Category: Culture

  • Dan

    Letting Out the Song

    This week seems to be a reflection on the quiet desperation people may have in their lives. The quote from Thoreau mentions the song we have in our hearts. I want the song within me to be sung. The song of the King needs to be released. It’s a joy when that happens. I love seeing it when the song…

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    Not letting the song die in our hearts

    The quote I reflected on yesterday from Thoreau was this: Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Are we going to the grave with a song still in our hearts? Are we going to the grave with a work of art still waiting to be formed? Is there a…

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    Difficult Thoughts on Penn State

    While I maintain the superiority of baseball over all other sports (and have fun doing so), I do love sports in general. And I had a passion for college sports over pro sports. There was certainly an admiration I carried for years for Joe Paterno because he seemed to do things the “right” way in football. Of course, it has…

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    Hooked on Facebook and Nothing to Do About It?

    Obviously, if you’re on Facebook you’ve probably seen the posts that are spam links taking you to sites you just don’t want to go to. This story gives some details if you’re not on Facebook. Here is the problem, and I face it personally: even in our outrage we probably won’t quit Facebook. It’s the vehicle that best gets the…

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    Veteran’s Day, Pacificism, and Free Speech

    While I certainly have strong opinions as to the use of military strength at times in the history of our nation, I am reminded on weekends like this that even for those who are pacificists, they need to thank God that someone didn’t believe fully in pacificism with them… and fought for their right to maintain that ideological stance. I fully understand…

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    Politics, Faith, and Saving Liberalism

    I Heart Barth posted a series of interviews with Miroslov Volf on his new book, A Public Faith. The third video was the one I found really interesting. There are liberals today who are Christian who say democracy isn’t compatible with Christian faith. Jesus was a Socialist. Volf says Christianity is compatible with democracy and what is more, liberals need to start acting…

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    OCCUPY

    Some thoughts on occupation HERE. One I like alot: 6. Repent of our own selfishness, greed and consumerism; believe that we have enough. We are convinced we always need more in our culture: more space, more food, more money, more clothes, more things (or nicer versions of what we do have). We tend to form our identity by what we…

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    We Still Celebrate the Workaholics

    In just the sports world, we see some shining examples of guys who don’t know how to gear it down and turn it off. It’s all around us, though. The big news this week in sports is the Twins firing their general manager. For a stable, plodding organization like the Twins, it’s huge news. It was a necessary move, in…

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    Why Socialism Works… If It’s Forced

    As anecdotal evidence, my son works for a restaurant. When he was hired as an assistant server the rule of the business was everyone shares tips. Servers got a higher percentage, but all tips went into the big pool and were then divided out by management. My son hustles and works hard. Everyone in the restaurant does. It’s a fun…

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    So What is Your Brand?

      It just sounds painful to me! 😉