Operating System Windows XP: I know I should be using Vista but how many blue screens of death can one man endure? I’ll wait for a couple of Service Packs. Office and Productivity Software Open Office.org 2.x (freeware). I have been a fan of Word since Word 2.0c and have used the full office software [...]
April, 2007:
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Hank Aaron credited with 50 more home runs :: The committee’s 30-page report points out several key factors that combined to increase Aaron’s home run total. For example, in 1958, home runs hit during both the first week of spring training and those hit in pre-game batting practice during away games in the third week [...]
Robert Webber has died
I just got word that theologian, author, and friend of the emerging church, Robert Webber has died after a long battle with cancer. Over the years I enjoyed our e-mails back and forth as well as his many, many books. Like many, many people I will miss his voice, wisdom, and love for the church. Please [...]
Set women on fire and you get probation
From the CBC The Crown had asked for a sentence of 16 months in a youth facility followed by eight months of supervision. Tucker rejected that, noting her age and his belief the crime was not premeditated. The girl, whose name cannot be published, has also been ordered to make a personal apology to the [...]
The Jesus Way by Eugene Peterson
I have been enjoying Eugene Peterson’s latest book, The Jesus Way. The book is based on this article published in Christian Century. Here is are a couple of quotes from the introduction The popularized acronym WWJD (“What would Jesus do?”) is not quite accurate. The question must be “How does Jesus do it?” – page [...]
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The World’s Best 100 Restaurants :: Canada is shut out. Planting a church in the suburbs? Here are some ideas. Governor of Oregon to live on food stamps for a week :: Gov. Theodore R. Kulongoski and his wife, Mary Oberst, are used to eating the best their state has to offer: salmon, huckleberries and [...]
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1/3 of adults consult Wikipedia Location is everything :: It’s not unusual for Sean Watters to wake up and find homeless people passed out on the other side of his kitchen window. Nothing a good set of blinds can’t hide, says the UofT political science major of the view from his ground-level apartment at Charles [...]
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10 bloggiest neighborhoods in America Rocketboom has an excellent Earth Day video The Soul of the Commuter :: Americans average 51 minutes a day commuting. Moscow’s suburb for billionaires :: This sounds a lot like Mayfair Joe Trippi is joining the John Edwards campaign Bill Clinton to be “cheerleader at large” if Hillary wins. Beyond [...]
The Covenant Church
While in Prince Albert, I managed to find some time for lunch with Randall Friesen of Gateway Covenant Church and Steve Menshenfriend of Blackstrap Covenant Church in Dundurn. It was a good time of sharing, laughing, and exchanging ideas. Steve and Blackstrap Covenant Church has the same problems that Church of the Exiles in that [...]
