Monthly Archives: October 2006

Actively forgiving

 I confess: Over the last 10 days, I did not pay much attention to the Amish school shooting. As the mother of an 8-year old girl, I find school violence stories too painful to follow. Despite attempts to avoid this … Continue reading

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Jon Gerrard

If you are the Liberal leader in Manitoba, why not use You Tube? I heard about it on CTV National, but hey, there he is.  

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Celebrity Christians

Who knew? Steven Baldwin is an actor who defines himself as an evangelist., and is happy to permit others, including the White House to define him that way also. Salon magazine has an interesting article about his qualifications, his following, his friends. … Continue reading

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More blog bashing – Episcopal book

Former TV news person Mark Kelley has written a book,  “Engaging News Media: A Practical Guide for People of Faith.” Kelley is also a professor at the University of Maine. He doesn’t like blogs, according to Bible Belt Blogger: “Bloggers … Continue reading

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Ban Ki-noon – possible UN Secretary General is not a Moonie

Rumours have been floating that South Korean Ban Ki-noon is a moonie. It is possible he is the next UN Secretary General. According to the Asia News he is not even close, but is Mukyokai.* Ban Ki-moon was born in 1944 to … Continue reading

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Ship of Fools publishes Bullshipper

The wildly popular Ship of Fools site well known for it’s Mystery Worshipper section has uncovered a sock puppet  after a few complaints and a bit of digging. Needless to say Fr David Peters who praised himself through his sock … Continue reading

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Trickle of religious bloggers sign up for second GodBlogCon

Now in it’s second year being hosted by Biola University the GodBlogCon rescheduled to be held October 26-28th at the California University. Many of last years speakers are participating again, and some of the sponsors are also plenary or panel … Continue reading

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War – Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea

Afghanistan at tipping point – NATO: NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David Richards, also warned Sunday that Afghans would begin to support the Taliban again if they didn’t see visible improvements within the next six months. “They will say, … Continue reading

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