Lent Is Not A Self-Help Program

Susan Isaacs February 27th, 2012

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Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent, when the faithful honor Jesus’ forty-day temptation in the wilderness by abstaining from booze, sex, and facebook; whereas on the day before, Mardi Gras, the unfaithful go to New Orleans to film Girls Gone Wild videos.

“Mardi Gras” is French for “Fat Tuesday.” The Anglicans call it “Shrove Tuesday” and celebrate by eating pancakes. I wondered if “shrove” was Anglican for “fat.” Pancakes make you fat; just l … (Read More)

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The Power of Real Friendship in a Culture That Gives Us RentAFriend

John H. Armstrong July 12th, 2010

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The writer of Proverbs says "A friend loves at all times" (Prov. 17:17). The Scripture says so much about friendship that it is staggering really. I am thinking through a future book on friendship to follow my current writing on the relational Trinity and how we live life in the Triune God. Clearly friendship is important to a healthy life, spiritually and emotionally.

The apocryphal book of Sirach adds this rather amazing wisdom:

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Anger, Ashes & Compassion

Susan Isaacs March 9th, 2010

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One March afternoon in my first year of college, I stopped at the school's theater box office to buy tickets to some nihilistic bucket-o-blood experimental theater production. I had to see it for class credit. I noticed the woman behind the glass had a black smear on her forehead. Maybe she had to do scene painting for class credit? So I kindly informed her of the schmutz.

"It's Ash Wednesday," she glared.

"Oh, yes of course!" I apologized. … (Read More)

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The Church of Facebook – Jesse Rice on SBE

Erik Guzman January 1st, 2010

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Happy New Year! Welcome to another decade of Steve Brown Etc. Join Jesse Rice on the first SBE of 2010 as we look into the future of a hyper-connected world that's redefining the idea of community.

(If you're on the front page of the site click "Read More" to see player options.)

Jesse is the author of The Church of Facebook and an authority on the search for meaning in a fast-paced world. Check out the portal to Jesse's virtual community, Ch … (Read More)

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Etcetera – 08.13.08 – Things, Life, Whatnot

Erik Guzman August 14th, 2008

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My son the natural, Olympics fever, crop circles, fractals, life, whatnot…it's all in this edition of Etcetera. Use one of the options below to experience the beautifully simple and infinitely complex. It will blow your mind!

Here are some links that came up in this show…

- We have Fuz on Steve Brown Etc.

- Pictures and video on Facebook of me and my boy's day of baseball with Hurk.

- Lauris Vidal. Need I say more?

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Etcetera – 06.04.08 – Fan Boys

Erik Guzman June 5th, 2008

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From Obama to Weezer, we're fans. Join us on this edition of Etcetera as we talk politics, new music, and how you can get the punchlines to jokes we don't feel comfortable delivering on the podcast. Use one of the options below to listen.

Here are some links that came up in this show…

- Be an official fan of Etcetera and join the Etcetera Facebook group (Have you heard about the new black iPhone?)

- Hillary Clinton song – Unelectable

- SBE show o … (Read More)

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