Submitted by dbcollies on Mon, 2006-07-03 12:27
Kety at CrossLeft.org has written about a dinner recently between a group of people which was, apparently, specifically set up to encourage a dialog between people of faith and those with a secular point of view.
Submitted by dbcollies on Fri, 2006-06-23 16:05
Today's one year bible reading includes Acts 15, which covers a heated disagreement in the early church over the need for converts to be circumcised. That may not seem to relate to my title, but ...
The council decided not to require circumcision. In the letter they send were these words:
Acts 15:28-29
Submitted by dbcollies on Tue, 2006-06-20 14:48
Aaron at one two three . net has posted some thoughts on actions by two different Christian denominations, Presbyterian and Baptist, in A Tale of Two Churches
Submitted by dbcollies on Fri, 2006-06-09 08:20
Submitted by dbcollies on Wed, 2006-06-07 07:22
The cast has been set for "The Music Man" at
BLT. I'm "Salesman #1" and in the chorus. (The five salesmen have a choral speaking bit at the beginning of the show.) I was in this same show in High School, and I was one of the salesmen then as well, though I don't remember which number. Once I have a script I'll know if it's the same part or not.
Submitted by dbcollies on Mon, 2006-06-05 15:44
OK. I know that President Bush's command of the English language isn't exactly superb, but does this make any sense?
Submitted by dbcollies on Thu, 2006-05-25 21:47
This video is featured very prominently on the Defend DeLay website. Now, I have very little respect for Mr. DeLay, but I would at least have assumed that someone who had reached the powerful position that he had in the US government would have the ability to recognise sarcasm when he saw it.Apparently not.
HT: The Carpetbagger's Report
Submitted by dbcollies on Thu, 2006-05-25 11:45
Mr Roberts opens at
Baytown Little Theater one week from tomorrow. That's Friday, June 2, at 8PM. It runs for three consecutive weekends. People may be familiar with the movie of the same name, starring Henry Fonda, which is based on the play. Jack Lemmon was also in the movie, and got an Oscar for best supporting actor (Kent Pool plays that role in our show)
Submitted by dbcollies on Fri, 2006-05-12 10:08
Alan over at A Different Perspective calls for people to "please get upset" about the NSA's data mining of the phone records of millions of Americans. And I agree, we should be upset. Anyone who's read my blog will know that I'm an advocate of privacy. But I have to admit that I reacted more with apathy than indignation at the recent announcement.
Then I found out about the Washington Post-ABC News Poll which basically shows that 2 out of 3 Americans support this sort of privacy invasion, if it results in more security.
Now, I have a problem with the structure of the survey, which implies an inverse correlation between privacy and security. I don't think that relationship has been established. But, be that as it may, the results are what they are. A strong majority of Americans favor giving up some degree of privacy in exchange for an increased feeling of security. Am I wrong to see a problem with this?
Submitted by dbcollies on Thu, 2006-04-13 09:26
Bill Nye, 'The Science Guy' upset some people when he spoke at a community college in Waco
The Emmy-winning scientist angered a few audience members when he criticized literal interpretation of the biblical verse Genesis 1:16, which reads: “God made two great lights — the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.â€
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