There is a growing irrelevance that the far right is experiencing in this country, and many believe that it is entering what will be an extended loss of influence due to a failure to recognize that people in the United States have moved away from its mannerisms. Interestingly, this is an area in which the church is proceeding at the same pace as, or actually faster than, the rest of culture: as the lords of the political Right flail for the remnants of their influence, the lords of the Religious Right do so as well.
When Amazon's Kindle first came out, I wasn't impressed. I thought it would certainly be annoying to read normal length books on screens.
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.
If you are in Atlanta and are available this afternoon at 5pm, the Atlanta Emergent Cohort is doing an Ash Wednesday performance art ritual.
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.
If you have followed this blog for any length of time, you would be forgiven for thinking that it will never get the custom theme that I mention from time to time. Being a designer who has opinions on a number of things, and one who likes to take side projects from time to time, makes it difficult for this kind of site to get a design.
Welcome to President Barack Hussein Obama. I've never watched much of an inauguration before. Before the primaries of 2008, I had never voted before.
In the W3C's specs, z-index is designed to affect the stacking order of positioned elements on a web page.
I'm a big fan of community, especially lately. I'm also very afraid of it. I tend to be a quiet person until I get to know people, and I often feel awkward until then unless we are having a conversation about which I am very passionate.
I read a decent number of books in 2008, and I wanted to draw attention to some of them.
Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.
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