Archive for December, 2007

Lament in Advent

December 21, 2007

A nice description of what Campus Chapel in Ann Arbor, MI is doing with Advent appears here. So often, we do Christmas in reverse – we don’t acknowledge our need for the world to be renewed by a divine interruption (both then and now).
From Campus Chapel’s site:
Why Lament in Advent?
In order for us [...]

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Nativity Mania

December 21, 2007

On our way across Nebraska, we stopped at Krista’s grandparents for a few days. We counted no less than 12 nativity sets on the main floor! The sets range in diversity from Eskimo to Native American to Precious Moments to Blue Man Group (see for yourself with the link below).
A camera phone, Flickr, [...]

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My Old Man Poem

December 12, 2007

I enjoy listening to short podcasts (and long ones too) and one of my favorites is The Writer’s Almanac. A few weeks ago Keillor read a poem that (I think) describes the old me (some would say the current me). You can find it here.

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Verizon Run-a-round

December 11, 2007

They look so happy, don’t they?
After ordering one stand-alone DSL line and getting confirmations for two DSL lines, I spent 40 minutes on the phone with 5 different people (including one who was so quiet I thought I was listening to someone doing an imitation of me on the phone). The next to [...]

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