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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

First Taping of Rob Bell’s New Show on Oprah’s Network

Patheos The new show, which is tentatively set to debut on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN later this fall, features the pastor and author doing what he does best: connecting with and communicating to audiences who consider themselves spiritual but are burned … Continue reading →

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Luhrmann, Sleep and Dreams

NYTimes WHEN Doug Hollan arrived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi for his anthropology dissertation fieldwork in a rice farming village, his Toraja neighbors wanted to take turns sleeping with him and his wife. The rural Toraja almost never sleep … Continue reading →

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Fun Graphs that Illustrate Correlation does not Equal Causation

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Flannery OConnor on The Church

[The Church] is like marriage, when you get into it, you find it is the beginning, not the end, of the struggle to make love work – O’Connor HT: @EricDirksen

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Christian Publishing Tussles over Brand and Message Issues

Guess The Banner isn’t alone in having to figure out brand, voice and the boundaries of its message. CT A leading Christian book publisher has resigned its membership in the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) after a dispute over God and the … Continue reading →

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The Insecure Grasp of Justin Bieber and the Need to be Rich to God

Four Major Stories This Week Ukrainian Conflict with Russia China’s conflict with Vietnam over drilling rights Abduction of school girls in Nigeria Antarctic Ice Shelf is irreparably melting All four stories could be understood as violations of the command “You … Continue reading →

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Chart: “Life of a typical American”

http://kenthendricks.com/2014/05/16/the-life-of-a-typical-american/

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Pastor as Symbol

http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/leithart/2014/05/pastoral-carnality

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The Millennial Exodus is Mostly White

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Treasures of Darkness

Treasures of Darkness

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