Archive | January, 2008

15 January 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Richard Roberts is not Alone

My Father has long been is a wise man. But it has taken me a long time to realize it. I remember being an adolescent when he told me, “Kyle, as you get older, you’ll see the humanity of people in ministry.” Though the context of the conversation and what prompted him to say this [...]

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14 January 2008 ~ 4 Comments

Cooking Stove

Argentina is what I would consider in many ways a 2nd world country. It’s definitely not as developed as the first world, but it’s far from the destitution of other nations. In Buenos Aires one can usually find most items they would purchase in the U.S. or Europe. The difficulty comes with imported, name brand [...]

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14 January 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Facebook

After much coaxing by several people, I finally joined Facebook yesterday. Wow! Apparently everybody and their mom was already a member and I was really late to the party. I have family members, friends, classmates, and colleagues who have already joined or asked to join my friends list within the first 24 hours. MySpace had [...]

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12 January 2008 ~ 4 Comments

Christianity & Politics

In the fall of 2003, I set out to write my required senior paper. At first I lacked enthusiasm for the project and saw it as an obligation. But after finally deciding on a topic, my attitude changed and I found the subject both fascinating and challenging. A cursory examination of the subject, “Religion & [...]

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11 January 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Credit Card Security

Oh how we all love “policy.” The Wells Fargo credit card fraud monitoring was a little too eager back in December and suspended my card for suspicious activity. (They’re really jumpy over there). Since I didn’t call within a certain amount of time, they canceled the card. Today the new one arrived at the house [...]

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