March 31st 2008
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Note: I'm in the process of posting some older articles that were on the previous version of mbjones.net. The current series I'm posting are my blogs about Mozambique from last summer. I want to make sure they stay around (and people seemed to like reading them the first time around). ...
March 31st 2008
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Late morning/early afternoon Monday I made it back to Norman after 60 LONG hours of traveling. Unfortunately the trip home took almost a day longer because American Airlines canceled our flight to OKC late Sunday night. Needless to say, their name is mud and I would highly discourage ...
March 28th 2008
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He was walking toward the stairs when a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife."He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, 'Here you go,'" Diaz says.As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, "Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. ...
March 28th 2008
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Muxtape is a new site that allows anyone to make a mixtape of their liking. I made one of some random songs I like (including quite a few live tracks).
March 27th 2008
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This past Tuesday I re-watched Pan’s Labyrinth with a special young lady who had never seen it. Besides forgetting how violent it is, one part jumped out at me: the fascist captain rationing food for the villagers. Now you wouldn’t necessarily think that something that would spring out ...
March 25th 2008
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For those in Oklahoma, a virtual peace vigil created in response to the 4000th death of an American troop.
March 23rd 2008
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Tonight I had the opportunity to talk about Communion at church. With the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, it seemed fitting to do a communion service. As to what I said, I figured I’d write the general gist for those of you who might be curious or who missed ...
March 22nd 2008
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"...it is precisely in the midst of a Holy Saturday experience that the decision to follow Christ becomes truly authentic. A faith that can only exist in the light of victory and certainty is one which really affirms the self while pretending to affirm Christ, for it only follows Jesus ...
March 20th 2008
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Anybody out there catch Obama’s speech on race Tuesday? Wow is all I can say. That might be the most presidential speech I’ve heard in my life (and I’m particularly impressed that he supposedly wrote it all himself).
For full video and text, check here.
Choice bits:
I can ...
March 20th 2008
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Wish yourself a martyr's death. Blushing for shame you will be dragged before the public. That is good for you, for he who is not publicly exposed like this before people will be publicly exposed before God. Power streams forth when you are seen by men.Maximilla
March 19th 2008
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Amy from Zondervan commented on my first posting about Jesus for President and clued me in to a “blog tour” going on by the authors of the book. It’s an opportunity for them to promote the book (and tours accompanying it) and an opportunity for people like me to ...
March 19th 2008
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Better to die for the sake of Jesus Christ than to be king over the utmost ends of the earth.Ignatius
March 18th 2008
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To write a little more about Jesus for President, I thought I’d go over one of the points I found quite interesting: the comparison of Gospel terminology with imperial terminology. Most of this I’d read before, but it was nice having it in the easy chart format.Basilea: Imperial: the kingdom ...
March 18th 2008
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The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.John Chrysostom
March 18th 2008
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Emperors could only believe in Christ if they were not emperors -- as if Christians could ever be emperors.Tertullian
March 17th 2008
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I finished Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw yesterday. It was wonderful. The first thing worth talking about (which is one of the first things you are going to notice about the book) is the design. It’s put together like no other book I’ve ...
March 17th 2008
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We who formerly treasured money and possessions more than anything else now hand over everything we have to a treasury for all and share it with everyone who needs it. We who formerly hated and murdered one another now live together and share the same table. We pray for our ...
March 17th 2008
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The divine banner and the human banner do not go together, nor the standard of Christ and the standard of the Devil. Only without the sword can the Christian wage war: the Lord has abolished the sword. Tertullian
i'm a twenty-something starting this journey called life. i studied microbiology and chemistry in college and currently work as a systems analyst. that means i manage computers (and a lot of them at that -- linux, solaris, os x, and windows). but that's just what i do to pay the bills. less important than where i am at now is where i am going. for quite some time i've had a nagging voice whispering "mission" in my ear. thus the direction i walk. contained in these pages is a log of a bit of that journey (and everything else that i do).