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simple summer suppers

August 3, 2011August 3, 2011 wally metts5 Comments

Weather like this makes you want to slow down. And it’s too hot to cook food. Or to digest it. But even simple meals require a little planning ahead.

Posted in celebration, foodTagged chicken salad, cucumber soup, food, forkinit, heat index, member's mark, recipes, salad, scrambled eggs, summer, supper

a triumph more glorious

August 1, 2011August 1, 2011 wally metts2 Comments

The first transatlantic telegraph cable broke. Expectations where thwarted. Nothing worked exactly as advertised. It’s a good thing to remember when the next new thing rolls in, even if it’s made by Apple or Google.

Posted in commentary, communication, cultureTagged google+, james buchanan, social media, technology, telegraph, wideman whitehouse

what’s a Christian fundamentalist?

July 29, 2011July 29, 2011 wally metts5 Comments

The media’s rush to describe Breivik as a “Christian fundamentalist” seems a little sensational. And the suggestion that we should condemn him on those grounds unnecessary.

Posted in commentary, culture, faithTagged anders breivik, belief blog, christian fundamentalist, christian terrorist, CNN, norway massacre, stephen prothero

Jesus loves the little children

July 27, 2011 wally metts5 Comments

My wife used to teach a neighborhood Bible study for kids in which none of the kids knew a single Christmas carol or had ever read a Bible. In fact, they could barely read at all.

Posted in church, commentary, culture, educationTagged Barna Group, church, keith brury, literacy, reading, Sunday School

making peace with Potter

July 26, 2011 wally metts6 Comments

Many conservative Christians have had a love/hate relationship with the Harry Potter books, as in they love to hate them. And I understand their reasoning. Almost.

Posted in books, commentary, faithTagged Christian imagination, deathly hallows, harry potter

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