Archive for September, 2004

No creed but the Bible?

Thursday, September 30th, 2004

Simeon, one of the Wholly His bloggers, wrote today:
Calvin was wrong! Then again, so is Arminius! When did we decide that these two guys would become the standard by which we allign ourselves theologically? I am going through the interview process with a church right now and I was asked about where I stand on [...]

The Double Whammy

Thursday, September 30th, 2004

Arrrgghh! I can’t believe it.
First, Indelible Grace is playing a church just blocks from me on a Monday night in October….only night of the week we have an evening class.
Now I find out that Bill Mallonee is going to be at a Christian coffee house just two miles from us….on the night we leave for [...]

CD Release of the Year

Wednesday, September 29th, 2004

This post is for the benefit of all my readers who don’t come from my circle of Caedmon’s Call fanatic friends. In two weeks, CC will release their new project, Share the Well (preorder here). From all I’m hearing, this may be one of the most significant and stunning new releases in Christian music since [...]

Bono interview

Tuesday, September 28th, 2004

Thanks to my friend Pastor Pat for making me aware of Bill O’Reilly’s interview with Bono of U2 at the Republican convention. If you have broadband, click the “video” link, otherwise you can read the transcript.
As Pat said, this is an excellent example of how a Christian speaks to the world about issues without [...]

Dreams of the everyday housewife

Tuesday, September 28th, 2004

The photograph album she takes from the closet
And slowly turns the page
And carefully picks up the crumbling flower
The first one he gave her now withered with age
She closes her eyes and touches the house dress
That suddenly disappears
And just for the moment she’s wearing the gown
That broke all their minds back so many years
Oh, such are [...]

My Starbucks trail of caffeine dreams

Thursday, September 23rd, 2004

Thanks to Dixie Medley of the Rumor Board for pointing us to Starbuckseverywhere.net. This guy is actually trying to visit every Starbucks in the world.
While I’m not a Starbucks addict, I realized that his pictures provide links to aspects of my life over the past few years.
This is the store at the historic UVa [...]

Mallonee a Sage fan??

Thursday, September 23rd, 2004

Yesterday I was in fan hog heaven because I got a shout out from Bill Mallonee’s wife Brenda commending a review I’d posted here of his latest release, Dear Life. Could it get any better?
The answer would be…yes.
Today I heard from Bill himself with the following comment:
…this is the kind of homework good reviewers [...]

A must read…

Thursday, September 23rd, 2004

…yet another one, from my friend Pastor Pat. He nails the meaning of “love covers a multitude of sins” in a few beautiful paragraphs, and in so doing has challenged me in profound ways. Thanks, Pat.

And while you’re reading must reads…

Thursday, September 23rd, 2004

…from my LSW’s blog:
Kimchee, Seaweed, & New Friends
This is one of the cooler things about this place.

A shoutout from Brenda, Dear Brenda

Thursday, September 23rd, 2004

My review of Bill Mallonee’s stark but stunning latest release, Dear Life, earned some stars from his wife Brenda on the VoL-List, the Mallonee/VoL fan email group. Thanks, Brenda!
Message: 3
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:22:37 EDT
From: amallonee@aol.com
Subject: worth the read!
Check this out! Thanks Mark
rmfo-blogs.com/rumorsage/archives/
2004/08/19/bill-mallonees-idear-lifei-a-review/
Traphagen Trivia Corner: Brenda is [...]