From the monthly archives: February 2010

Sam Van Eman Makes Me Think

By annkroeker On February 27, 2010 · 3 Comments

Like all of the HCB people I’ve gotten to know, Sam Van Eman makes me think.

I recently conducted an interview with Sam that I published at NotSoFastBook.com, in which he got me thinking about advertising, culture, Earl Grey tea…and biscotti.

Intriguing, eh?

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Food on Fridays: Mini-Feast of Cinnamon Rolls

By annkroeker On February 25, 2010 · 9 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—it doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you just want to post photos of your garlic press, that’ll do just fine.

When your Food on Fridays contribution is ready, just grab the broccoli button (the big [...]

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Destructive Criticism vs. Healthy Critique

By annkroeker On February 22, 2010 · 32 Comments

Recently I came across J.C. Schaap’s post “Witless Fear and Hug Lines.”

In it, he told about how scary it is for a student to lay out something he or she has written in front of her peers and “let them go at it.”

I remember classes like that.

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Food on Fridays: Lenten Lentils

By annkroeker On February 19, 2010 · 5 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—your link could muse about the best way to store dried beans or include your favorite recipe for fish, but it doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you just want to post pictures of your [...]

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Merci, Belgique

By annkroeker On February 16, 2010 · 25 Comments

(for the Belgian Wonder, on the occasion of our 19th wedding anniversary)

Merci, Belgique,

Pour tes bicyclettes

He salvaged tires,

A chain, gears,

Handlebars,

And a frame

From three different bikes,

Maybe more.

Piecing it all together,

He painted it black

And pedaled down canals

For miles

Through the countryside

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40 Days of Rest?

By annkroeker On February 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Is it possible for the 40 days of Lent to become an extended rest?

And what does that have to do with an obscure place in Australia called “Nelligen”?

Read about it at Not So Fast today.

Photo © 2010 by Zoe Sandvig of A Sideways Glance. [...]

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Food on Fridays: Valentine's Day Feast

By annkroeker On February 12, 2010 · 13 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—your link could be your favorite lentil soup recipe, but it doesn’t have to be a recipe. If it’s about shopping at Aldi’s or you want to share your plans for Lent, go ahead and link [...]

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Getting to Know HCB: Meet Dan King

By annkroeker On February 10, 2010 · 22 Comments

Dan King, a.k.a. BibleDude, is Social Media Editor at HighCallingBlogs.com (HCB), helping bloggers in the network make connections and build community not only by dropping by their blogs with encouraging comments, but also through social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter. He knows how to make the most of those tools to [...]

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Sample Some Love Stories

By annkroeker On February 10, 2010 · 4 Comments

Valentine’s Day, with its pink and red roses, Hallmark cards, candy hearts and chocolates, may tempt people to reduce the significance of love to superficial acts of romance. It does, however, get people thinking, talking, and writing about relationships.

So for the Family post at HighCallingBlogs.com today, I pulled together a sampling [...]

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Food on Fridays: Go Greek with L.L. Barkat

By annkroeker On February 4, 2010 · 6 Comments

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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—your link could be a recipe like your favorite Colts blue Superbowl party dip, but it does not have to be a recipe. If it’s about shopping at Trader Joe’s or your review of “Julie & [...]

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