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Masters of Chant Chapter IV by Gregorian

Gregorian's 2003 album reworks famous pop and rock songs as solemn neo-Gregorian chant for a choir of voices.

Music

Collide by Skillet

Skillet's 2003 record where they sharpen into a heavier rock band while keeping faith at the centre.

Music

Asterix and the Class Act by Albert Uderzo

It is the thirty-second book in the Asterix series. A collection of short stories that fill gaps in the series with fresh jokes and adventures.

Books

Monthly update #0162 • October 2003

Monthly update 162 • October 2003 • 2003-10-01 - 2003-10-31

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The Ballad of the Daltons and Other Stories by René Goscinny

The Daltons learn they will inherit their hanged uncle's fortune only if they kill the judge and jurors who condemned him, with Lucky Luke close behind.

Books

Casting Crowns by Casting Crowns

The 2003 debut from a band of church volunteers, full of plain-spoken songs about honesty, calling, and grace.

Music

Voulez-Vous by ABBA

ABBA's 1979 release, craft and polish in every chorus. It came to me long after release and earned its place.

Music

Monthly update #0161 • September 2003

Monthly update 161 • September 2003 • 2003-09-01 - 2003-09-30

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Bride of Lucky Luke by Guy Vidal

Lucky Luke must escort a wagon of mail-order brides to a town of lonely men, and one strong-willed Irishwoman ends up snared by the Daltons.

Books

Voyageur by Enigma

Enigma's 2003 album drops the Gregorian chant for a brighter, more human electronic sound about travel and change.

Music

Monthly update #0160 • August 2003

Monthly update 160 • August 2003 • 2003-08-01 - 2003-08-31

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The Daily Star by Jean Léturgie

Luke helps the dogged young journalist Horace Greeley plant his newspaper, the Daily Star, in Dead End Gulch, where the truth makes powerful enemies.

Books

Back on the Streets by Gary Moore

Gary Moore's 1978 release, guitar-led music with real feeling. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.

Music

Married with Children

Married with Children is an American comedy series. It aired on Fox from 5 April 1987 to 9 June 1997. Ron Leavitt and Michael G. Moye created it. Ed O'Neill plays Al Bundy, a shoe salesman in Chicago who once scored four touchdowns in a single game at Polk High and has been going downhill ever since.

TV Series

Hope by Hillsong Worship

Hillsong's 2003 live worship album gathers a congregation around songs of trust, including the quiet anchor Still.

Music

Monthly update #0159 • July 2003

Monthly update 159 • July 2003 • 2003-07-01 - 2003-07-31

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Fingers by Lo Hartog van Banda

Lucky Luke takes pity on Fingers, a charming stage magician whose itchy hands keep landing him, and everyone near him, in trouble.

Books

Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do by Relient K

Relient K's witty 2003 pop-punk record hides real heart and faith under its fast hooks and silly jokes.

Music

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), directed by Gore Verbinski, follows a blacksmith and a pirate captain as they rescue the governor's daughter from a crew of cursed pirates. Johnny Depp plays Captain Jack Sparrow, a man who staggers through danger as though the whole world is a ship in a storm.

Movies

Monthly update #0158 • June 2003

Monthly update 158 • June 2003 • 2003-06-01 - 2003-06-30

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Daisy Town by René Goscinny

The story of how Daisy Town grew from empty prairie into a rowdy boom town, and how Lucky Luke is hired as sheriff to clean it up, with the four Dalton brothers among the troublemakers.

Books

ABBA: The Album by ABBA

ABBA's 1977 release, craft and polish in every chorus. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.

Music

Adoration by Newsboys

Newsboys turn to congregational praise on this 2003 worship album, trading clever pop for songs the church can sing.

Music

Pentecost

I understand a little more about Pentecost now. The Holy Spirit came down on the first believers.

Christianity

Monthly update #0157 • May 2003

Monthly update 157 • May 2003 • 2003-05-01 - 2003-05-31

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