Archive for December, 2011

What has got me to take 4 cold showers this week, drop glass on concrete for the heck of it, and enter a place with my son, that I had previously been scared of going before by myself, let alone with my son?  The answer, is this wonderful little book, The Flinch by Julien Smith.  […]

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I just finished reading a book that I think has made a big impression on me,  Saved from Sacrifice: A Theology of the Cross by Mark Heim.   I had read about the “Girardian” perspective on Jesus’s crucifixion various places, mostly, I think on Brian McLaren’s blog and was intrigued and wanted to learn more. Mark […]

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Let Wikipedia in the Schools!

Posted: December 9, 2011 by Todd in Culture
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Many of the kids in my youth group often tell me that their teachers won’t allow them to use Wikipedia as a source in any of their reports.  I cringe every time I hear something like this and wonder why it seems that most teachers and/or educational systems seem to be in reactive mode and […]

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