Coffee Culture Kingdom Vox 2009-04-09T13:43:49Z Phil http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4141b72246a47/ Meditations on Jesus and our World Loving Design tag:vox.com,2009-04-09:asset-6a00d4141b72246a47011017b8d053860e 2009-04-09T13:43:49Z 2009-04-09T13:43:49Z Phil http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom There are people out there who really love design, and love thinking, writing, and inspiring others to do the same. Here are a few links I was shown this week by a friend at Brain Traffic that are worth sharing. Boxes and Arrows A List Apart Eigh...

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]]> Kings and Presidents tag:vox.com,2008-11-06:asset-6a00d4141b72246a470109d0672c81000e 2008-11-06T19:32:59Z 2008-11-14T16:24:47Z Phil http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Horowitz's Obama

I have issues. I know, I know--that sounds bad. (Or maybe if you know me, you already knew that.) But I mean I have issues with politics. I have issues with Republicans. I have issues with the current president. I have issues with Democrats. And...

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A complaint is a gift

My local paper runs a weekend book review feature in the business section called Saturday Reader. The books that are typically discussed relate to best practices in business, an interest area of mine. In August, this review was offered about two...

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]]> Church Is... tag:vox.com,2008-11-01:asset-6a00d4141b72246a47010980b26b15000b 2008-11-01T15:34:20Z 2008-11-01T15:42:12Z Phil http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Donuts at Church?

The word "church" has an interesting history. Miriam Webster traces the roots of the modern English word to the Middle English chirche, which ultimately comes into the English language from kyrios ("lord, master") in the Greek term for "house of ...

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]]> Cellophane House Anyone? tag:vox.com,2008-10-17:asset-6a00d4141b72246a4700fae8e7a380000b 2008-10-17T19:14:16Z 2008-10-17T19:14:17Z Phil http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Prefab Homes in NYC

Now this is cool. And for just over $200,000. Forget Levittown, here comes Saran Wrap Town!

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A great article, and review, of what looks to be a good read. I especially liked this quote: Colvin's argument calls to mind the apocryphal story about an encounter in Manhattan between a tourist and famous jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The to...

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]]> Self Speaking to Self tag:vox.com,2008-10-17:asset-6a00d4141b72246a4700fae8e79b0f000b 2008-10-17T17:08:09Z 2008-10-22T14:45:11Z Phil http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Multiple Personalities

"I ought to talk to myself in the third person more often," I said out loud to myself. Self-talk is can be taken as a sign of mental imbalance. Like the man I saw last week walking down a city street, disheveled, talking loudly to himself. You've...

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]]> Bold Prayer tag:vox.com,2008-10-17:asset-6a00d4141b72246a4700fad6b543370005 2008-10-17T16:43:47Z 2008-10-17T16:43:47Z Phil http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The young girl's prayer

As I've continued to grow in my spiritual understanding, I've discovered--or rediscovered--the importance of, and the power of--prayer. Here are some things that I've learned. The Christian tradition teaches that prayer is a means by which God h...

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]]> A Moral--not Housing--Crisis tag:vox.com,2008-10-14:asset-6a00d4141b72246a4700fae8e6c83f000b 2008-10-14T16:51:39Z 2008-10-14T16:51:39Z Phil http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Empty Houses

I've noticed on editorial pages, in radio and TV interviews, and even in presidential politics, a significant moral reflex in response to the "current economic crisis." People want to blame someone. I think there are people to blame. Some of them...

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Rupert Murdoch

A recent article in the Atlantic (July/August 2008) profiled the take-over of the Wall Street Journal by Rupert Murdoch earlier this year. As a one-time subscriber to the WSJ, I found Mark Bowden's observations true to reality, namely: the Wall ...

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