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Tuesday June 17, 2008

When You Weren’t Looking
Ben Stein offers a reflection for Father’s Day. “O, brilliant kids, I was a fool just like you. I was in my mid-40s before I properly thanked my father for his decades of hard work…”


The Oak Anniversary
A couple in England has just celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary. The couple list the secret of their happy marriage as “a little kiss before bed, trips to bingo and good plain English food”.


Firefox 3
Firefox 3 releases today and the Mozilla team is hoping to set a world record for the most downloads. The software will be available at 10 AM PST. If you are still using Internet Explorer, well, it’s time to upgrade!


Dekker to Write for General Market
Christian author Ted Dekker will be writing at least two novels for Hachette. They will be targeted at the mainstream market.


Do Hard Things in WSJ
The Wall Street Journal has a brief interview with Brett and Alex Harris on their book Do Hard Things.


Save Your Own Life
Reader’s Digest offers tips on how to save your life (or someone else’s) in a variety of emergency situations.


  • Prayer

    Spread Too Thin

    With so much to do, we can easily begin to wonder whether prayer is an appropriate use of scarce time. Wouldn’t it be better to give my attention to something that would let me cross something off my to-do list?

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    Weekend A La Carte (July 12)

    A La Carte: Where art thou Rob Bell? / The case against in vitro fertilization / Praying and weeping for those suffering in Texas / Greet each other with a holy hug / The example of Jimmy Swaggart / and more.

  • Thriving Marriage

    Thriving Marriage

    I have often wondered about the best time to write a book about marriage. When a couple is young, there is so much about marriage they have not yet experienced. They can still impart wisdom and teach lessons, of course, but there is so much of marriage that remains unknown to them. Yet when a…

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    A La Carte (July 11)

    A La Carte: Falling out of repentance / Tattoos as confession / The Epstein List and secret sins / Teaching generosity / Lessons from a former youth pastor / Bedbugs in the bowels of the city.

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    A La Carte (July 10)

    A La Carte: Questions for a maturing marriage / The lesbian seagulls that weren’t / But mommy, why? / A time to be tired / The modern rise of Stoicism / and more.

  • The Stranger

    The Stranger: A Short Film For You

    Based on a true story and inspired by the truth that character comes before competence, “The Stranger” is an honest, light-hearted and meaningful picture of what it means to truly serve others.