January 2008
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music moving
Soft picking of a guitar begins, slowly meandering along, becoming an interlude. Each note weaves into the next, each word bleeds out from the last. In and out, like deep breaths, an outpouring of story, of fact and fiction, of feeling and faith. It seems like chance that these words would play off one another as they do, evoking emotions and answering the questions that gave them life. It...
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New Death Cab for Cutie Album
The band has posted a new teaser video from their recording studio footage, announcing their new album will be in stores in May. Exciting. Check it out.
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Graduating Early - the Mentoring Experience
We’re in to day 3 down here in Oregon at the Murdock Trust Mentoring Experience. Today, we actually get to “start” the course, which is spread over 3 parts throughout the next year. However, since we have our first week of INN activities during the final session in September, we’ve also been here to “complete” the course with the group who is here finishing up...
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Brian McLaren - Learning How to Love
Well, if you’re looking for some pretty sweet late-70s acoustic music from your favorite “New Kind of Christian,” you can download Brian McLaren’s “Learning How to Love” for free here at Heavenly Grooves. I’ve kind of been on this weird kick of listening to music from before I was born on the acoustic vein (Nick Drake, Graham Nash, old Van Morrison), so...
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Last.fm - for music nerds + listeners
The last month or so I’ve been trying out this cool little music tool/website called Last.fm. Basically, it’s a music listening tracking device that sits in your taskbar (sorry, I only speak Windows all you Mac people) and keeps track of what albums you listen to. You can “love” songs that you, you know, love and find recommendations based on your listening preferences....
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The Mentoring Experience
It’s time for me to get back into the blogging world again, and what better way to start off a new stint than to get me out traveling. I like to blog about going places. So, as I sit alone in my room at a conference center in Canby, OR, preparing for a week long conference, I thought it would be only fitting to share a bit about what I’m up to. This week I’ll be taking part in...