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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

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Posted on February 4, 2014 by PaulVK

Dreher Literature and the Problem of Evil  I can see so clearly now, from the vantage point of someone who is nearly 47, the enormous advantage my father gave me in impressing upon me a script, and not just a … Continue reading →

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The Secret of Popularity

Posted on February 4, 2014 by PaulVK

Your popularity at the expense of the other. He also found that aggression was a useful tactic. Violence was still seen as antisocial and undesirable, but “reputational aggression”—the teasing, rumour-mongering, gossiping, ostracism, and other non-physical means through which high-school kids … Continue reading →

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Woody Allen, Morality and Artistry

Posted on February 4, 2014 by PaulVK

The Dish In some ways, I wish this weren’t so. It would be a less fallen and compromised world. But the human mind can, alas, live quite fully in places where the practical moral conscience seems irrelevant. And so it … Continue reading →

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Ham/Nye Debate

Posted on February 3, 2014 by PaulVK

Sun Times piece with quotes from Marsden Peter Enns’ piece Ken Schenck of Wesley Seminary: It was kind of sad The Daily Beast “I’m a Christian and Ken Ham doesn’t speak for me Biologos on the debate Daily Beast: It … Continue reading →

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Sara Miles’ Ash Wednesday Service in the Park

Posted on February 3, 2014 by PaulVK

Christian Century  

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Peyton Manning showing how to lose

Posted on February 3, 2014 by PaulVK

Yahoo piece Manning asks Sherman about his ankle Peyton Manning’s Faith How he approaches faith and the game How do I justify football in the context of “love your enemy?” I say to kids, well, football is most definitely a … Continue reading →

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Celebrity, power, drugs and personal catastrophe

Posted on February 3, 2014 by PaulVK

Celebrity overdoses Lottery winners who lost it all Russell Brand 10 Years Clean Without these fellowships I would take drugs. Because, even now, the condition persists. Drugs and alcohol are not my problem, reality is my problem, drugs and alcohol … Continue reading →

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Beginning to Suspect the Bubble

Posted on February 1, 2014 by PaulVK

Zeitgeist Zeitgeist is a handy word. It means the spirit of the age, the communal water of assumption we take in and can’t help but assimilate and/or push back from. Two of the more interesting pieces this week were a … Continue reading →

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Rosaria Butterfield

Posted on February 1, 2014 by PaulVK

http://youtu.be/kQ_YI6INTQU CT piece Amazon link Former lesbian professor of English becomes homeschool mom in conservative Reformed church.

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Confessions of a TSA Worker

Posted on February 1, 2014 by PaulVK

Politico: Dear America I saw You Naked

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