Posted on Wednesday, 7/16/08 (197) by eric b
Human beings do not live forever, Reuven. We live less than the time it takes to blink an eye, if we measure our lives against eternity. So, it may be asked what value is there to human life. There is so much pain in the world. What does it mean to [...]
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Posted on Friday, 7/11/08 (192) by eric b
In the previous post, I mean to link to this. It’s an outstanding column about what Jesee Jackson meant in the early days of his career.
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Posted on Friday, 7/11/08 (192) by eric b
It seems that over the past week, there have been a lot of Jesees in the news. First of all, there is news that Jesee Ventura may run against Al Franken and Norm Coleman for the Senate seat in Minnesota. Franken v Coleman should be, ummmm, entertaining, if nothing else.
But, it’s the other 2 Jesses [...]
Filed under: election, politics | Tagged: barack obama, jesee helms, jesee jackson | 4 Comments »
Posted on Thursday, 7/10/08 (191) by eric b
I’ve been trying to figure out how to “relaunch” my blog. Specifically, I want the “new and improved” version to be less negative. You know, more rave than rant I guess. And, more in line with with my role as a minister.
In my search for a topic, however, it looks like it’s going [...]
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