Tag: war
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REVIEW–U2’s SONGS OF INNOCENCE
Like the rest of the iTunes world, I got the new U2 album Songs of Innocence for free. Of course I downloaded it to my iPhone as quick as I could. I should back up a bit. There are fans, and then there is me. As regular readers here know I have an eclectic taste…
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GREENBEAN’S GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT SYRIA
II want to put on record that I’m not really feeling the whole “Bomb Syria” thing. I’m channeling my inner George Lucas on this one. You know what I’m talking about–in every Star Wars film some character, somewhere, says “I have a bad feeling about this.” That line is usually uttered about the time things fall…
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AMOS AND ETHICS
Wednesday night I finished our last small group of the spring semester. Most of groups will break for the summer (although we will still have a Sunday morning “study” option during the summer). During the spring we have been studying Amos. Someone said, “I love my small group, but I was beginning to hate Amos.” …
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GREENBEAN’S PRAYER ON THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
Today is the National Day of Prayer. Sadly, this seems to be a mostly political occasion, and official Greenbean philosophy is to be very non-partisan. However, I do believe in prayer. Here is my prayer for our nation. Lord, there are many things in our nation which are good. These include freedom, liberty, general prosperity,…