January 2009
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Kay Yow's Story. →
People ask why we do what we do.  Here’s why.  It’s a long video, but well worth it.
Jan 31st
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Having fun with mommy.
Jan 29th
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Your god is Dying.
The financial news is crazy these days.  From what seems like an incessant train of bailouts and legislation to rising unemployment to insurance companies turning folks away, the news is rarely good. People are in a state of panic. What better time, as Christians, to show the watching world what we really trust in!? I confess, this is a pep talk for myself that you are welcomed to listen in on,...
Jan 27th
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Prepare for a free advertising spot...
I’m in favor of giving public attaboys and attagirls when somebody treats customers the way they ought to be treated.  Today I experienced just that.  And since it involved technology and web 2.0, I felt obligated to blog about it. I was doing my taxes online using TurboTax, which I have for the past 3 years.  Being a Monday (just after 5:00 PM EST) in late January, I’d imagine the...
Jan 27th
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Jan 24th
Twitter / levarburton →
Growing up watching Reading Rainbow, I never thought I’d see the day when I could know at any given time where Levar Burton is.  And here we are.
Jan 24th
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How I got punked by an early-2000's era Life...
Having joined the YMCA in the heat of new years resolutions, I found myself relegated to the “older” treadmill.  I punched in a few numbers to start, and selected the “fat burn” setting, enabling the machine to monitor my heart rate and adjust the difficulty (read: the incline) accordingly. Target heart rate: 128.  Current rate: 121.  Current incline: 0.1. Let’s get...
Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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Being the Hands of Christ.
Sometimes I wish I were a feeler.  I live much of my life blissfully unaware that there are things that need to be felt.  Every once in a while I get a glimpse into what my life would be like if I didn’t default to cognition in place of emotion.  Yesterday was one of those times. I teach a class at church, along with 4 other people in what is called “round table” teaching.  It...
Jan 15th
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Fall Getaway Music! →
We recorded our Fall Getaway band.  Here’s a link to the “podcast” where you can listen to the results!  I will soon have a way for you to download the specific tracks, but I don’t have that figured out just yet.
Jan 14th
Jan 13th
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My Stripped Poster →
Here’s a link to the PDF file of my stripped flyer.  I worked hard to learn Photoshop to make it… and I think it turned out pretty good! You’ll need a PDF reader to see it.
Jan 13th
Twitter Wordle. Twordle.
If you don’t use Twitter, here’s a sampling of what you’ve missed from my (Ben’s) Twitter feed.  It’s a wordle representing all the things I Tweet about!
Jan 13th
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Turns out...
My post yesterday was prophetic (or at least pathetic).  Hansbrough’s free throw to tie the ballgame at 58 (with 13:27 to go) was the last time Carolina would tie the game.  Wake Forest just simply wanted that one more than we did.  And Jeff Teague is a baller.  But he still air-balled a free throw. Take that, Jeff Teague. As much as I love Roy Williams, I can’t help but think when...
Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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We're Firmly in the midst of basketball season...
..so it’s high time to change the header of the blog to indicate what color I bleed.  Go Heels.
Jan 10th
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Got this from johncliver.  It’s a recap video of our winter conference that just ended!
Jan 9th
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Confessions of a Professional Christian.
Today we got an email that indicated someone was coming off of our financial support team.  They supported us at $200 per month.  I am still trying to get to the bottom of this, because it appears they didn’t intend to stop giving, and it is very possibly a computer glitch in Orlando at our headquarters. Either way… those emails are always a good idolatry indicator for me.  I’ll...
Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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Skis, Boots, Poles, and Funny.
I’ve written before about sleep-redecorating and my plea to recognize it as a sport.  Today I upped the ante a bit.  But it’s not the first time.  Let me take you back. In college a friend and I were zealous to really walk with the Lord, and so for a semester my sophomore year we would wake up at 7 AM to pray together.  We’d pray for personal needs as well as for things going on...
Jan 7th
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Jan 5th
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Two Hundred Situps →
Either I’m just a glutton for punishment, or… I’ll let you know how it goes.
Jan 5th
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Jan 1st