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Grad Student Discussion Group Readings
Welcome to Summer 2008!!
We have RUF Summer Conference in Laguna Beach, Florida May 11-16, and then things will be pretty chill.
There is a facebook group for those who will be in Norman (or the vicinity), so find that and come up with something for us to do together.
Also Summer Book Club
- at my porch at 8pm
June 18th - The Holiness of God
July - Overachievers
August - Roots
See you in Fall 2008...
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Objective consideration of contemporary phenomena compels the conclusion that success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must invariably be taken into account.
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George Orwell
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Masculinity
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Summer isn't a time to take a break from God. It's a time to rest and relax, do something different, make some money - and walk with God.
Take time to get away now and then with your Bible, a good book and a prayer journal. Memorize some verses, passages or catechisms.
Be kind to and serve others. Look for peoples' lives to get involved in. Get to know someone new. Read a book you've been putting off (The Reason for God would be good)
OURUF Blogs
What Doug Is Reading
(Ergo, What You Should Click and Buy)
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith, A Lamott -  Lamott hates George Bush, but she often entertains and can bring a measure of insight into faith. (7)
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, J Wood - Wood starts libraries and donates books to countries. Inspiring. (8)
Peter Pan, JM Barrie - The ending of this is so bad it really ruins what was so good. (5)
The Commanders, B Woodward - A look at the Panama conflict and Gulf War. Sounded better than it was, strangely . (4)
Into the Wild, J Krakauer - A tragic tale of the ultimate end of freedom (7)
The Name of the Rose, U Eco - I wanted to like this (2)
What Doug Was Reading in 2007
 TwentySomeone, the book Doug co-authored, came out in December of 2003. Click Here to order.
 NEW RUF T-shirts are in! Click Here or contact Doug for more information.
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 Officially, you could say that RUF is a Christian student organization at the University of Oklahoma. But that doesn't say too much. We're a community of OU students who seek to: know Jesus Christ, know Him better through understanding and committing to the Bible, praise Him in all we say and do, share that love...
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Bugged
5/9/08
Two things bother me right now.
1. Adds for booby bars on the Sports Animal radio station. Night Trips is particularly frustrating. This is America. This is capitalism. And, I would guess their ads work - people go to watch. And I can turn it off. However, these ads come on so frequently that I am turning on and turning off my radio all the time. Enough already.
I need to get back to my IGrace cds, especially the new ones.
2. Reward cards. Every single store offers me a reward card every single time. I DON'T WANT ONE. I would have to carry a duffle bag filled with cards. There needs to be a system where you get asked if you want want one; if you decline, you never, ever get asked again.
Also, if you give out a reward card, make it a real reward. Don't give me 10% of my 20th purchase or something ridiculous like that. Who are you fooling, anyway? Not me. (Except at Johnny Carino's - that one is worth it).
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