Archive for September 22nd, 2005
I’m feeling Abe tonight
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005“[O]ur fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.” Link.
Wrong on everything
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005In The Revolution will not be Televised, Dean for America campaign manager Joe Trippi laments how television has reduced political campaigning to posturing around meaningless 30 second soundbites, negative accusations, and empty sloganeering. Case in point (parody alert): What would politics be like if Jesus were here?
Al Gore’s campaign manager supports President Bush?
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005Apparently she does. Democratic party power player Donna Brazile (campaign manager for Al Gore’s 2000 presidential candidacy), a New Orleans native whose family was devastated by Katrina, broke party lines in supporting the President’s Katrina relief efforts. Yesterday she told syndicated columnist Cindy Adams: “Right now we need a president who will help. He’s helping. [...]
Strange news day for people I love
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005Yesterday: My friend’s parents, pastors of Living Hope Community Church (where I preached in May and will be returning this November) survived the emergency landing at LAX.My brother was the first police officer to respond to a deadly shooting outside of a Bowery nightclub (10 blocks from Xpress and AGM)A family member was named to [...]
Is the Assemblies of God ready for the Emerging Church?
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005One guy’s attempt to translate the so-called “emergent church” for an A/G district: “Now remember, I was to challenge and represent a mindset that is growing inside and outside the church walls. So I don’t necessarily do all these things, or fit into all these mindsets. But I do long to understand this ‘people group,’ [...]