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Moby talks about being a weird Christian today on his blog:

i won’t ever argue with anyone about religion or claim that i’m right and they’re wrong.
but in my own weird and subjective way i’m a weird little christian.
i believe that there’s something somehow divine about the teachings of christ, and the fact that christ’s teachings compel us to be selfless and forgiving and humble and loving and non-judgemental.
this is one of the reasons that i get so annoyed with contemporary christianity and it’s seemingly comprehensive disconnect from the actual teachings of christ.
but, nonetheless, i find it odd when people come to moby.com or myspace to say ‘moby, we christians do this/that/etc’.
i kind of want to say, ‘uh, dudes(notice the contemporary colloquialism, that’s me trying to fit in)i’m one of you, ok?’
christ compels us to be better than we usually are.
christ compels us to forgive those who’ve wronged us.
christ compels us to love our enemies.
christ compels us to be humble and non-judgemental.
christ compels us to care for the neediest.
christ compels us to be non-violent.
christ compels us to recognize that the material world and all of our posessions will ultimately turn into dust, so we shouldn’t get too attached to our bodies, our lives, and our stuff.
and, most importantly (in many ways), christ compels us to love one another and look after one another, and to see all people as our own family.

I thought this comment was interesting:

and i’ll never, not for a second, say ‘what i believe is right, and what you believe is wrong.’ what i believe is what i believe. it’s subjective and it makes sense to me and it changes as i change and as my experience in the world changes.

That doesn’t seem to leave any room for absolutes. Are there absolutes in your faith that you will not negotiate? Should there be?

Please read this important message regarding your beloved tea and coffee….
Don’t fall into sin like your brothers and sisters have.

There might be some who allege that drinking just one or two glasses of tea does not lead to caffeine addiction. This is technically true, but unfortunately, not all Christians who partake in moderate tea drinking can stop with just a couple of glasses. It is not uncommon for Christian men and women to progress from tea, to coffee, to 64 ounce Colas or Mountain Dews. Where does it stop? How does one know when the line of addiction has been crossed? If caffeine is addictive, then why play with fire? We must conclude that Drinking tea is a sin (Counsels on Diet and Drink: Part II, Tea and Coffee, page 434).

I’m rolling on the floor spilling my coffee and tea everywhere.
Please be sure to read the entire entry and comments.

When you’re done, be sure and read Lessons from Africa as well.

If you’re looking for hard to find drafts in your house, burn a stick of incense and hold it up to the walls/windows/doors. The smoke from the incense will change direction as a draft comes through.
Via Lifehacker

Instead of wasting yards and yards of expensive wrapping paper (that will just end up getting thrown away), use these creative ideas to still have pretty gifts without wasting paper. In addition to the old favorite, newspaper, Danny Seo has created a list of gorgeous alternative wrappings at his blog, Simply Green, including this idea to use vhs tape as ribbon. To avoid paper altogether, try furoshiki, a method of folding cloth to wrap things, which was featured a while ago at Make.
Via DIYHappy.com

A church in Phoenix came up with a great video to showcase their members and their Christmas memories with music.
A great idea I think. Anyone else have any great videos you’ve been using this holiday season?

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