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Mar 05

Written Influences on my Faith

Posted by Matt Jones on Friday, March 5, 2010. Filed under Literature, Religion, Theology.

Recently, Cori asked about books that have influenced our journey of the Christian faith. I thought that was a great question and a difficult one to answer. I thought I would reproduce my response here:
This is a daunting task: how to narrow influential books down to a short list? These are a few that [...]

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Feb 27

The Lonely Forest signs with Chris Walla’s new label

Posted by Matt Jones on Saturday, February 27, 2010. Filed under Daily Life, Meaningful Song.

Back last May when Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie said that The Lonely Forest was “totally doing it for me right now”, I knew that good things would be on the horizon for The Lonely Forest. A few months ago I was talking to John at a show and he mentioned that there [...]

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Feb 19

On the Lenten Season

Posted by Matt Jones on Friday, February 19, 2010. Filed under Daily Life, Religion.

The Season of Lent is upon us. Here we wait for Christ’s death on the Cross and His ensuing resurrection. As we walk through these next 40 days, reading through the words of the Prophet Isaiah might be enlightening.
I am not catholic so do not always follow the practice of giving something up for Lent, [...]

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Feb 19

An Open Letter to NBC: Coverage of the Winter Olympics

Posted by Matt Jones on Friday, February 19, 2010. Filed under Around the World, Daily Life.

Sent to:
NBC: nbcolympicsfeedback@nbcuni.com
IOC Press Office: pressoffice@olympic.org
Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver: info@obsv.ca
NBC’s vice president of sports communications: Christopher.Mccloskey@nbcuni.com
Chairman of NBC Universal Sports & Olympics: dick.ebersol@nbcuni.com
I live in Seattle; a little over two hours away from Vancouver, BC. I live in the United States; high definition cable with incredible variety in programming is accessible around the clock. I [...]

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Jan 29

Saying goodbye to the aughts…

Posted by Matt Jones on Friday, January 29, 2010. Filed under Daily Life.

I know I can’t really say “Happy New Year!” anymore (but I do still have some Christmas decorations up… hummm…), but this is the first post of the new decade. Welcome to the 10’s! I will miss the aughts… mainly because it was fun to say “aught”. Although now we can look back [...]

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