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November
McManus.la
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March
Welcome to the Journey, Rob Bell.
Because you asked…
I watched the Rob Bell video and read John Piper’s tweet, “Farewell Rob Bell.” Continue reading »
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January
Day 1, 2011
Welcome back. You belong here.
I moved to Michigan last year and love it. That’s nothing new for me. I’ve loved everywhere I’ve lived.
People make a place. Sometimes we say that because the place itself is lacking. That’s not the case here. Michigan can feel lonely, with its cold and magically quiet winters, but there is beauty here. Continue reading »
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June
And Man Made Life
And Man Made Life
The title of today’s post is the same as the title of the latest edition of the magazine, The Economist. Their full title is: And Man Made Life: the first artificial organism and its consequences.
A new world emerged recently and many of us missed it. On Thursday, May 20, 2010 the journal Science published an important announcement. For the first time since Genesis chapter 1, life has been created.
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April
Into the Beautiful Unknown- thoughts on the meaning of us
Into the “Beautiful Unknown”: thoughts on what it means to be human
Sometimes I’m asked, What does “M” stand for?
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April
4 Ideas Changing the World Right Now
Ideas have consequences. TIME Magazine published their list of 10 Ideas that are Changing the World Right Now. Inspired by Time, I’ve created a list of my own. See if you agree. Continue reading »
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August
Relevant vs Trendy
Have you looked at a photo from the 60′s and the 70′s lately? A couple of months ago, I stopped by Starbucks with my wife, Niza. Starbucks had recently begun an emphasis of getting back to their roots. In conjunction with that theme they had a photo from the early 70′s of their original Starbucks store.
We stopped to look at the photo and Niza made an interesting observation. Of the customers that stopped by to get coffee on that day in the early 70′s, some were wearing typical business suits or mainstream clothing. That’s when she opened my eye to something interesting. Continue reading »
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July
The Age of Interconnectivity
A few years ago I suggested that postmodernism was on it’s last leg and projected that by 2020 it would be “history,” as they say. Continue reading »
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July
Discussion Forum: The Future
The past is closed. It cannot be changed. The future, on the other hand, is open. It hasn’t been settled yet. In fact, there is no such thing as “the future.” There are only the futures (plural).
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May
Getting Under Your Skin
The Baja Beach Club in Barcelona made headlines three years ago when it began to “tag” it’s patrons with microchips embedded in the arm. The chip is used to identify people when they enter and pay for drinks.
So, let’s say, you go to the Baja Beach Club. A nurse preps you with a local anesthetic. She then injects the micro chip into you arm with an intimidating syringe. Now you can enter the Club and listen to the DJ as he mixes music and order a drink from the bikini-clad waitress. She sweeps the tag reader across your arm and bingo, you’re good to go. It seems a bit much for a Piña Colada.
“I know a lot of people have fears about it,” [the Club's co-owner] says. But he points out that many people already have piercings and tattoos. “Having a radio-transmitted chip under your skin makes you very unique,” he says wryly.
All this might seem a bit extreme….But as go the bohemians, so, eventually, go the rest of us.
Here’s the prediction. People now aged 50 or under “are quite likely to have some form of wireless gizmo attached or implanted in their lifetime.” (The Economist 2007, April 28 Issue)
See you in the Mystic …