Culture Archive
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Things I Starred This Month: August
Posted on August 31, 2012From the various blogs I follow in Google Reader, here are the things that stood out or were especially noteworthy in August: Worship Discussion: Should Song Verses be Sung by... -
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“He Said” by Group 1 Crew: A Theological Prespective
Posted on July 12, 2012Pop Christian Music is an interesting thing. I’ve heard (and read) about pastors and churches encouraging their members with “30 Day Challenges,” where you’re encouraged to listen to ONLY... -
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RIP Cursive and What it Means for the Church
Posted on July 13, 2011Last week, Indiana announced that the state will no longer require teaching cursive writing to students and instead will focus on keyboard skills. You can read about the decision over... -
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Would Jesus be on Facebook?
Posted on June 23, 2011Last night at Merge (Journey’s weeknight Bible study) we covered an unusual topic for a Bible study: Facebook. Specifically, is Facebook a good thing for Christians to be a part... -
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Unexpected Lessons: Swing Dancing
Posted on November 17, 2010If you happen to follow me on Twitter (@mlstarner) or on Facebook, you probably notice that I’m often talking about swing dancing. Over the summer, a few folks at Journey... -
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Remembering…
Posted on September 11, 2010Like all Americans who were old enough to know what was going on, the memory of what happened on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 has been seared in our minds forever…... -
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Are you a slactivist?
Posted on May 12, 2010I came across a blog post by Kem Meyer via Tim Stevens the other day (I subscribe to Kem’s blog, but somehow missed this gem!). I’ve written before about the... -
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If you think something good…
Posted on March 15, 2010A while back I came across a blog post by Steven Furtick in which he (admittedly) shamelessly ripped off a challenge by Craig Groeschel that said “If you think something... -
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What Makes a Bad Word Bad?
Posted on February 17, 2010I’ve gotten a lot of requests for the notes from Merge (Journey’s weeknight bible study/discussion group) – specifically for the notes from a couple of weeks ago but also for... -
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Facebook, Bras and Lines
Posted on January 9, 2010Some of you may have guessed just by reading the title of this post what it’s going to be about. If you’re not on Facebook (and why aren’t you?! The...