The wide, wonderful world of the blogosphere holds treasures unknown. Stuff you didn’t even know interested you until it did! Here you’ll find some links to things that, for whatever reason, interested me during this past week and caused me to think. Sometimes you’ll see the interest, sometimes you won’t. If you don’t, just let me know and I’d be happy to share! And remember, linking does not equal endorsing. Not as much to report this week since we’ve been out of town, and for the most part, away from computers, but enjoy:

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Read about the German politician who wants to put a 7-year expiration date on all marriages.

Read as Stylus examines how several “indie” labels are tackling the digital market.

Read as my review of Jeremy Casella’s Recovery album has been picked up by Infuze.

See a neat way to display your Pez dispensers (because I know you collect them too!).

Marvel as my wife has updated our family blog!

Read as Apple admits that a “small number” of its iPod Touch units have problems displaying “dark” images.

Watch about the artist who paints using worms.

Read about the last Jew in Afghanistan celebrating Yom Kippur alone.

Browse Steve McCoy’s tips for sermon preparation.

Read about Sotheby’s selling one of Vincent Van Gogh’s final landscapes, “The Fields.”

Read Kim Riddlebarger’s “Reply to John MacArthur’s 2007 Shepherd’s Conference Lecture on Self-Respecting Calvinists and Premillennialism,” in which MacArthur asserted that “Every Self-Respecting Calvinist is a Premillennialist” (ht: Matt).

Frown as “French mime artist Marcel Marceau dies.”

Read about the “Christian right” looking to regain its political clout.

Read about the president of Baylor University refusing to comment on his school’s silencing of Intelligent Design on campus.

Read as John Stackhouse explains why he’s not “in love” with Jesus.

Read as our friend Jeremy Casella posts some thoughts on Rich Mullins.

Browse the “faith-based” jewelry at Imperishable Beauty.

Read about the senior citizens protesting to be able to have doughnuts.

Read as Al Mohler reflects on the coming Anglican schism.

Read Christianity Today’s review of the new David Crowder Band album Remedy.

Read their review of the new Tree63 album Sunday!

Read as Christianity Today looks for “Glimpses of God” in the new Smashing Pumpkins album Zeitgeist.

Visit the updated Album Reviews page.

Read what John Piper said at his granddaughters funeral.

Read as Books & Culture posts “An Evangelical Critique of An Evangelical Declaration Against Torture.”

Read as Christianity Today profiles the Saint John’s Bible, with 1,150 pages of hand-written text and art.

Read about the recent study which found that depictions of gay characters are decreasing on network television, while increasing on cable.

Read about Starbucks giving away free iTunes downloads to promote their new partnership.

Read about the two leading “Creationist” ministries settling their differences.

Read as Barna claims that the next generation of youth are “frustrated and skeptical” about Christianity.

Visit the newly created/updated “Interviews” page.