From the monthly archives:

January 2008

The State of the Union

by Mark on January 29, 2008

Last night I had a moment while watching the State of the Union when it showed Dick Cheney sitting behind the president and I actually thought, “Dang, is he still around…”

I’m a registered Republican and I voted for Bush/Cheney. But I can’t wait to see them both gone at this point. and I surprised myself with my disappointment that Cheney was still in office. My disappointment was not some kind of demonized portrayal of him, I think he’s a really smart guy, but I’m ready for him to be gone.

I guess I need to live with the consequences of my decision a little longer.

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Marketing Wendy’s and the Church

January 29, 2008

Wendy’s is discontinuing their “red pig-tail” ads saying that they didn’t generate an increase in falling sales. Marketing can certainly work to help turn a business around, but marketing really isn’t the key. When was the last time you went to a Wendy’s and got great service? When was the last time you went to [...]

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Wow.

January 27, 2008
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Cell Phone Porn

January 25, 2008

Think kind of thing is more common than we think. It’s not always photo’s of people in the same school, but churches and parents who write this off as something that can’t happen to their kids are making a mistake. ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania – Police tried to stop the spread of pornographic video and photos of [...]

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A lecture I’d love to hear

January 24, 2008

Pete Rollins will be delivering a lecture in Belfast Feb. 13th.I wish I could hear it. Maybe he’ll record it.The title: On the Supreme Difficulty of Atheism and why only the Religious can attain it.

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A New Kind of Memory

January 23, 2008

This past October my friend Bill Wiseman died in a plane crash. He was apart of a local cohort and he was a local priest. I have memories of Bill serving us the Eucharist and always giving us his take on scripture. He loved the mystery of the Q source. I several good memories of [...]

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In Case you missed it

January 22, 2008

Barack Obama’s sermon/speech at Dr. King’s church Sunday.

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How Acceptable is Normal

January 19, 2008

Change is in the air. Candidates are talking about it. Pastors seem to talk about it lot as well.Perhaps is sounds simplistic, but a person’s desire for change is born from their personal view on how acceptable normal is. Normal is status quo. It is the supremely sustainable way things are.Your need or desire for [...]

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Buechner on Memory

January 17, 2008

I could think about this quote all day and still see new nuances to it. Few can put words together like he can. “Memory is more than a looking back to a time that is no longer; it is a looking out into another kind of time altogether where everything that ever was continues not [...]

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Sustain

January 15, 2008

Take a deep breath. Hold it in. – It’s not sustainable. Chances are you may be hold your breath for a minute or two. Some guy held his breath for 8 minutes and 58 seconds. That’s a long time to sustain yourself on one breath. Have you ever played a note on a wind instrument? [...]

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