http://micahtaylor.fatcow.com/blog Discovering the Church, the Culture, and the Truth Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:28:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_469" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="Field in Himachel Pradesh"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_470" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="Beggar Girl in New Dehli... I know she's centered, but I couldn't pass up showing you this capture."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_468" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="This was the view out my window every morning in Kugti"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_467" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="The Baha'i Lotus Temple... ... http://micahtaylor.fatcow.com/blog/?p=465 Looks like after about 5 years Jason, Laren, and Bobby might finally see some results. There's a bill that just hit the floor that may see the US taking action to remove Joseph Koney from power in Africa. You can view the full proposal (pdf) or check out Invisible Children's ... http://micahtaylor.fatcow.com/blog/?p=462 Stockholm Syndrome refers to a hostage sympathizing, identifying, and aligning their loyalty to their captor. With Derek Webb's habit of criticizing Christian culture, you may see where he's going with this album. Webb has done few things that can't be interpreted as offensive by the Conservative Christian media in his solo ... http://micahtaylor.fatcow.com/blog/?p=449 There's a good bit of press surrounding the idea of "The New Calvinist." The buzz started after Time Magazine gave a name to the idea and deemed it one of the "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now." The issue was further pushed in the press by the numerous replies ... http://micahtaylor.fatcow.com/blog/?p=444 Two days ago I arrived back in the States from my two-month long journey through India. So far I've eaten tons of beef, enjoyed sleeping on a mattress, realized I'm so used to cold showers that I can't take hot ones anymore, caught up on some music (Taking Back Sunday, ... http://micahtaylor.fatcow.com/blog/?p=442 I am currently in India and consequently very disconnected from what's happening in my home state of South Carolina. Today I just heard the news that our governor, Mark Sanford came out as having an affair (biblical term: committing adultery) with an Argentine woman. A very good friend of mine works in ... http://micahtaylor.fatcow.com/blog/?p=437 I may not have many readers left due to my complete inactivity on this blog for the past month, but I have a good reason. For those of you who do not know I am in India. For certain reasons I have had to create another blog for journaling my ... http://micahtaylor.fatcow.com/blog/?p=428 I met with my mentors, some of the teachers in my life, today and one of them brought a few things to light in my life that I thought should be addressed in a public forum... since much of the road I've taken to get where I am was in ... http://micahtaylor.fatcow.com/blog/?p=426 I'm  a mass media major that loves a good story and loves to talk about what God's doing, so Nick Charalambous's article about story-making was a must read that I just wanted to pass on. I hope to see more about this, a little more in depth in the future. And ... http://micahtaylor.fatcow.com/blog/?p=420 Dr. Duncan recently posed the question on his blog: "can we use just anything in worship?" In this article, as well as others, he addresses secular, and even further, completely inappropriate songs being used in a worship service. At this moment I would like to dig a little deeper into this ... http://micahtaylor.fatcow.com/blog/?p=411