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A Life Well Lived: Martha Blalock Hawkins Jolley

by Matthew Smith · February 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Shortly after midnight on Saturday (2/16/2008) morning, my grandmother passed away. I will soon write a longer piece on this, but for now I’m just posting her obituary.
Martha Blalock Hawkins Jolley

MACON - After a 2 year battle with Parkinson’s disease, Martha Blalock Hawkins Jolley, 76. of Macon, passed away at the home of her daughter [...]

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Busy Busy Busy

by Matthew Smith · January 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This has been a busy but great week. I’ll be back with more detail on some of these events, but I gave a presentation last night (which went really well, and the video and other information will be online soon), helped a friend assemble a new computer today, I’ve been in the gym three days [...]

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Oh, Finals. Dear Finals…

by Matthew Smith · December 14th, 2007 · No Comments

A Haiku
I hate thee, Finals
The preparation I hate
Torment me no more-
I just want to graduate.
Yea I know it’s 5-7-5-7 but whatever. I wrote it.

And yes, so far I’m actually on track for spring graduation! Kind of scary, since I love college. It would be so much better without the work and huge bill… so yea, [...]

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Book Review: Scripture and Discernment

by Matthew Smith · November 12th, 2007 · No Comments

For the second paper in my Christianity class, I had to discuss Luke Johnson’s Scripture and Discernment: Decision Making in the Church. I present it to you in all its’ glory, PDF style here. And only eighteen minutes after I turned it in! Talk about hot off the press…

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What are Sin and Redemption?

by Matthew Smith · October 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Seem like a weird question to find around here? Well, it is.
I’m currently enrolled in an upper level Christianity class at Mercer (the great institution of higher learning) and for the mid-term I was required to pen about 2500 words on the topic of “Sin and Redemption.” I had no idea where to take this, [...]

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Heroes

by Matthew Smith · October 1st, 2007 · No Comments

The new season of Heroes started last week and based on the first episode, I’m really looking forward to this season. I found Heroes one of the most fascinating new shows when it came on last season and it has not disappointed yet. Every episode is well written, uses great special effects, and is very [...]

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We Want to Link to You

by Matthew Smith · July 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I love “networking” with my friends and I love reading their thoughts, ideas, and adventures. Therefore, in the spirit of networking and the internet, I want to read more of your blogs - my reading list is full of tech news and other interesting things but seriously lacking in the “people I know” department. Thus, [...]

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The Great Debate

by Michael Chappell · July 16th, 2007 · 4 Comments

To kill Harry Potter, or not to kill him, that is the question facing J.K. Rowling. Of course everyone is wondering and speculating as to which she will choose has chosen, but I’d like to take a more in depth look at this. I see the real question here being would she like [...]

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