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John Mayer Acting 32

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I do not own a John Mayer album. I can’t say that I was tapping my toes when my brother introduced his music to me during a car ride through the New Mexico desert a few years back. I do remember his Volkswagen commercial where he just shreds his guitar while using the car’s audio system [...]

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Tuesday Newsday – Ft. Hood Massacre

The memorial service for those who lost their lives at the hands of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is being held in Ft. Hood today.  The President is scheduled to speak in honor and remembrance of the 13 fallen men and women from the deadliest incident to take place at an Army Base on U.S. soil in [...]

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Tuesday Newsday – Jon Gosselin on the road to redemption

Tuesday Newsday – Jon Gosselin on the road to redemption

How you feel about Jon Gosselin is probably going to depend a lot on what you have personally experienced in your own life, or how you value stories of failure and redemption.  If you’ve led a morally upright life, and you tend to only value failure if it is soon followed by redemption, you may [...]

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Malcolm Gladwell’s TED talk

Malcolm Gladwell’s TED talk

Malcolm Gladwell is my favorite writer and one of the brightest thinkers I have come across.  He was invited to give a talk at TED.com, which is a website sprung from an organization dedicated to discussing “ideas worth spreading” in the fields of Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED).  The video below is from his talk [...]

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Are Brad Pitt’s beliefs worth more than yours? (Or less?)

Michael Halcomb wrote an intriguing article on Brad Pitt’s beliefs on God this past weekend.  I may not have interpreted it all correctly, but it seemed to say that Brad Pitt’s beliefs were not as valid as those of someone with an education in theology.  It really got me thinking.  What are some of the [...]

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Inspiration from Aaron Blackstone

Today I got to spend some time with Aaron Blackstone.  Aaron is an associate of The Pacific Institute and lives in West Seattle. When he was a teenager, he was a top athlete in his school in soccer, wrestling, and track.  He also was highly involved in competitive horseback riding year round.  A car accident [...]

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