February, 2009

Praying the daily office

February 27th, 2009

There is a practice of prayer called the Daily Office that dates back to ancient Judaism, when faithful Jews would gather several times each day and pray.

Links for February 27th

TPMMuckraker | Talking Points Memo | Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was False

Apparently, Jindal's story about Katrina was not true. "The central anecdote of the GOP's prime-time response to President Obama's speech, intended to illustrate the threat of excessive government regulation, turns out to have been made up."

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jindal

obama

politics

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (February 27, 2009) – The Un-Rove

Andrew Sullivan's view of what Obama has accomplished with his political strategy. "Smart, isn't he? He won the stimulus debate long before the Republicans realized it (they were busy doing tap-dances of victory on talk radio, while he was building a new coalition without them)."

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economics

andrew-sullivan

obama

politics

Links for February 26th

CSS Optimization Tips – Optimizing Style Sheets – CSS Optimization Tutorial

Good ways to optimize your CSS. I have become fairly good at this, though there are some older stylesheets that I manage that are, sadly, far too messy to be fixed and simply need to be rewritten.

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design

css

robbell.com

Rob Bell's newest book tour, "Drop Like Stars," will be arriving in various cities in 2009-2010. "The Drops Like Stars Tour is a two hour exploration of the endlessly complex relationship between suffering and creativity…"

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events

books

spirituality

rob-bell

Flash Requiem

February 25th, 2009

If you are in Atlanta and are available this afternoon at 5pm, the Atlanta Emergent Cohort is doing an Ash Wednesday performance art ritual.

Bookmarks for February 24th through February 25th

These are my links for February 24th through February 25th:

Lent
"It would be easy to simply eliminate something from my life, but I’m beginning to understand that perhaps it is better to build. But of course, that’s a lot messier."

tags:

lent

spirituality

community

the Jesus Manifesto » Fasting with Jesus, Struggling with the Devil
Powerful insights on Lent. Similar to Mark, I spent my earliest experiences following Jesus among Pentecostals and thus have never understood Lent. I've been pondering it a bit this year, wondering if it is something I should seek to integrate into my life.

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jesus

spirituality

lent

ExpressionEngine, My New Hotness — Articles — J.BradfordDillon
I was honestly thinking about doing the new version of this site in ExpressionEngine instead of WordPress. As there are certain pieces of functionality that I'm unhappy with, I still may do this in the near future. Regardless, it is a wonderful article.

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php

expressionengine

design

programming

New design is live

February 24th, 2009

So, I've finally made my new design live, as you can see. I hope you find it pleasant and fitting to its content. All of the existing content has been given this new design, as there wasn't an "old design" with which the existing content fits.

Links for February 17th

the Jesus Manifesto » Driven by Devils

“We cannot embrace the Kingdom without also resisting the Empire. But we must never stay there: eventually the positive vision must take precedence over anger, otherwise the movement will become tainted.”

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church

culture

A List Apart: Articles: In Defense of Readers

"As web designers, we concern ourselves with how users move from page to page, but forget the needs of those whose purpose is to be still. Learn the design techniques that create a mental space for reading."

tags:

writing

design

Links for February 6th

Re-Visioning Jesus' Atonement: Beyond Liberal and Conservative « zoecarnate

Beginning of a series looking at going beyond the liberal/conservative divide in atonement theology. "One of the tasks before me, as an emerging Christian, is to hold liberating truths in creative tension."

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emerging

atonement

jesus

bible

new-testament

theology

Links for February 4th

Atmospheric Black Metal Kitchen: Heavy Metal Laundry Tips

Fantastic tips on how to keep black t-shirts black, from a metalhead's perspective. Really funny, and really helpful, for someone who owns a great many metal shirts.

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humor

metal

clothing

music

Romans 13:4 and irony « An Absolution Revolution – oraculum seditionis

Wise look at Romans 13:4 in its proper context. Also, it is great to see someone else point out that most people who quote Romans 13:4 do so in defense of a country created by Deists who did not submit to British authorities that were way less oppressive than Paul's Roman authorities.

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bible

politics

new-testament

Links for February 3rd

adaptive path » blog » Henning Fischer » Designing on Purpose: An Interview with David Butler, VP of Design at Coca-Cola

Good thoughts from VP of Design at Coke. "Strangely enough, I never use the word design or usability or phrases that we are used to as designers. I really try to communicate in terms of the people we are talking to inside the organization. A simple way of talking about the way the thing work versus the way things look."

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adaptive-path

design