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Friday August 8, 2008

Book Specials
Desiring God is offering a handful of books at deep discounts. You may want to check it out!


I am, Therefore I Pollute
Here’s an interesting editorial by Stanley Fish dealing with his seeming inability to give his all to protecting the environment.


An Inspiring 8-Year Old
This boy, a family friend, has proven such an inspiration to my family. He has a non-cancerous tumor in his brain and his mom is detailing his visits to hospitals and specialists. Their faith and his faith has been such an example to us.


SCC on CNN
Steven Curtis Chapman has written an editorial on adoption for CNN.


Canadian Customs
“When U.S. President George W. Bush visited Canada in 2004, members of his delegation were provided with a ‘protocol guide’ to help them understand the language and customs of the foreigners.”


  • The Anxious Generation

    The Great Rewiring of Childhood

    I know I’m getting old and all that, and I’m aware this means that I’ll be tempted to look unfavorably at people who are younger than myself. I know I’ll be tempted to consider what people were like when I was young and to stand in judgment of what people are like today. Yet even…

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  • a One-Talent Christian

    It’s Okay To Be a Two-Talent Christian

    It is for good reason that we have both the concept and the word average. To be average is to be typical, to be—when measured against points of comparison—rather unremarkable. It’s a truism that most of us are, in most ways, average. The average one of us is of average ability, has average looks, will…

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