The 18-20 Somethings ministry has for a long time sought to establish community, from the days of 5950 to now. It is definitely one of the qualities of the first church that many people focus on, and so it’s always cool to see ways in which people are establishing that community in the world. […]

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I’m sure many of you, like myself, do not have an overflowing trough of financial resources. Despite this, there are still some easy ways to help you to live below your means and save up some money. I found a blog that provides 10 Ways To Live Beneath Your Means. In reading […]

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As we move on into fall, it is coming up on Halloween. And one of my favorite things to see (and not necessarily do) is Pumpkin Carving. Finding the right pumpkin is half the battle, and the last couple years Lauren and I have gone to a pumpkin patch off PCH near Second […]

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I like checking out the Uncrate website every once in while to see what crazy consumer products they have featured. From oddly shaped bookshelves to some cutting edge technology, it does a good job of displaying a wide variety of products, most of which are way out of my price range, but it’s interesting […]

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While browsing the internet, I came across this blog. The author wrote a post displaying the images that many of us have seen in newspapers, magazines, and the internet that have impacted public perception of things going on in the world.
And as I was reading this post and looking at the images, […]

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It’s been a while since I’ve done one of those posts where I show you some cool websites from the internet, so here’s one for you.
This summer, I’ve gotten really into reading Digg.com, and so I go on there everyday and read all the funny articles that people link to. One article in particular […]

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I’ve mentioned the Mars Hill (church pastored by Rob Bell) Podcasts a few times before, but I thought I’d make a special mention about for their current series, “God is Green”. As you can tell from the title, the series hits on the intimate connection that we as humans were designed to have with […]

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I just saw this video while I was checking out Digg and I had to share it with you all. You can view it here.
In short, this guy takes ordinary, everyday items and sticks them in a blender to see if they blend. This time he chose the iPhone.
Will it blend? You […]

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Unless you’ve been living inside a cave for the last month, you probably knew that the iPhone made it’s retail debut Friday Evening at Apple Stores across the country. People lined up for days in advance so they could shell out hundreds of dollars for the phone, and I caught a story on Digg […]

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The Barna Group is a company devoted to providing resources to Christian Ministries in the United States, and one of the big things that they do is provide statistics on things that are relevant to Christians. I was reading an article on their website recently about poverty and the perceptions that many Americans carry […]

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