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I’m Back to Writing
Work and life has been kicking my butt for about two months now, but I’ve decided to overcome and get back to writing. Sorry to post so erratically; working 60-80 hour weeks can do that to you. Now that Fancy … Continue reading
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New Poem on the Site
Wrote it for the first “Open Mic Night” at Highland Baptist — check it out here.
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A Book for Artists and Humans of All Kinds
Just finished The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. It’s a book about the struggle to create art, to live to our higher calling, and to be and become what we are intended to be. And it has entered a very select category for me: Books That Changed My Life.
If you think that’s hyperbole, think again. Pressfield nails three concepts that any artist — indeed, any human — struggles with daily:
Pat Robertson {insert your headline here}
I give up. I wrote three or four headlines for this blog entry, and none of them seemed to capture the idiocy that is Pat Robertson:
- Pat Robertson Spews Again
- Robertson Needs To Put a Sock In It
- Robertson Gives New Meaning to STFU
Why? Because of this latest idiocy that came out of his mouth:
Haiti had the earthquake because they made a pact with the devil.
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Hubris, Thy Name Is “Conservative Bible Project”
I’m not sure I even know how to write about this. It is so far beyond the pale that all I can do, I think, is tell the story.
There is a web site called Conservapedia. Apparently Wikipedia is too liberal for them, so they have their own online wiki-based encyclopedia. (“The Trustworthy Encyclopedia” is the sub-title, under a logo made to look like the multi-language globe of Wikipedia … except this one is covered by a big American flag. Apparently only American opinions count. But I digress.)
This site has started a new wiki project entitled the “Conservative Bible Project.” I’m going to just quote the opening page, so I’m not accused of distorting their message through my liberal bias, as it were:
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The Agape Meal of Broadway Baptist, Fort Worth
A friend sent me a link to this through email, and said he thought I might appreciate it. It’s a video of the Agape Meal for the poor and homeless that Broadway Baptist does each Thursday night. It is a simple but moving video, one worth watching, and a ministry worth supporting. Make the jump and you’ll see why.
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In Remembrance: Molly Ivins
(If you do not subscribe to the Writer’s Almanac, you should. It comes each day and includes a poem for the day and various biographical tidbits about writers. Today’s Writer’s Almanac brings this entry for August 30:)
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Brothers and Sisters: Teddy Kennedy’s Religion
(“Brothers and Sisters” is the weekly prayer-and-share diary on Daily Kos where community members share their burdens and needs, and support one another. I am the host for tonight’s edition, and have posted it here first. If you want to read the comments in the Daily Kos version, check it out here. Enjoy! — Bruce)
I have found myself quite moved this week, as I have read and listened to the news coverage of Senator Kennedy. His accomplishments in the Senate are, of course, legendary, in terms of both longevity and productivity. His connection to Camelot and the Kennedy dynasty have been much discussed. But, while I am grateful for all of that, and for his unwavering devotion to liberal causes and ideals, those are not the details that move me.
No, it is his religion and religious actions that have, more than once, moved me to tears this week. What’s that? You don’t recall reading very much about Teddy Kennedy’s religion? Make the jump, and let us consider together the religious practice of Edward M. Kennedy.
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Brothers and Sisters: The Vertical and the Horizontal
(“Brothers and Sisters” is the weekly prayer-and-share diary on Daily Kos where community members share their burdens and needs, and support one another. I was the host for tonight’s edition, and worked for some hours on it once I got home from church. Unfortunately, somehow my draft version got lost just as I posted it on Daily Kos. I later found it, and since it was too late to post there — and since it is time-specific to today’s lections — I decided to just post it here. If you want to read the comments in the Daily Kos version, it is here. Enjoy! — Bruce)
Tonight’s “Brothers and Sisters” is going to go off in all directions. Well, actually, just two: the vertical and the horizontal. Come on in, pull up a chair, and let’s think about both vertices as we gather together. All are welcome to enter, speak, and share, as little or as much as you wish or need.
Baptist Group Stands AGAINST Theocrats and their Lying Billboards
From an op-ed in the Tampa Tribune:
For the next six months, people on the roads of Pinellas and Hillsborough counties will rumble past billboard ads making false claims and misleading assertions about our country’s history and commitment to religious freedom. One ad even fabricates a comment from the first president of the United States.
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Those behind the billboards refer to the separation of church and state as a “lie” and say our country’s Judeo-Christian foundation is “the reason that this country has prospered for 200-plus years.”
The only lies being told are featured on the billboards themselves.
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