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I saw this report. I have to say that discovery of the dog’s mess in a public setting is annoying. EDINA, Minn. (AP) – Need to scoop up after your pooch in the affluent Minneapolis suburb of Edina? You’ll now have to bring your own bag after the city stopped providing freebies. The Star Tribune…

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From CNN.com, and one commentator lets loose — and he should. It’s hard to believe that there isn’t more technology and solutions to potential breakdowns … (CNN) — Oil industry experts said there is no sure-fire way to stop the massive amount of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. If there were, BP wouldn’t still…

From HuffPo, simplistic to be sure, but how do you respond to these comments of his? That’s why I am always puzzled by how people who claim to be followers of the Jesus I read about in the Bible can be political conservatives…. Conservative Christians’ primary argument regarding Jesus and politics is that all he…

Ron Highfield’s new book, Great Is the Lord: Theology for the Praise of God , probes in chp 3 “What fools don’t know: the existence of God.” Here we will find a good discussion of the existence of God that refuses — and I don’t see this very often — to let the existence question become simply and…

The Amish are perhaps the most successful when it comes to business. Here’s a clip from a recent article: (CNNMoney.com) — Want to find America’s most successful entrepreneurs? Skip Silicon Valley and Manhattan; head to the rural Amish enclaves. Amish businesses have an eye-popping 95% success rate at staying open at least five years, according…

One of the implications of States rights, and I’m strong on permitting local States to shape themselves, is that States like Arizona are taking aggressive steps about immigrants. This new law is one of the strongest I’ve seen because it is found in the educational programs. I wonder how the song Derek Webb sings (earliest…

Both of our companions, John Goldingay’s commentary (Psalms, Vol. 1: Psalms 1-41 (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms) and Robert Alter, The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary , translate Psalm 14:1 with “scoundrel.” We looked at that idea yesterday. Today we explore the rest of the psalm. But David’s psalm is not so…

One of the songs I liked the most on Derek Webb’s album, Mockingbird is the song about the kingdom. To whom do we pledge allegiance?  Let us say that there is a both-and as citizens, but do we reflect on how hard it is to maintain a true balance?  Webb’s words bite because there’s anger and…

I haven’t linked to BioLogos lately – but they’ve had a number of good posts recently. Karl Giberson put up a thought provoking post this week worth some conversation, Would You Like Fries With That Theory? In this essay he poses a question about the role of consensus, orthodoxy, critical thinking, and authority in the…
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