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"What ever happened to the pursuit of happiness?" asks a recent Starbucks ad for the mint mocha frappuccino. Not too long ago, I was out of town with my family, visiting some extended family. They live in a small town that has been overtaken by big city dwellers seeking a personal pleasure island. After seeing …
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Here's five points of interest for your Friday: Oversensitive QB Reads Too Much into Defense. 40 years of lessons with Sesame Street. You may also want to watch this moving interview of Cookie Monster about eating cookies. And you thought you had sneezing problems! How about this 12-year-old girl who sneezes 12 times a minute …
Here are five more links for your Friday: some interesting, some hilarious, some worth spending time with. What is this song? Make sure you watch to at least halfway through. Uncovering Steve Jobs' Presentation Secrets. Maybe this is just interesting to presentation geeks like me. What do you really buy when you buy a lottery …
Here are five things you might find interesting, thought-provoking, or just plain funny this Friday: Do you spend 90% of your time staring at glowing rectangles? Marketing germ protection for communion? Is there a limit to the number of friends you can have - even on Facebook? Some surprising insights from shepherds and sheep for …
As I was driving back from the library studying for my sermon on Jonah, I just happened to tune in to hear a re-broadcast of Krista Tippet's interview with Parker Palmer on the show Speaking of Faith. This interview took place in 2008 and was aimed at evaluating the global economic downturn. Taking his own …
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Matthew Erickson 