January 2009
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Anything Is Possible
If I heard this phrase once in the last 3 days, I heard it 100 times. Everyone from Mariah Carey to people on the mall before the Inauguration kept saying it. “This shows us that in America anything is possible.” I guess that they all meant that because an African-American has been elected, anything is now possible. What I am curious about is: Was “anything possible” when...
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Just Do It
I attended a meeting a couple weeks ago where Tom Davis spoke. Tom is one of the founders of Childrens HopeChest, an organization that is dedicated to helping the growing crisis of orphans around the world. There are very few times in my life when I have been moved to action literally in the moment. I would encourage anyone that might read this post to by Tom’s book, Red Letters and begin...
New U2 Album Due Out on March 3rd
I am a U2 fanatic. I was reading Tom Davis’ blog yesterday, and saw that the band are finally ready to release their new album. My wife and I flew from North Carolina to Philadelphia in 2005 to see the band, and I imagine we will be making a similar pilgrimage this year once the tour is announced. We should start hearing the new track on Monday, and be able to buy the new single on Feb...
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Israel and Egypt
Not just a famous musical composition by G.F. Handel, these two countries have been linked together since the early days of civilization. Egypt in recent days has tried to inject itself into the ongoing conflict between Israel and its hostile neighbors, in this case Gaza and Hamas. I was reading this morning and saw this headline from Reuters: Egypt calls on Israel to end Gaza offensiveIn this...