Conscientious Consuming

I’ve been getting this catalog for a while, but hadn’t paid attention to it: Heartbeats, a ministry of the Sisters of the Humility of Mary, “Networking women, developing world and minority artists.” There are a number of good opportunities to spend well, and some unique, creative, and interesting products, including Christmas cards and fair-trade gifts [...]

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In Lieu of Flowers

From: Communication Division Chair
Subject: Mike Casey – Memorial Dontation Suggestion and Graveside Service Information
Date: October 25, 2007 3:16:45 PM PDT
Memorial Donations
Mike Casey had in the past few years been instrumental in creating a scholarly center (the Churches of Christ Heritage Center) here at Pepperdine University that catalogs original documents and manuscript collections, academic [...]

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Beating Plowshares into War Bonds

Looking back over some of Mike Casey’s articles. Here’s a conclusion to a piece where he traces the cultural mainstreaming of Churches of Christ and the loss of the pacifist tradition; a moment of biting prophetic scholarship directed at civil religion swallowing:
No longer disinherited, members of the mainstream Churches of Christ are active at all [...]

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Mike Casey

Mike Casey passed away Monday night. I’m grieving as part of his church family, and as someone who benefited so much from his contribution to understanding the better angels of my own faith heritage. Mike eagerly provided some of the best leads and contacts for my research in social concern among Churches of Christ. I [...]

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Thanks for asking

We’re fine, just briefly relocated and a bit smoked, and never in as much danger as so many others. Sad for Pres, and the wider losses; the folks who are housed in temples made of human hands.

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Sturm und Twang

I barely broke the surface of Radiohead’s In Rainbows, when some kind of aural backdraft swept me into a weekend of 60s soul, followed by nearly a week of gravelly Texas songwriters. Maybe I’m ironically reacting against the triumph of technology over hardwood resonance. Or maybe it was a brief flippant exchange with happytheman about [...]

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Hooray for Winners!

I am officially closing the window for entries into our latest giant contest, coming up with a better movie for the cast of The Kingdom to appear in. Well, the competition was fierce, but since 50% of the entries submitted also included a vote that we publically recognize Mark’s brilliant work on this subject, there [...]

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This way to the unconscious

Living in an area where filming for television and movies is not uncommon, I spot bright yellow 2×3 foot (or so) boards posted along the road that often signal the site of a filming location for cast, crew, caterers, and other industry people whose jobs begin with the letter C. They have bold block letters [...]

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Halo’d Be Thy Name

Todd posted an unsettling story about churches using Halo 3 as an outreach tool. I threw out the first thing that came to mind as a comment, but it’ll make an even better post.
This Spartan Life, featured in a recently reran Studio 360 story, creates a talk show in the Halo universe. The game [...]

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Daft Manos (of Fate)

HT pendulous. If you start to suspect you’re wasting your time,* just stick it out until around :52.

*You are wasting your time. Thanks for doing it with me.

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