Joe Ragan

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Shopping in Karaganda

July 13th, 2006 · Comments Off

Things have really changed in Karaganda in the year since I left. Last Spring, the largest supermarket closed due to lack of business (it was located right across the street from the central market). Other supermarkets were never too busy and, there was never more than one person standing in the check out [...]

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Tags: Life where I live

Baptistm and Alcohol

July 13th, 2006 · Comments Off

I don’t speak about SBC politics too often here. However, I am intrigued with all the talk that is going on in the blogging world concerning baptism and drinking.
There is a church in Oklahoma that is considering dropping baptism as a prerequisite for membership. Now, they aren’t saying that baptism is not important. [...]

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Tags: Reflections on Life as we know it