On Palm Sunday, thousands of Christian pilgrims re-enacted the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. They walked down the Mount of Olives, across the Kidron Valley and into the Old City. Luke recorded the original Palm Sunday:
Now THIS is news. If it seems out of place for Iraq - that's because it is. And news, as I've said before, exists to report the out of the ordinary. Not sure why this didn't make headlines, because it's really strange.
Einstein himself said that "politics is more difficult than physics," and after trying to make sense of the weekend's events involving China and Tibet, it doesn't take a genius to understand why.
Ninety-seven children from Chad are home after five months separated from their families. Six French charity workers took these kids, thinking they were Darfur refugees and tried to smuggle them out of the country, along with six other children.
“Do you pray out loud?” “Do you have a special place?” Those are frequently asked questions. Yes to both. Having an out loud conversation with your partner in a private place, helps establish your daily prayer routine.
"In this children's book, written in 1954, we find an elephant whose name is Horton. He is the prophetic Church with big ears and a large trumpet. He can hear what no one else can hear -- the sound of these little people called, The Whos, who live in the microscopic town of Who-ville. ... Wow! I realized that what I was reading was a parable from the past that was now going to be used en masse, for the ending of abortion."
Provincial Reconstruction Teams are fanning out across Iraq to bring the next phase of progress and healing to that country. These groups of soldiers and DOD civilians are the elite forces most needed now to stake down the gains that have been made. Their weapons? Things like chickens, construction tools and now computers.
The founder of the Weather Channel, John Coleman, would like to see global warming proponent Al Gore and companies that sell "carbon credits" sued for fraud. Coleman, who founded the Weather Channel in 1982, and who thinks Global Warming is bogus, believes that climate change advocates and their scientists would fail to convince a judge of their scientific "evidence" in a court of law.
March 10 is rarely a day that goes unnoticed in Tibet. As the annual anniversary of the Dalai Lama was sent into exile, Tibetan activists and sympathizers will generally stage a protest of some sort, which results in some minor headlines, but generally no permanent damage.
This word just coming in late on a Friday night. Obama's good friend and controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright is no longer with the Obama campaign. Spokesman Tommy Veitor says he will no longer serve on the African American Religious Leadership Committee.