Author Archives: Neal Locke

Why I’m “Presbymergent”

I mentioned a new website awhile back, for which I am a contributing editor. As part of the ongoing conversation, several of us are posting stories of our theological journeys as an answer to the question, “Why am I Presbymergent?” … Continue reading

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2007: An Allegory

What I really want to write about is (duh) more of my ascent into Linux-land. But after two rather gushy posts in a row, and at the risk of losing my few remaining visitors, I’ll refrain. For now. I’ve just … Continue reading

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Brand New Day

913914915 Moving day. Not physically (although that will come soon, too) but digitally. Today I begin migrating all of my files, applications and other software from Windows to Linux. Documents are a snap — nothing to do, since I already … Continue reading

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Free at last…Thank God Almighty, Free AT LAST!

Unless you know me very well, you have NO IDEA just how excited I am right now. It’s 1:00 in the morning, February 9th 2007. I’m sitting in my office at church (yes, I know–I should be home now). But … Continue reading

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I think they LOST something.

[Spoiler Warning] Last night’s season premiere of LOST didn’t deviate too much from the usual structure: There were flashbacks, revelations, forest chase-scenes, fistfights, weirdness (hello, forced-to-watch-videos-boy), and of course, surprises. Although seriously, who (besides the ex-husband) didn’t see that bus … Continue reading

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Web 2.0

If you don’t know what Web 2.0 is (or even if you do) you have to watch this–it’s awesome. If a picture says a thousand words, then an embedded video about embedded videos and hypertext and XML and blogging and … Continue reading

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Intolerance of Monotheism?

I had an interesting conversation with a friend this morning. He was reading about the history of ancient Mezo-American civilizations (Aztec, Inca, etc.) and was struck by some religious and philosophical similarities to Buddhism. We got to talking about parallel … Continue reading

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