Posts Tagged ‘birmingham alabama’
the formation of a funell cloud
Helen and I were at lunch today celebrating with our graduating seniors and their families at Village Tavern at the Summit. We caught wind of a funnel cloud that had supposedly come near the Galleria area and was moving eastward. Knowing that we were in its path, I did what any normal person would do—I [...]
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Tags: birmingham alabama, funnel cloud, storm, tornado, weather
In the aftermath of a visit from Pete Rollins, i’m down for the count with influenza type A as I write. But no worries—it’s not virtually contagious. It was funny—Pete phoned me by accident yesterday, so we talked for a minute and he asked how I was doing. “I’m a bit [...]
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Tags: birmingham alabama, flash mob, ikon, kingdom of God, performance art, peter rollins, Shane Claiborne, Simple Way, The Living Room, Tom Livengood
(para)doxologies
an evening of food, drink, art and spoken words with Pete Rollins
Thursday, February 19, 2009
7:30pm – 10:00pm
The J. Clyde Tavern
1312 Cobb Ln S
Birmingham, AL
The evening will be a mash-up of ‘paradoxologies’ offered by Pete Rollins (philosopher, speaker, author, and founder of ikon in Belfast), as well as others from the Birmingham Emergent Cohort. Justin Banger’s [...]
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Tags: birmingham alabama, Birmingham Emergent Cohort, emergent, ikon, paradox, peter rollins
what dog is this?
I’m not quite sure, but it ain’t too smart.
About two weeks ago, I discovered through Danner’s shared items on my Google Reader that Google Maps has now charted greater Birmingham via Street View. This makes me thankful for guys like my friend Steve Knight who is spearheading an effort to keep the increasingly powerful Google [...]
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a tree climbing tale…
…from the top of Double Oak Mountain, just outside the Ham.
It was about a week ago that I acted upon the deep need to pursue solitude on a late Monday afternoon. My soul was talking to me, telling me it needed some time in the natural world, away from fluorescent lights, computer screens, advertising, [...]
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Tags: autumn, birmingham alabama, Double Oak Mountain, Oak Mountain State Park, solitude, tree climbing
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- Making Divorce Illegal November 30, 2009 Richard Beck
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- Quote For The Day November 24, 2009 Andrew Sullivan
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- Could the Internet ‘Rumble’ Christianity? November 1, 2009 KB
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