"Over 43 percent of recent graduates now working, according to a recent report by the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, are at jobs that don’t require a college education" (Newsweek).
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Lifeguard gets fired for saving a drowning man.
A post for wives married to absent-minded husbands. (But why did she call it the "minister's disease"? Maybe I'll ask Diane...)
As a father of a son dependent on tips to make a living, I agree that Christians suck at leaving proper tips.
Now HERE'S a proper tip: As part of their loved one's dying request, this family is leaving a $500 tip every time they go out for pizza. With the help of approving donors at a website, they're going to get to drop this sizable tip at a lot of pie joints.
Beautiful baptism homily from Jonathan Dodson of Austin City Life
"French scholars say, evangelicalism is likely the fastest-growing religion in France – defying all stereotypes about Europe’s most secular nation." Read about it at the CS Monitor.
The interesting life of Craig Newmark, the "Craig" of "Craigslist."
"Forty years ago [in Austin] Willie, Waylon, Jerry Jeff, and a whole host of Texas misfits grew their hair long, snubbed Nashville, and brought the hippies and rednecks together. Country music has never been the same." John Spong reviews Austin's 1970s moment in a recent article, which Texas Monthly insists on hiding behind their dang paywall. Best quote: "What started in Austin in that fuzzy 1970 to 1973 period is still playing out. There’s a continuity that you can’t say about any other regional music explosions in the United States in the latter half of the twentieth century....The Americana format, and all that stuff that people call Texas music, it all came out of Austin" (Joe Nick Patoski).
Baylor prof Philip Jenkins referenced the Texas Monthly article in his fascinating piece about how 1960s-70s rock music rediscovered all things Americana, which naturally included music with Christian themes. This, in turn, opened the door for young parachurch movements (like Campus Crusade for Christ) to gain traction among young people who would have otherwise never heard or considered evangelical teaching.
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