jonathan stegall

• Brick Store Pub
  Pub in Decatur, GA that has been ranked as the 15th best place in America to have a beer. Apparently has more than 120 Belgian or Belgian style beers, with a good number on tap.
  (tags: beer atlanta)

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• A Political/Spiritual Experiment « Anamchara • The Website of Unknowing
  Brilliant call to people of prayer and contemplation, encouraging them to pray for ongoing conversion and blessing on our political candidates.
  (tags: mccain obama politics prayer)
• How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity
  "I believe our adherence to a set of principles and practices for managing creative talent and risk is responsible. Pixar is a community in the true sense of the word."
  (tags: design art business creativity)

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• Digital Web Magazine - Web Design by Designers
  "Designers are, as a rule, a fussy bunch, and when it comes to their own business communications they’re even more so. Designing a website for an award-winning design firm verges on the impossible."
  (tags: business art inspiration design)
• Love your enemies: An activist’s stance » Young Anabaptist Radicals
  “Love your enemies” wasn’t just aimed at the masterminds behind the Iraq war: it applies to those of us who oppose it, too. “End the war” isn’t the ethic, it’s the realization of it - and that ethic is love.
  (tags: jesus peace-activism peace)

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• The Style of Subversion Part 3: A Loving Resistance : Jesus Manifesto
  "We can only effectively preach God’s wisdom to the Powers if we are, at the same time, moving into a life freed from slavery to the Powers. We can only challenge Mammon if it isn’t our god. We can only reject nationalism if we live recognising there is no hierarchy amongst peoples. We will only resist social injustice if justice is expressed in our common life."
  (tags: politics spirituality theology culture church)

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• Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America? - NYTimes.com
  “And they’ve done so in ways that straight news programs cannot: speaking truth to power in blunt, sometimes profane language, while using satire and playful looniness to ensure that their political analysis never becomes solemn or pretentious.”
  (tags: politics culture tv jon-stewart)

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• Church Basement Roadshow on Vimeo
  Full recording of the Church Basement Roadshow with Tony Jones, Doug Pagitt, and Mark Scandrette in the summer of 2008.
  (tags: mark-scandrette doug-pagitt tony-jones emerging emergent jesus theology spirituality church)

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• The Style of Subversion Part 2: Resisting Pseudo Alterity : Jesus Manifesto
  When the Church embraces a pattern of life in conformity to the Kingdom of God, it can never be co-opted by the Powers. When we trade that pattern of life for a counter-cultural facsimile, we are in an era when we can much more easily become co-opted.
  (tags: activism spirituality theology culture)
• azusa remixed: William Seymour: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
  A series of posts devoted to the story of William Seymour - one of the most influential people of the 20th century, and incredibly unknown compared to his significance.
  (tags: church church-history charismatic pentecostal)

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• Neo-Futurists - Home
  "Theater that looks into the darkest parts of the human soul and snickers." Brilliant group of artists that make a mixture of serious and funny skits, speaking to and provoking us.
  (tags: humor chicago theater art culture)

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• sustainable style foundation | look fabulous, live well, do good
  The Sustainable Style Foundation (SSF) is an international, member-supported nonprofit organization created to provide information, resources, and innovative programs that promote sustainable living and sustainable design.
  (tags: business-activism business sustainability environmental-activism environment design)
• Jay Bakker - We All Walk in Different Shoes
  Jay Bakker, founder of Revolution Atlanta, is in a Kenneth Cole ad campaign called "We All Walk in Different Shoes." The video, linked here, is well worth a watch.
  (tags: culture church jay-bakker)
• A Love Letter for Redeemed Pagans and Lost Christians - Real Live Preacher
  "There is only one righteous way for you to be saved if you’ve spent too much time in the Church. You must lay your religion down. Lay it down hard. Drop it. Leave it on the trail and walk away from it."
  (tags: culture church spirituality faith)
• azusa remixed: William Seymour: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (Part 2 of 3)
  A series of posts devoted to the story of William Seymour - one of the most influential people of the 20th century, and incredibly unknown compared to his significance.
  (tags: church church-history charismatic pentecostal)

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• The official Virgin Black website
  Great operatic, heavy, doomy, extremely passionate gothic band.
  (tags: metal goth music)
• SaviourMachine.com
  Amazing goth band.
  (tags: music goth)
• Flaming Fish Music - Home
  Record label involved in the electronic music underground, including industrial, goth, synthpop, etc. Very involved in the scene with an online store, radio, etc.
  (tags: stores synthpop goth industrial music)
• The Voice - A Bible Project
  "The Voice is a dynamic translation that brings the biblical narrative to life, representing collaboration among scholars, writers, musicians, and other artists." I've read the Gospel of John in this translation, and it is brilliant.
  (tags: art literature emergent emerging bible)

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