Monthly Archives: August 2005

Prayer for Shelter Against the Storm

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The remnants of hurricane Katrina should pass over Greenville in the next few hours.

God of heaven and earth, God who carries our lives and the lives of our whole community in your hands, be with us in the peril of this day/night. Help us to release our anxieties and fears into those same caring hands, knowing in faith that your will for us is life and everlasting good. Send your holy angels to watch over us and guard us. May they spread their holy wings to give us shelter against the storm. For you alone, O God, are all good, all life, all love, and that love is for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

—Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel

Hat tip to Beliefnet

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Feeling Old

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Education Journal

Stories like this make me feel old.

In coming weeks, millions of students will be entering college for the first time. On average, members of the class of 2009 are 18 years old, which means they were born in 1987. Starbucks, souped-up car stereos, telephone voice-mail systems, and
Bill Gates have always been a part of their lives. They’ve grown up with CNN, home computers,
AIDS awareness, digital cameras, and the Bush political dynasty.

Some of the things I remember well that they don’t remember:

  • With little need to practice, most of them do not know how to tie a necktie. (I learned to tie a necktie very early in my life.)
  • Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker have never preached on TV. (I remember the scandals involving these charlatans very well.)
  • The Starship Enterprise has always looked dated. (I remember thinking the original Enterprise was the coolest thing!)
  • They never saw the shuttle Challenger fly. (I remember very well the day the Challenger blew up.)

Moonbat Alert

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Moonbats

Today’s blogmarks contains two stories about moonbats.

Human beings: ‘Plague species’
Saying homo sapiens are a “plague species,” the London Zoo opened a new exhibit today featuring eight humans frolicking around in nothing but mock fig leaves.
These zookeepers in London are nuts. The only explanation I can come up with is that they are Gaia worshipers.

Casey in heaven ‘calls Bush idiot’
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is now purportedly “channeling” her slain son, Casey, from heaven, suggesting he’s calling President Bush “an idiot,” and she claims to have “tens of thousands of angels” supporting her cause to bring home immediately American troops serving in Iraq.
I think this woman’s grief has caused her to go round the bend right into Looneyville. Maybe she knows John Edward? 

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Anti-Sheehan Mom

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Marine's Funeral

AP Photo

Marine’s Mom Says He’d Want War Supported

The mother of a Marine killed in Iraq urged mourners Wednesday not to let their anger and sadness turn them against the U.S. fight in Iraq.

This is a Mom who is honoring the memory of her son in the right way. At his funeral she delivered a message she thought he would want said, "It has been with the greatest pride I have served … fighting to preserve freedom." This is a huge contrast to that woman sitting outside President Bush’s Crawford ranch. Kathy Dyer and her son are true American Patriots.