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My Long & Unexpected Relationship with Music: a godsend?

April 26, 2012 by jbb

I can’t tell you how many times when I was working with frustrated sixth grade boys that I wished I could have directed their energies to something constructive, like playing music. I knew what it had done for me when I was in high school, but generally felt like it wasn’t my place to make [...]

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In Bad Faith, part 8: The Case for God – Not What You Think

March 11, 2010 by jbb

I just finished read/listening to Karen Armstrong’s The Case for God, and like waking with memories of a vivid dream, I want to get my thoughts down before they get pushed aside by the concerns of the day. In Bad Faith, part 8: The Case for God – Not What You Think I think that [...]

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In Bad Faith, Part 7: Entitlement

March 5, 2010 by jbb

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? (Matthew 7:11 ASV) It shouldn’t be too surprising that in an era and place of unbridled abundance and wealth (that is the US [...]

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Following the Logic of Feelings

February 3, 2010 by jbb

Some of my thinking lately has reminded me of this article that I wrote in the late 1980s about rediscovering the power and need to be emotionally alive. This article was part of a column that I wrote called “The Editor’s Wild Hair” for a little print newsletter that I inflicted upon friends and family [...]

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Issues w/ Dr. J. Vernon McGee

January 6, 2007 by jbb

I need to write. A lot has gone unspoken, mostly because I haven’t done a very good job managing my time. Blah, blah, blah… I’ve been sustaining myself via my almost daily listening to J. Vernon McGee’s Thru the Bible Radio biblestudy. Lots of good stuff, but, for me, it doesn’t seem to be doing [...]

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Walkin’ to Church

December 3, 2006 by jbb

I did something that I don’t know that I’ve ever done before. I walked to church. Now that I think about it, I don’t know how this worked as a kid. We were expected to walk to school, which was further away, but always drove to church. Of course, we were always running late and [...]