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Review Paste’s list of the best books of the decade.

Read about the feuding mayors who both declared a street one-way, in opposing directions!

Read about the German deer who still refuse to cross the border formerly marked by the Berlin Wall.

See the tie made from recycled casette tapes.

Browse this list of 16 ways to survivie a Stephen King story.

Read about the rumors that Steven Tyler has left Aerosmith.

Read this piece trying to understand what your online photos reveal about you.

Browse this list of things not to expect from a missional church.

Read about the possibility of Netflix delaying new releases by a full month. Thanks, Major studios. Another great step towards earning our loyalty.

Read about the “Church Sucks” marketing ploy that failed badly.

Read the Louisville Courier-Journal’s coverage of the recent Acts 29 Boot Camp.

Browse as the Telegraph lists the best culture websites.

Read as the Dallas Observer compares the post-Uncle Tupelo careers of Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy.

Read as Prefix interviews singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt.

Read as The A.V. Club interviews Glan Hansard of the Swell Season and the Frames.

Read as CNN profiles the music school founded by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea.

Read/watch as Matt Chandler gives a lesson at Southern Seminary in “How to Make a “Successful” Pastor with a Six-Month Curriculum.”

Read as Carl Trueman gives advice on “Should We Respond When Criticized in the Blogosphere?” and I would certainly include Facebook to that. At least three of you out there know what I’m referring to.

Read as Piper says Sailhamer’s newly published “The Meaning of the Pentateuch Will Rock Your World.”

Browse this list of recommended books for church planters from ReThink Mission.

Read this piece finding that liberals eat healthier.

Read this series of posts from my friend Jake Johnson “In Defense of Physical Community,” a response to “online church.”

Read Collide’s recent profile of Donald Miller.

Read these thoughts on good church logos.

Read about the Phoenix church no longer permitted to feed the poor.

Read about the man who ran his $1 million car into a salt marsh.

Browse as the Telegraph lists the 100 books that “defined the noughties.”

Read as Spiegel interviews Umberto Eco.

Download Lucero’s recent Daytrotter Session.