Category: Culture
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MORE PREACHERS THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT
Pastor Greenbean has spent the last three days at the annual gathering of his particular regional denomination—the Northwest Baptist Convention. One of the things he always enjoys is connecting with old friends, swapping stories, and getting free books. However, he noticed, there were fewer free books this year. It must be the economy. Now we…
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GREENBEAN CRUSH
Man-crush is a funny phrase. I understand it to be descriptive of the way a man can feel about another man in an admiring way that is totally non-sexual. To have a man-crush is to want to hang out, have a coffee, or go fishing with another guy, but is in no way a sexual attraction. So,…
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AZTEC THEOLOGY AND CHRIST VIA NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
There is a fascinating article in this months edition (November 2010) of National Geographic. The cover story is about migrations, which is nice in an eye candy kind of way. I love the pictures in National Geographic! But that is not the article which made me think real hard. No, it was the one near…
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HALLOWEEN AND HOT CHOCOLATE
Last night the Greenbeans had a great Halloween. Mrs. Greenbean took the sprouts out trick or treating and thankfully they found more treats than tricks. I’m a much bigger fan of Almond Joy than I am of torched bags of poop on my porch. While they begged, I handed out primo candy at my house.…