The Burr in the Burbs

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Archive for December, 2007

NEW Seminary Blog!!!

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Hey, check this out! The Admission Department of Concordia Theological Seminary-Fort Wayne, IN now has a blog. Here it is. It’s called Concordia TheoBLOGical Seminary. Cute, eh? Please come by and say howdy to me and the gang. And check back often too because we plan to post daily. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ [...]

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December 10th, 2007 at 11:24 pm

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Golden Compass Tanks at the Box Office

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It’s a dud, folks. I went to see it today and it’s just not that good of a movie. Aside from Pullman’s atheistic agenda, this movie is mostly a bore. Seemingly, not many folks are rushing out to see it. Check this out. It only made about 9 million bucks [...]

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December 10th, 2007 at 4:31 am

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Name the New Blog

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The Admission Department of Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN is planning to write a blog. I’m pretty excited about. We’re seeing it as an opportunity not just to post information but to have a conversation with anyone/everyone but especially those who see themselves serving Christ in a Church vocation. But here is where [...]

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December 6th, 2007 at 8:04 pm

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I Agree with Philip Pullman…

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… about one thing. And that is that stories teach. They, in fact, often teach more effectively than any other method I could name. Here is what the controversial author of The Golden Compass (vol. 1 of His Dark Materials) had to say when accepting an award for it in 1996: [...]

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December 5th, 2007 at 3:38 am

Boar’s Head Festival – Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI

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Tonight, my family attended the annual Boar’s Head Festival at Julie and my alma mater, Concordia University in Ann Arbor, MI. Back in the olden days, when we were students, Julie sang in the choir and I wore stockings and carried a spear. Neither of us had been to the [...]

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December 1st, 2007 at 3:33 am

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