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Axis: The Hunger Games
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Friday, April 20, 2012. To watch or not to watch. That is the question many parents, reviews, websites, blogs, and Christians have raised since the release of the film. But maybe it’s the wrong question to be asking. . . . Reminiscent of works like George Orwell’s. And Ray Bradbury’s. But how did the Romans get to the point where the masses had no qualms about watching others kill each other for fun? And is it possible that it could happen again? What needs to be done to prevent it? Your student. Rat...
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Axis: October 2013
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Thursday, October 3, 2013. How To Help People Recognize Your Generosity Without Being Prideful. 8220;It’s not generosity if no one knows about it.” – the other Daniel Day. Note: This blog was written by the other Daniel Day, the guy who is more selfish and conceited than the real Director of Content and Marketing for Axis. 1 Use paper checks. Paper checks have your name, address, and phone number printed on the top, and there’s a memo line where you can write in your Twitter handle. Bonus Idea 1 (from my...
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Mission - Axis
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Staff & Board. Staff & Board. Our mission is to empower the next generation to think clearly and critically about what they believe and to take ownership of their faith. We do this. By outsourcing parents, but by resourcing them to disciple and transfer legacy to their children as they face life’s questions and challenges. We also support faith leaders in churches and schools by providing content and facilitators who effectively introduce and address life’s toughest topics. They were going to find out.
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Axis: February 2014
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Monday, February 17, 2014. 3 Worthwhile YouTube Subscriptions. My YouTube “watch history” is embarrassing. It's my favorite social medium, an endless supply of entertainment and information – and I spend way too much time on it. I mean, there are so many movie trailers I have to watch, and someone's doing a "Let's Play" of Bioshock! If you're looking for four-minute introductions to the current trends in fields ranging from philosophy to science to economics, BigThink is a great place to start. The v...
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Axis: Was Beyoncé Inappropriate?
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Monday, February 4, 2013. Photo from: twitter.com/Beyonce. Bare skill. Exposed talent. Raw performance. Three of the many ways Beyoncés. Performance can be described. Facebook was alive last night during the half-time show. There were positive comments:. Beyoncé used up all of the electricity. Anyone else obsessing over this half time show? Take that Madonna and Janet, Beyoncé just showed you how to perform at a Super Bowl. Couldn’t they have kept the sandy hook chorus around for halftime? But then the d...
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Axis: 13 Million Views and Counting!
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012. 13 Million Views and Counting! This post describes some language that Nicki Minaj uses in her song Super Bass that we do not agree with. However, we are posting some phrases below (bleeped out), that are vital to this discussion. Please note that this post is meant to help parents understand some of the music their teens are listening to, and is not meant to be offensive in any way. Thank you! So what’s a parent to make of all of this? Isn’t it harmless? They’ll grow out of it!
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Axis: December 2012
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012. The Hobbit and Adventures. But this blog is not about the events before the movie, this blog is about a specific theme within the movie itself. Don’t click off the screen yet. I know that we are Axis and we are always talking about apathy to action, but if you’ve read the book or seen the movie you know that this is a valid take-away from the story. Let me explain. Bilbo could have kept living his life as a Hobbit, and wouldn’t have necessarily been doing anything wrong ...
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Axis: August 2013
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Thursday, August 22, 2013. Digital Dining and Its Impact On Community. Along with screenshots of your Pandora and chain letters,. Posting pictures of your food is one of the most annoying things you can do on a social network. Regardless, legions of food-posting users may have found a way to leverage their enthusiasm. Restaurants are now offering perks to patrons for posting pictures of their food to Instagram. (Read the original article here. Let's take this beyond the marketing strategy. And does shari...
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Axis: Famous Words in Webcomic Form: "Zen Pencils" Gives New Voice to Powerful Ideas
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Monday, April 7, 2014. Famous Words in Webcomic Form: "Zen Pencils" Gives New Voice to Powerful Ideas. Image credit: Gavin Aun Thang and Zen Pencils. Somewhere between Calvin and Hobbes,. Mohandas Gandhi, and Steve Jobs, there's an Internet gem called Zen Pencils. And it's changing lives. At its most basic level, Zen Pencils. Part of a genre of art and story-telling born from the unique technological and self-publishing opportunities of the Internet. (Examples range from XKCD. Is full of stories of reade...
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Axis: June 2013
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Thursday, June 20, 2013. The Shot: A Valuable Lesson About Timing From The NBA Finals. Photo courtesy of ESPN. The shot. It will be talked about for years. Even if the Miami Heat do not win the championship tonight, basketball fans will remember where they were sitting when Ray Allen hit a 3-pointer with 5 seconds left to tie the game and send it into overtime. Just a few moments earlier, it looked like the Heat were eliminated from the Finals and the Spurs were on their way to a 5. No one saw this coming.
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