MaustsOnToast

getting it done while having fun

  • Monticello

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    On Sunday we skipped out of church to head up to Charlottesville, Virginia, to visit Thomas Jefferson’s rustic plantation which he nicknamed Monticello (Italian: “little mountain”). Amongst the parisian clocks, 120 variety garden, domed roof and beds built into walls, Emily and I were led on a tour of the two hundred year-old mansion. Pretty […]

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  • Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Republican

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    Yesterday my wife Emily and I drove up to visit Thomas Jefferson’s homstead Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia, about three and half hours northwest of Wake Forest. On the way on I-95 (or was it I-85…can’t remember) I noticed the following billboard: “Martin Luther King Jr. Was a REPUBLICAN.” See the picture below which I grabbed […]

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  • Responsible Domain Usage

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    I’d like to issue a call for responsible domain name purchase and usage. Many domain names (e.g., theoffice.com) purchased and employed should rather be subdomains (e.g., theoffice.nbc.com) or subfolders of the root domain (e.g., nbc.com/theoffice). What’s happening is domain name clutter and disassociation. Nearly every new movie and book grabs its own domain name when […]

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  • What Could Having Smaller Churches Hurt

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    What could be gained by having smaller churches: More intimate fellowship. Everyone instantly becomes more accessible because there are far less of you. The giftings of each member would more readily find output. In a larger church, the math says there will be numerous people with the same or similar giftings but the opportunities for […]

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