It’s December 23rd, so . . .

I’d write more, but I’ve got to go dig up my aluminum pole . . .

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Last week I downloaded Griffin House’s Flying Upside Down. This is the song that’s stuck with me over the last few days – “I Remember (It’s Happening Again).” A great song from a great album.

Well my grandpa fought in World War II, my uncle fought in ‘Nam
My father was too young he went [...]

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I’ve been listening to some Christmas music the past week or so. Here’s a few samples.

I’ve always been a big fan of The Smithereens, and I recently got this new Christmas album from eMusic: Christmas With The Smithereens. If you’re not a fan of the band, it may not be that interesting, but [...]

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Once again, I did not read nearly as much as I wanted to this past year. I’m down to about half the books I was reading a few years ago (and even that is still far less than I would like to read.) So, I’ve got a long list to read for this [...]

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There’s been so much written and said over the last couple of days, I really don’t know what’s true, what’s false, and what’s somewhere in between.
One thing is true, of course: Bobby Petrino is the new head football coach at Arkansas.
There’s some good in that. Petrino appears to have been pretty successful at Louisville. [...]

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If you missed the intro and the second ten, check them out in yesterday’s post. One thing I failed to mention (although I suppose it’s obvious) is that I have included a clip with each entry so you can hear a little of what the album is like. So, with that, here’s the [...]

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It’s time for the latest of my annual “year in music” posts, detailing my favorite albums of the year. Due to an unusual amount of new music (over 100 new albums this year), I’ve chosen to go past simply a top ten, and include a second ten as well. The top ten will be [...]

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When I read this passage from Camp’s book, I was reminded of the Derek Webb song “A Love That’s Stronger Than Our Fear,” particularly the line which says “tell me, since when do the means justify the ends and you build the kingdom using the devil’s tools.”
Here’s the quote from Mere Discipleship:
After the April 1999 [...]

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The teaching minister at our church recently asked me if I would be interested in forming somewhat of a “book club.” Since I love to read, I was all for it. We decided to choose a book each month, read it, then meet to discuss what we read and what we thought of [...]

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There’s been a lot of discussion in these parts about Houston Nutt coaching against Arkansas next fall when Ole Miss plays in Fayetteville. Nutt can only hope it turns out as well as Tommy Amaker’s first meeting against his former team.
Amaker was shown the door by Michigan earlier this year and then landed the [...]

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