Posted December 25th, 2007 by Mike Hubbard
So we just finished a great morning, unwrapping gifts, and hanging out with family. I don’t know about you, but I love Christmas. It just seems to be more special each year, as I watch my kids live in the wonder of it all. We told our kids not to wake us before 8 AM, [...]
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Posted September 29th, 2007 by Mike Hubbard
One of the most influential books in our culture right now is The Life of Pi by Yann Martel (it is on the freshman literature reading list at EHS). The story is about a boy from India on a spiritual journey who becomes a Hindu-Muslim-Christian. My son Andy was enthralled by the story of this [...]
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Posted July 12th, 2007 by Mike Hubbard
We have 14 youth and adults in Muncie, IN this week working as a part of the World Changers mission project. I think there are over 200 from multiple churches in Muncie. They are repairing homes for low-income residents, and sharing their faith in neighborhoods. Many of you have received updates from Melody Buehrle about [...]
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Posted May 16th, 2007 by Ben Lancaster
It’s hard to know exactly which topic to start this blog series with, so I thought I’d go with the most universal, holistic vs. linear thinking. Let’s start with a quote about my generation:
“A generation raised on channel-surfing has lost the capacity for linear thinking and analytical reasoning.” — Chuck Colson, Christian writer, chief counsel [...]
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Posted May 8th, 2007 by Ben Lancaster
It’s often hard to tell what’s going on when you’re in the middle of it. After all, what did Gutenberg think when he printed the first page of the Bible? Did he know that simple machine would spark the Renaissance? Did he know that literacy would quadruple as people tried to get their hands on [...]
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