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this week's commentaries 05.08.05
Friday/Saturday (05.13/14)
while I'm wallpapering my new office . . .
. . . my good friend and humorist, Rhonda Rhea, will be substituting for me. I expect you to be on your best behavior for Mrs. Rhea, and if I hear of any nonsense, you will be dealt with when I return Sunday! Jim
- Lessons From My Family Vacation
- Male Order Shopping
- This Old House: Laughing At Age and Gravity
- A Bad Hair Day from Christian Women Today
- Friends and Facial Hair
- Finding Gold in Your Ministry from LifeWay.com
- The Outer Limits
Thursday (05.12)
an exercise in futility
Thanks to Stephen Schofield (stephen@schofieldlondon.com) for bringing this important information to my attention.
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While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.
Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.
Your foot will change direction and there's nothing you can do
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Wednesday (05.11)
it's deja news all over again
This just in. Another journalist is making headlines for making up headlines. According to Editor&Publisher, freelance journalist Michelle Delio, of New York City, created quotes from fictitious sources for her articles in Wired magazine. She joins fellow fiction writers Jayson Blair (New York Times) and Jack Kelley (USA Today). Kelley is most disturbing as he gave God the credit for his amazing exclusives. “God has called me to proclaim the truth. . . . Stories just fall into my lap when I’m in tune with the Lord.” With that in mind . . .
- Top ten signs a reporter is lying
- How does God proclaim his truth?
Plus . . .
- Top ten column-writing secrets revealed
- How to break into a publisher's office
- Why do I, Jim Watkins, write?
Tuesday (05.10)
Kingdom of Heaven—history from hell
“Two thumbs down” for historically-challenged Kirk Honeycutt of the Hollywood Reporter for his comment that PC pic “Kingdom of Heaven" fulfills, and I quote, "the requirements of grand-scale moviemaking while serving as a timely reminder that in the conflict between Christianity and Islam it was the Christians who picked the first fight.” “Two thumbs up” for Charlie Carner’s rebuttal:
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The First Crusade was launched by Pope Urban II in 1095.
For nearly 450 years prior to that, Muslim conquerors killed tens of thousands of Christians, made slaves and eunuchs of Christians for the pleasure of the caliphs, burned down or sacked the holiest churches in Christendom, robbed and killed thousands of Christians on holy pilgrimage, brutally sacked Jerusalem, and pillaged the countryside of Israel, North Africa and Western Europe. Beginning with Mohammed himself around 630, and continuing with Abu Bakr and the caliphs who followed, Muslim armies conquered and subjugated others through armed invasion and bloody war. |
- From The Why Files: How does Muslim God differ from Judeo/Christian God?
- PC: the new racism?
Monday (05.09)
between Iraq and a hard place
No one ever "wins" a war. One side simply loses less. This current conflict seems fearfully familiar to a war I wrote about six years ago.
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Sunday (05.08)
happy Mothers Day
This is a very special Mothers Day. The Rev. Lois and I are dedicating our granddaughter, Hannah, at Faith and Mike's church.
- A 'Rhea' of hope for moms
- Faith is one tough mother
- "Faith of Our Mothers"
- You may be a mother if . . .
Last week's commentaries
Orthodox Easter, American Idol, packing up the dreams . . .
Fortunately a) www.votefortheworst.com was an "Idol" threat and Scott Savol sang his last song, b) you can experience the joy of Easter all year round, c) you don't need to be a saint to pray (now there's "Pray-O-Matic"), and d) our daughter is one tough mother.
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