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My Blog Has Moved
Dear Readers,
After a year with Beliefnet, I've decided to move to my own domain for my blogging. It's been a fine year -- some things worked, other things didn't. But in the end, I'll be a better blogger on my own. My thanks to the Bnet editorial staff; they've been very supportive.
Ple
posted 12:13:57pm Nov. 13, 2009 |
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The Most Important Cartoon of the Year
By Steve Breen, San Diego Tribune, October 18, 2009
posted 8:51:22am Oct. 25, 2009 |
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Social Media for Pastors
Following up on Christianity21, we at JoPa Productions are developing a series of boot camps for pastors who want to learn about and utilize social media tools like blogging, Twitter, and Facebook. These are one-day, hands-on learning experiences, currently offered in the Twin Cities and soon
posted 10:45:52am Oct. 22, 2009 |
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Ending Christian Euphemisms: "Fundamentalist"
I've taken some heat in the comment section for using yesterday's post on "unbiblical" and a "higher view of scripture" as a thin foil for my own disregard of biblical standards. To the contrary, I was pointing to the use of the word unbiblical as a stand-in for a particularly thin hermeneutic. Ther
posted 10:15:41am Oct. 21, 2009 |
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Why You Should Get GENERATE
Last week at Christianity21, GENERATE Magazine debuted. With the tag line, "an artifact of the emergence conversation," it fit perfectly at the gathering. When I actually got around to reading it last weekend, I was truly surprised at how good it is.There have been several efforts to begin a paper j
posted 3:14:37pm Oct. 20, 2009 |
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Many thanks to all of my well-wishers. My semi-laminectomy/microdiscectomy was a success. The surgeon said that he removed 3 cm of herniated disc, one of the largest discectomies that he’s ever performed. I am narced up, but I can tell that the back pain, per se, is gone. I have soreness, to be sure, but it is from the surgery. And I still have foot drop in my left foot, but that should dissipate as the nerve recovers.
posted February 12, 2009 at 9:52 am
Glad to hear it, Tony. When my husband’s first surgeon got in there for his microdiscectomy, he found that the disc had calcified. It’s been all down hill from there. Blessings~
posted February 12, 2009 at 10:30 am
Glad to hear it went well, and you’re recovering well (albeit “narced up”).
In case you missed this earlier, here’s the video I tweeted (@emergentvillage) of you taken AFTER the surgery:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tU6k4484vvg
Laughter, after all, is the best medicine
posted February 12, 2009 at 11:44 am
Dude,
My son had a tumor in in his left leg. After surgery he had drop foot for about 8 months. It comes back slowly. So we will call you Irene
posted February 12, 2009 at 11:59 am
Good for you, and a quick and full recovery as well. I hope you don’t have any trouble getting with the meds – my mom had a similar procedure and has been taking morphine since June, unfortunately.
All the best!
posted February 12, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Tony,
Thanks for letting us know all went well. Praying for a quick recovery.
T
posted February 12, 2009 at 11:29 pm
http://www.tennesseeneurosurgery.com/education.htm
has animations and printouts of various lumbar spine surgical procedures. “lumber disc microsurgery,” “micro endoscopic discectomy,” and “lumbar discoscopic discectomy” are what I am likely looking at having done my my L4/L5. Which is closest to what you had?
I am glad to hear that, so far at least, the surgery seems successful.
Joe