it, I’ve got a couple films to recommend to you for February viewing. I’m pretty sure both of these are rated R. The first is just for a couple uses of the F-word and some mild violence.…
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Article: Why are Christian movies so painfully bad? – Vox
This is a great article. I’m so tired of Christians being satisfied with bad, “preachy” movies and books and music because those feel “Christian enough” while truly Christian, challenging art shoots over the head of the average person. It’s a childish view of the work of the artist, grounded in our Protestant failure to value story and…
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