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Various and Sundry (8/13)

It’s been quite some time since I’ve followed up on my original Various and Sundry post, but I’m finally getting around to posting another! Here are some more gems I’ve found around the Web recently:

Christianity: Nicole at Girl Talk has posted a reflection on John Piper’s thoughts about “coronary Christians” vs. “adrenal Christians.” Nicole relates this to motherhood, and I think it can relate to so many other aspects of the Christian life as well.

Image: A few months ago, Nichole Nordeman penned an excellent article for CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) Magazine entitled “Skin Deep,” in which she addresses the dichotomy between authenticity and image, particularly as it relates to Christian music artists. MySpace Music is still offering free access to the article online: click this link and log in with the username freeissue0704 and password name417. It’s on page 48 of the digital issue.

Clothes: Modest fashion guru Christa Taylor is offering $150 of free merchandise to a winner chosen at random. All you have to do is fill out your wish list at the website, which I think is fun to browse anyway, then post the link to your list as a comment. I’ve definitely already done it!

Celebrities: Also at the Christa Taylor blog is a great two-part series on how celebrity fashion, etiquette, and behavior have changed for the worse over the past fifty or sixty years: Part 1 and Part 2.

Music: If you’re a college student with a valid .edu e-mail address, you can get free, unlimited, completely legal music downloads at Ruckus. The music is protected, so you can only listen to it on your computer, but I’ve loved it! Over half of the music on my computer is from Ruckus now. (You do need a pretty fast connection to make it worth your while, though.)

Current events: In response to the bridge collapse that occured in Minneapolis two weeks ago, John Piper posted a beautiful article called “Putting My Daughter to Bed Two Hours After the Bridge Collapsed.” It’s the only true must-read on this list, I would say!

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