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AROCHA
An international Christian organization which, inspired by God's love, engages in scientific research, environmental education and community-based conservation projects. |
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Art House America
The website of Andi Ashworth and Charlie Peacock whose life, hospitality and mentoring of young musicians in Nashville is a model of grace. |
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Arts Journal
This is an online “weekday digest of some of the best arts and cultural journalism” that appears in English language publications (magazines, newspapers, and journals) from around the world. |
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Beliefnet.com
We live in a pluralistic culture, surrounded by an amazing variety of beliefs, religions, spiritualities, and world views. Discerning Christians need to engage this pluralism with a winsome statement of the gospel. |
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Boundless Webzine
Boundless is a web magazine produced by Focus on the Family. We first learned about it because Steven Garber, Ransom Board Member and contributor to Critique, writes an occasional column called “Knowing and Doing" for them. |
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Chesterton Society
The subtitle of this site sums up Chesterton well: “Common sense for the world’s uncommon nonsense.” If you are not familiar with G. K. Chesterton, Christian apologist, novelist, poet, and critic, you are missing out on one of the most brilliant thinkers. |
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library
A steadily-growing library of 14th-20th Century public domain texts by well-known Christian thinkers. This site includes documents by Martin Luther, Jonathan Edwards, St. Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin, Soren Kierkegaard, Dante, C.H. Spurgeon and more. |
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Christians in the Visual Arts
CIVA exists “to explore and nurture the relationship between the visual arts and the Christian faith. Founded in 1977... it is our purpose to encourage Christians in the visual arts to develop their particular callings to the highest professional level. |
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culture is not optional
“The mission of *culture is not optional (*cino),” Rob and Kirstin VanderGiessen-Reitsema write, “is to equip Christians to be faithful servants by uniting the body of believers and learning together how to actively redeem all of culture.” |
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Cyber Hymnal
If you are looking for a resource on Christian hymns, this is the site. The Cyber Hymnal includes over 2500 hymns, all cross- indexed according to title, tune, author, composer, topic, and Scriptural allusion. |
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Despair, Inc.
If you find the success and motivation posters often hanging in professional offices and employee lunch rooms a little sappy, then Despair, Inc., is a website you should visit. |
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Hearts and Minds Bookstore
An independent bookstore carrying quality books of every kind for serious, reflective readers. Unabashedly Christian, but unlike any religious bookstore we know. Nowwhere else will you receive the individual attention and informative suggestions Byron Borger gives. |
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Image Journal
Image: A Journal of the Arts and Religion, is a literary and arts quarterly which seeks to unpack the relationship between Judeo-Christian faith and human creativity in art. Issues include fiction, interviews, memoirs, and pieces exploring dance, and architecture. |
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International Justice Mission
Around the world there are multitudes of people suffering injustice and oppression who are not able to call upon local authorities for help. The International Justice Mission exists to help meet this need. |
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Internet Movie Database
A great place to find movie facts and images. Designed by and for movie lovers, it contains everything you could want to know about a film, although this is a secular site and does not include a Christian view of film. |
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Islamic Studies
Dr. Alan Godlas, professor of religious studies at the University of Georgia, maintains this helpful website to provide a scholarly overview of Islam and related topics. A great site for anyone interested in learning about Islam, terrorism, the Qur’an, and current events. |
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Kalos Press
Kalos Press was established to give a voice to literary fiction, memoir, devotional writing, and Christian Reflection, of excellent quality, outside of the mainstream Christian publishing industry. Kalos is publishing Margie's memoir, The Exact Place. |
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Open Doors / The Persecuted Church
The cold war is over and we’re living in a culture of increasing tolerance for spiritual beliefs, so it is hard to believe that people still suffer for their faith. But it happens every day to people across the world and this site helps us understand their story. |
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Salon
Salon.com is an online magazine with an edge—an interesting, offbeat, always provocative, usually irreverent, and often cynical alternative to mainstream weekly news publications. |
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TED: Ideas worth spreading
As they describe themselves, accurately: riveting brief talks by remarkable people, free to the world on video. |
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The School of Life
Begun in part by Alain de Botton a place where secularists seriously explore the things that matter most. |
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Truth or Fiction
Every week I receive various email messages alerting me to the latest virus cruising the Internet or telling me some story that is meant to be either shocking or inspirational. |
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That's the problem with nature. Something's always stinging you or oozing mucus on you. Let's go watch TV.
- Bill Watterson
Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.
- Dorothy Parker
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This year spring came late to southern Minnesota, and when it arrived it brought chilly temperatures, cloudy skies, and lots of rain. Whether it is because of these factors or something entirely different I don't know, but 2013 has turned out to be The Year of the Morel. If you have never sampled these delicious mushrooms, you are in for a treat. We've found them on more than one walk in the woods, and so feel we have had a special opportunity to experience one of the wonders of creation.
Morels, goldfinches, a well crafted film, an iris bursting into bloom, a chance for an unhurried conversation in a safe place--such glimmers of hope help us flourish as persons in this broken world. These are the sort of things we are concerned with at Ransom. Thanks for visiting.
Denis & Margie Haack
Anita Gorder
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