Archive for October, 2007
If I were a skeptic….
October 31st, 2007 by Dale Fincher
If I were a skeptic and wanted to examine the Christian religion, I’d go find a church or two or three or four. I’d want to go find out what Christians do, what they are like when together with just themselves, how they worship unselfconscious of who they are trying to appease in the pews. [...]
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St Joseph will sell your house!!…. ???
October 30th, 2007 by Dale Fincher
Today in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), I read an article in section D entitled, “When It Takes a Miracle to Sell Your House.” Because the housing market is in a slump across the nation, some people are employing some pretty drastic measures to sell their homes. The WSJ article says people are buying statues [...]
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Jeeping the Rubicon Trail
October 19th, 2007 by Dale Fincher
Those who know me personally know I’ve a broad assortment of interests… Jeeping is one of them. Here I am with Jonalyn and our three corgis in Moab, UT, last May. This summer we hit the famed Rubicon Trail near Lake Tahoe. JPFreek published my story and pictures on the adventure. You can download the [...]
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Is Christianity Good for the World?
October 19th, 2007 by Dale Fincher
Earlier this year, Douglas Wilson (Christian) and Christopher Hitchens (Atheist) exchanged responses to one another in Christianity Today under this question: Is Christianity Good for the World? If you are up to reading this six-part exchange, none of which is too long (I read it all in one sitting), here are a few observations I [...]
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Walking Fish Creek Falls
October 15th, 2007 by Dale Fincher
Up the hill from downtown Steamboat, CO, is a piece of national forest where flows Fish Creek Falls. We love making this short hike with the dogs, like we did today in the late afternoon. Once to the top the falls, we jumped stones and boulders and crossed a fallen tree. It was quiet but [...]
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Wild Coincidence on "Jedi Mind Tricks"
October 15th, 2007 by Dale Fincher
Disclaimer: this post does not reflect on the excellent service of VerticalResponse.com. This is a post about how marketing is used. We are glad for VerticalResponse and recommend it as much as we can for it’s value… now on to my post… Okay, so my book was released in early August. If you’ve read it, [...]
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Cleveland Teen on Tragic Rampage
October 10th, 2007 by Dale Fincher
Today, a 14 year old boy opened fired on his classmates and teachers today even though he was suspended from school. New York Times article. The article describes the boy in this way: Several students said the shooter was called “Jack Black” by others because he resembled the actor in the movie “The School of [...]
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"Hear" about Living with Questions
October 9th, 2007 by Dale Fincher
Jonalyn and I spoke on reaching youth and Living with Questions in San Jose, CA, in August. This was the same weekend my book was released. If you want to know the need students are facing today and how my book Living with Questions helps address that need, listen here: Living with Questions (mp3). I [...]
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