Monthly Archives: January 2008

My uncle helped found an orphanage in Kenya on an island in Lake Victoria. There are more than 300 kids, many of which were orphaned by the HIV epidemic. Some of the kids are HIV positive. It is without a … Continue reading →

My faith, my health and my family are very important to me. I don’t carry grudges, and I don’t hate anyone. My life is about honesty and perseverance.When I was six, I was so hungry I used to steal the … Continue reading →

For some time now the Oklahoma minister has been maligned, censured and pressured by the Board of Trustees of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Church. He resigned  yesterday after the board rejected his overture toward peace and decided … Continue reading →

“The day your heart is kinder than your doctrine, rest assured it’s not your heart that is wrong.”  Leaving Munster

I’m depressed to near inertia. We have a weather warning out and the barometer is dropping fast as a storm system moves in. My whole body feels that drop and although I don’t have seasonal affective disorder,  my mood is … Continue reading →

At 7pm this evening, he returned home, switched on his computer and discovered that the whole world knew what his tribunal had decided, and large parts of it had known before he did. His distress can be imagined. Needless to … Continue reading →

Standing up to legal noises by Scientology hasn’t hurt Gawker media. The professional blog network posted a Tom Cruise video and then the letter from Scientology telling them to take it down. (YouTube removed the video) Scientology’s take down got the … Continue reading →