April 2010
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listening to "Peabo Bryson - Can You Stop The... →
Don’t judge, but Peabo is quickly becoming one of my biggest musical regrets; as in, why haven’t I jammed to him before now?
Pride and Prejudice Facebook Statuses →
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It's true your taste buds change every seven...
I jumped the shark, leapt off the bandwagon, gave into romantic, yet undeniably erudite conformity, however you wish to phrase it… I fell in love with Jane Austen after subconsciously denying her 19th century nonsense since we were assigned Emma in high school.
For the first time, I’m completely head over heels for both Ms. Austen & Pride & Prejudice after picking it up...
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Atlantic Wire's semi-accurate take on my lazy... →
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Jennifer Knapp and a teachable moment for... →
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And the “knowing” here is not the kind of knowing the devil has. In one sense,...
– John Piper, from this Sunday’s sermon on Ephesians 1:15-23
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Tenebrae*
The silence was palpable, cold death was tangible in the ornate, cavernous Cathedral. Everyone around me seemed hyper-aware… of what? No one breathed it seemed, even the babies were statues, as lights were extinguished, two by two, as a poor, plastered & painted up representation of Christ hung, forlorn, on the giant crucifix above our heads. We waited with bated breath for the...
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Allegri's "Miserere", an adaptation of Psalm 51
Miserere mei, Deus: secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dēlē iniquitatem meam. Amplius lavā me ab iniquitate mea: et a peccato meo mundā me. Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity. Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
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