Huckabee is a Funny Guy

This is unprecedented – the way this campaign got so friendly with a normally hostile media. I think we can all learn a lot. Plus – catch the part where he talks about miracles.

God is the one that raises up rulers. McCain has had health issues in the past. It is a possibility, though not one I would want to trumpet, that he could step aside due to health issues. The real lesson – coming from the peanut gallery here – is for the Pat Robertson-type pragmatists of the world to support the guy with the better values than the guy that looks like he can win. Imagine what that would have done. A small band of people fasting and praying like crazy (and, of course, Chuck Norris) helped Huckabee make a dent in this election – and nothing is out of the question.

Where Are They Now?

So I find out what my skateboarding hero has been up to these days… serving on Stephen Baldwin’s evangelism ministry and… Associate Pastor!?!

Who Will Pat Nominate Now?

Lo and behold, Pat Robertson’s nominee has bowed out and endorsed John McCain.

Rudy Guiliani’s risky strategy to jump in the fray 1 month after everyone else collapsed with a 3rd place finish in Florida. I wrote previously about my surprise that a televangelist so closely associated with the “religious right” would endorse a liberal for President, simply because he looked like he would win.

I wrote about another evangelist who simply called for a 3 day fast for God to raise up a pro-life candidate. That contender is still in the running despite a woefully inadequate financial purse. Let’s keep praying.

More Ping Pong

My sister-in-law has done a much better job of reporting on the recent ping-pong championships. Read her blog post or my former post.

Official CBB Policy Regarding Spam Rumors

So today I received an email from a church member linking to a video about a new Hillary Clinton rumor which may or may not be true. I have somehow gotten on various church members’ email lists, and periodically receive urgent alerts regarding threats to our religious liberties in America or other things. Although I certainly believe in defending religious liberty, I am often annoyed since a visit to Truth or Fiction sometimes dispells these horrific claims. Unfortunately that specific rumor has yet to be addressed at the site. But here are a couple of other examples:

We’ve heard other urban legends such as:

• Proctor and Gamble is a company filled with satan worshipping executives (mostly, if not entirely false)
• The government printed “under God” on the edge of the new coins (wait, that one was true!)
• Pepsi took the words “Under God” off the can.

Truth: Pepsi did not, however Dr. Pepper did. And despite this, I’m not sure  it is worth AN EMAIL WRITTEN IN CAPS TO ALERT ME TO THE SEVERITY OF THIS PROBLEM.

I also didn’t ask to be included in the email, and I certainly did NOT ask for my personal email address (not the secondary spam address either!) to be broadcast to dozens, scores, or hundreds of other people. Unlike myself, I suspect many of them may want to be informed of these rumors, and may lack the scruples necessary from refraining from pirating my email address onto their lists, thus exacerbating this problem.

Back to the poor church member:Unfortunately for them, I am starting to realize that my silence in the face of an overly unredemptive and politically charged email is tantamount to my approval of it. Articulating a rather blunt email in response (as tactfully as possible) might actually have the effect of liberating my email account from any future emails of this variety. Glory!

So here’s a notice for anyone who is planning to send me any such email, links, or commentary that is politically motivated, with the effect of tempting me to accuse any polititian or leader, rather than praying for them, thereby entering into an unholy partnership by my divisive attitude:

Don’t do it, since you’re forcing me to counterspam EVERYONE in your cc field with a more biblical perspective, and run the high risk of embarassing you. Please, don’t do it!

Spotted After Uprising Conference

Went to see Lou Engle and others in CT this weekend.

Weird sightings on the drive home, I think God is trying to tell all eastbound travellers something -

1. Lordship, exit 8 – road sign

2. Defend our heritage – billboard

3. Wordin – road sign

there was also a OneThing billboard with the same font. It was for energy conservation though.

Thanks to everyone involved, I was so thankful that Lou, Allen Hood, and the many others travelled to the east coast to impart this stuff here.

Spare Us… Please!!!

Watching OJ on Court TV getting lectured by the judge. Sounds like she is letting him out on bail. It feels like 1994 all over again.

Deal? or No Deal?

The lady tonight made history… she took it all the way through the game, only to win a penny. Was there a parable about this somewhere? Seems like there should be!

Ping Pong O Rama

Today I am off to see an entire day of Forrest-Gump caliber ping pong at Drexel. The winners will represent our country in China for the Olympics.
I am not sure how much of this I can take to be honest. Maybe ADD will set in after 40 minutes, perhaps I can stretch it out to say, 55 minutes. But it will be fun to see the family.

All you people at The Call – have fun, hopefully I can tune in later today.

New Jersey Office Wildlife Update

Today my managers and I looked out the window and saw a flock of Wild Turkeys (not the human kind). I have seen all sorts of things, most recently brazen deer, in the office lawn, but not Turkeys. Good thing for them November is past. These turkeys were adept at running about and flying into trees for perching and whatnot.