Category: news item
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Germany’s solution for bored adolescents
How many times have parents laughingly told me about their high school student who said, "I’m bored" and got glared at by a 15 year old too good to do a little work? Well, apparently this isn’t something that just happens in the United States. In Germany, they’ve been floating the idea of taking these…
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Tonya vs. Nancy XII
It’s noteworthy that today is the 12th anniversary of the Tonya Harding attack on fellow ice-skater Nancy Kerrigan down at the Joe Louis Arena. (Appropriately named after a boxer) Perhaps it was the only time that the general public actually cared enough about ice skating to actually make fun of the drama. So, after 12…
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Scary Headline in the News
Church Employee Suspect In Woman’s Death Article Put that on the list of things I never hope happen to me. I never want to be in jail. I never want to be homeless I never want to be charged with murder Pretty simple list, eh?
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Aliens?
FoxNews has a thing for aliens apparently. Shortly after midnight some whacky hypnotist was trying to convince drunk people that they could see aliens. Now this, FoxNews is reporting an alien sighting in Chicago. That’s your leader in news. Way to go guys… you are all over the big stories out there.
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Student Virginity Pledges
I was listening to a radio program this morning asking people to call in if they were virgins when they got married. Interestingly, they were surprised how many people called in to tell them that they really had been virgins when they got married. The hosts were shocked into saying, "Wow, that’s really admirable." There…
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College and Youth Ministry in the News
I don’t catch the news too many nights per week, but I did see that Katie Couric of CBS News is doing a series called "Christ on Campus." Watch the video on iTunesWatch the video on the CBS news website Here’s the first line: "If you asked college students today who the Big Man…
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Weird day in Chicago
Since Andrea mentioned it in a comment, I have to keep up the appearances that I favor Andrea of all other LF alumni, so here are a couple of links to what she was talking about. Law Firm Rampage Has Officials PuzzledUm, "law firm" and "gun rampage" aren’t two phrases you see next to one…
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Thank You Mr. Rumsfeld
I’m not the most pessimistic person in the world. In fact, I am perhaps the only American left that believes in our president and thinks that the war in Iraq is good for Iraq. It obviously not a popular thing to say. Even today, when Donald Rumsfeld was conducting his last town hall meeting at…
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Not offended by Danny DiVito
I must be the only American that didn’t care that Danny DiVito appeared on The View a little tipsy the other day. I mean, it’s not like he was appearing on something important like Letterman. Heck, if I had to go on the set… I don’t even drink and I’d want to think about it!…
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Ted Haggard
Like a lot of Christians, I’ve been watching the news unfold on Ted Haggard of New Life Church in Colorado Springs. Read the press release Read the story of CNN As a pastor, I have several thoughts on this. Some may be surprising but here are some of my reactions now that things have gone…