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Friendship. Forgiveness. Hope in that which was, that which is already here, and that which is to come. Creative expression and experience. Aesthetics and the arts. Cooking. Books and bookshelves. Monastic spirituality and intentional community (less buzzword, more sacrificial reality). Ancient/future worship. Trying to be teachable and unassured of my "wisdom". Seeking a deeper practice of the presence of God. Living in such a way that Jesus would be remembered, even as my face and name are forgotten.
Theological, spiritual, and philosophical reflection, discipline, and discussion that translates into practicality, life-change, growth, social justice and encouragement. The wiping of scales from our eyes. Simplification, and becoming less and less of a rampant, media-controlled consumer. Alternative fuels and those things that can be powered by them (biodiesel and waste vegetable oil in particular). Learning, both in class and out. Listening as much as possible to NPR.
Enjoying the products of musical exploration, development, challenge, and expression. Throwing my own high baritone into the ongoing polyphany.
PLACES YOU SHOULD PROBABLY VISIT.
Jewish Voice for Peace.
Sojourners.
Biblical equality.
The Guy Project.
Bad Christian.
Revolution.
Scum of the Earth.
Nostalg!c.
Epitonic.
Musicplasma.
Pseudobook.
Take a nap.
Folk I already know, and people with an openness to exploring or considering the fact that the message and person of Jesus is not necessarily defined by those who claim to love and follow him.
I've no interest in adding strangers, bands, record labels, and assorted organizations. If you seek to "add" me as your friend without writing to me about why that is, consider your request deleted. No hard feelings.
Roadside Monument, Seam, Mineral, Sensefield, The Promise Ring, Texas is the Reason, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jimmy Eat World, Superchunk.
Aaron Roche, Damien Jurado, Low, Ida, Sun Kil Moon, Smog & Bill Callahan, 16 HP & Woven Hand, The Mountain Goats, Early Day Miners, Shearwater.
Amanda Woodward, Coalesce, Heroin, Converge, Wallside, Eso Charis, Swing Kids, Envy.
13 & God, The Notwist, Telefon tel Aviv. Russian Circles, EITS, This Will Destroy You. MewithoutYou, Wintersleep, The Weakerthans, Hot Snakes/RFTC.
Other stuff.
Pretty much anything by Hayao Miyazaki or Guillermo del Toro. Blue. American Beauty. White. Donnie Darko. Red. The Goonies. City of Lost Children. Hotel Rwanda. The Princess Bride. O Brother, Where Are Thou? The Empire Strikes Back. Life is Beautiful. My Left Foot. Saved. Gattaca. The Life Aquatic. Everything Is Illuminated. A great number of films that Tony Alznauer recommends or introduces me to.
only exists so that one can have a box to play 8-bit Nintendo through. In short, Super Mario 1-3, Contra & Super Contra, and a squadron of other wonderful games are the only reason we have a television in our home, and an ancient, decrepit one at that. It's hidden away and unconnected to cable, thank the Lord.
We watch Lost online through a semi-pirated wireless signal (what can I do? I use a Mac with Airport built in), and I remember fondly watching Airwolf, The A-Team, Gummi Bears, Fraggle Rock, The Muppet Show back in the day. Word.
..Additionally, other work by George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, Susan Cooper, J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen Lawhead, Sterling Lanier, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lloyd Alexander, Thomas Merton, Robert Mulholland, Brian Jacques, Madeline L'Engle, Orson Scott Card, Anneli S. Rufus, Richard Rhodes, Anne Lamott, Walter Brueggemann, Margaret Guenther, Richard Rohr, Howard Zinn, Stanley Hauerwas, Eugene Peterson, Jeremy Begbie, and others whose pages I have yet to consume.
Yeshua, Jenn, Emily, David and Morven, Jamie and Faith, Keith, Erica, Giovanna, and Quentin, Jimmy, Tony, Katya, and Marguerite, Sean and Katie, Ryan and Janelle, Kait, Mike, Bill, Amy, Danny, Kimba, Tom, Nic, Rhia, Jeni, Beans, Matt, the Knerem brothers, Mat, Kelly, and Zuzu, John and Clara, Jason, Kyle and Jocelyn, Matt and Danielle, Will, Nick and Monica, Bryan and Laura, Luke, Brian, Cheryl, Charlie, Patrick, Leah, Tim, Steve, Josh and Becky, Shamy, Brendon and Megan, Anne and Chris, Jarred, Jarod and Cristina, Myk, Matt, Wes and Emily, Bethany, Jeb, Wes, Jimmy, Nick, Wes, Jillian and Tony, Jimmy, Mark, Tim, Dave, Matt, Laura and Mike, Courtney, Seth and Britta, Seth and Hadley, Christina, Ashley, Ryan, Shawn, Nikki, Eugene, and Easton, Todd, Candice, Nick, Amanda and Matthew, Matt, James, Adam and Emlee, David James, Rachel, John, Andrew, Maggie and Austin, Krista, John, Scott, Scott, Chad, Kelly, Brett, Dave, Joe, Erin and Danny, Katie, Cuca, Sharlee, Kristen, Amy, Ben, Lucy, Solomon, Jim, Glenn, David, Rich, Melanie, Gwyn, Jen, Krista, Israel, Mark, and a host of others.