Category Archives: Europe

11 Jun, 2007

“US TV sex scenes on increase”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4424366.stm
Here is an article dug up from BBC news a couple years ago. The sheer rise in the amount of “sexual demagoguery” in the corporate world is very telling of the direction that America is heading. It is, however, nowhere near yet to the sexuality of television and media that one can find in [...]

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13 Apr, 2007

6,000,000

The thought that such a number could represent something as unimaginable as a number of people from a specific race that were exterminated is almost impossible to grasp. Meticulously planned and executed really by a only few men, it became a real dent in the ‘reputation’ of the world’s history.
This is a document from World [...]

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07 Apr, 2007

Back to Stateside

Those times of re-entry are always intriguing and can allow you to see a lot of what you never saw about your own home culture before. After 48 hours of traveling I finally return to relax in Oregon. There was a mishap by the travel agent which forced me to wait an extra day in [...]

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21 Feb, 2007

Pleasures repudiated, annoyances accepted

I found a great piece from a writing dated 45 BC called “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum”. Quite an interesting read.
But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings [...]

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14 Feb, 2007

The Gospel ‘back’ to Europe

A Cold, Cold Climate
Most have known Europe to be a rather ‘cold’ place for the preaching of the Gospel, and very difficult to win hearts. The coldness in people’s hearts and desensitized, extensively secularized culture is definitely evident here. People can be found to be very independent and individualistic. I speaking mainly for Germany, but [...]

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10 Feb, 2007

Trip Financials and Europe

Well I finally had time to go over my financial records and calculate all the expenditures and donations up for the Tibet mission trip. Donations were within $30 of the total cost, without asking anyone for anything. Not bad. Thanks to all who made it possible!
As for the prayers…
1) safe and warm – we were [...]

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26 Aug, 2005

Switzerland and America

Hello Beloved,
Another odd culture shock. The transition I go through when I return home from missions is generally always from a poorer place than mine. This time I spent the last 3 months in a richer place, and now I return to a poorer place. Driving wrecks for cars on the road, oil all over [...]

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