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I slip in bed when you’re asleep
To hold you close and feel your breath on me
Tomorrow there’ll be so much to do
So tonight I’ll drift in a dream with you

Dixie Chicks, Lullaby

Isaac wrote a while back about looking for “a soundtrack for our lives.” Today I heard the Dixie Chick’s song above and [...]

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I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to read Scripture carefully. And I remembered this passage from J. Derrida’s essay, “Plato’s Pharmacy.” I think it beautifully captures what it means to read any text, and especially the way we should approach our holy text:

“A text is not a text unless it hides from [...]

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A friend just got me hooked on a new band. Garmana mixes Swedish folk music, pop/techno/rock beats, and incredible vocals to make for great-sounding music with an earthy, eclectic feel. That’s a bit of a mouthful isn’t it? It’s easier if you just head over and listen to some of it (there’s [...]

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I wrote this for the winter edition of our community house newsletter. If you want to recieve our newsletter please email your address to us at rutbahouse@aol.com.

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Nick asked me a great question a few weeks ago and i haven’t taken the time to answer him. This won’t be an answer either. Sorry. But this might be heading towards an answer indirectly.

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President Bush gave us a visit here in North Carolina a few days ago. The state is going through some pretty hard economic times . I guess Bush wanted to offer some hope to the multitude of Carolinians who are losing jobs all over the place. Instead of offering some tangible hope he offered nothing [...]

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The incarnation is a scandal. The fact that God became a full-fledged human was a big deal for at least the first 500 years (think Arius). But now it doesn’t shock us. Jesus: Son of God in a body…yawn, how about those Dodgers? I think one of the primary reasons [...]

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unbridled nationalism subverts our understanding of what it means to be a citizen of the Kingdom of God.

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Time for vacation! We’re off to Durango (actually we’re already in Durango, which makes you wonder why I’m blogging on my “vacation.” What can I say, it’s hard to resist wireless internet

As well as the beauty of this place I’ve also seen God’s Kingdom at work here at the house where [...]

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If you want to be my follower you must love me more than your own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, more than your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple (Luke 14:26).

We might add party lines and political success in there as well. Unfortunately, our passions about the Republican [...]

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