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A La Carte (11/15)

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Wednesday November 15, 2006

Politics: Joe Carter provides seven reasons Rudy Giuliani is Unelectable. Here’s a good one: “Rudy is a philandering jerk — Giuliani began dating his third (and current) wife, Judith Nathan, while still married to his second wife, Donna Hanover. Ms. Hanover found out her marriage was ending when her soon to be ex-husband announced the separation during a press conference. This is enough to lose him the key demographic of bitter ex-wives.”

Prayer: Brian Thornton asks “How Now Shall I Pray?” when he reflects on the news of a friend’s cancer.

Emergent: Gary Shavey at the Resurgence blog provides highlights, lowlights and “what the’s?” from the recent “You Say You Want A Revolution Conference.”

Du Jour: Thabiti Anyabwile risks being called a scrooge when he discusses tipping.


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    The Biblical Call To Bodily Care

    Christians can often have a strange relationship with the body. Certain Christian traditions have treated the body as if it is no more than a shell for the soul, a material self that is of little importance when compared to the immaterial self. Other Christian traditions have treated the body as if it is of…