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Archive for November, 2007


Life Lessons from Battlestar Gallactica

Posted: Monday, November 26th, 2007 @ 9:44 pm in Culture, Musings, Sights | No Comments »

Tonight I watched Battlestar Gallactica: Razor, and remembered why this is my favorite TV series of all time. One of the reasons why I like science fiction is that it tends to grapple with real life issues in a more challenging way than genres based in the present world we live in. In being free [...]

Because of nothing I’ve done

Posted: Thursday, November 15th, 2007 @ 8:55 am in Faith | No Comments »

I’m reading a few good books right now. Just finished The Wounded Healer by Henri Nouwen, and am still reading The Miracle of Dialogue by Neil Howe. In the latter, he just spoke about how dialogue and true communication require us to be given enough information to make a definitive choice, and that as Christians, [...]

Epiphanies

Posted: Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 @ 10:55 pm in Faith | No Comments »

I had an epephanal moment today. Not so much a realization as a dawning. I see the sun rise.

Preoccupation with Self

Posted: Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 @ 4:51 pm in Faith | No Comments »

“Preoccupation with one’s moral state, with one’s emotional life or spiritual being, is self-destroying. Jesus taught men to look not in on themselves but to the other, whether man or God; to love, to give, to affirm, to forgive, and, in so doing, to love oneself”
-The Miracle of Dialogue by Reuel L. Howe

I’m currently reading [...]

Moving On

Posted: Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 @ 11:13 pm in Musings | No Comments »

Well, I’ll be moving soon, though not that soon, and not far. My roommate, Mike, asked his girlfriend to marry him tonight, and she said yes, so they are now engaged. I live in Mike’s house, so I’m now officially hunting for an apartment. Somewhere in Old Town would be nice. Doesn’t have to be [...]

Unbelieveable Football Clip

Posted: Thursday, November 1st, 2007 @ 11:11 pm in General | No Comments »