Posts under ‘Media-n-Arts’

iMonk 101: “Lo, How A Rose:” Experiencing the Power of Beauty:
In 2004, I wrote this piece about discovering the power of beauty in one of the most wonderful of Christmas songs. “Lo! How a Rose…: Experiencing the Power of Beauty.”
I was a kid from a home without music or books, and it was public schools [...]

The vaunted ‘Dullest blog in the world‘ has received an unexpectedly large number of visitors today owing to an article that was on the front page of MSN for a while today.

‘The 11 lamest blogs on the Internet‘ originally appeared on a website called ‘PC World’ (not the shop we have in the UK) a [...]

In the Agora: offers … well reminds us of this ‘One for the Ages:’
Today is the 173rd birthday of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). Patrick Deneen remembers.

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Think Christian digests this along with a recent feast this past Thursday …
I know Think Christian is an international community, so not all of us will be celebrating Thanksgiving.  But for those of us in the states, this is a pretty predominant holiday.  Many of us will spend the day stuffing ourselves with food and [...]

Gina Dalfonzo at The Point blog implores us to ‘Bring Ben Stein home‘

Ben Stein’s documentary on intelligent design, Expelled, is being released on DVD today. Get your copy here (and read previous Point posts on the provocative film here, here, here, here, and here).

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Happy the man that finds the grace, The blessing of God’s chosen race, The wisdom coming from above, The faith that sweetly works by love. Happy beyond description he Who knows, The Saviour died for me, The gift unspeakable obtains, And heavenly understanding gains. Wisdom divine! Who tells the price Of wisdom’s costly merchandise Wisdom [...]

Facebook users can now sleep sounder and safer as the service’s proprieters have finally done something about the notorious Cartoon Blogger (aka Dave Walker) posting seven, yes folks count them, 7 notes!
Admitting his guilt, said Facebook feind apologized for his egregious act with:
As punishment for the sheer number of my sins my Facebook notemaking powers [...]

ChurchMetrics.com is a new, free church management web app that enables your to track trends within your church.
LifeChurch.tv (Edmond, OK) created Church Metrics as a resource to help track trends in attendance, salvations, baptisms, and financial giving. And soon the free church management app will be available for any church to use at ChurchMetrics.com.
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Here is all I could aggregate about Bill Maher’s Religulous via my extensive list of Christians who blog:
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For those who may not be aware, I’ve been tracking Christians who blog since 2002  - so perhaps there will be more out there next week?
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Okay, now that some have pondered my prior ‘Mickeystopheles’ post about Muslim cleric Muhammad Al-Munajid’s fatwa against Mickey Mouse … let me sucker punch you with this question: are such actions by some Islamic fundamentalist all that much different than the demands for book bans by fundamentalist Christian Moms,  coalition chairpersons, broadcasting networks, or even [...]