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One Final Word
My dear friend Michele slipped into eternity on Wednesday, February 1. She was a remarkable woman who left a legacy of faith, determination, and love. For three years she courageously battled the ovarian cancer that eventually robbed her of her life. A few days before she died, one of her docto
posted 8:43:41pm Feb. 10, 2012 |
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The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
My husband told me that there are rumors that I've died. I'm happy to report that I'm still very much alive. My cancer has gone to stage four but we are controlling it with chemo, the cancer numbers are currently in the normal range. I've stopped blogging to concentrate on my daughters and writing a
posted 7:07:55pm Aug. 23, 2010 |
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An update and a prayer request
Several people have asked about Michele's condition, and have promised to pray for her. On her behalf, I thank you for that. I spoke with her a little while ago, and she asked that I come here and tell you what's going on, and to ask you to pray for her. She isn't able to post here herself right
posted 4:55:36pm Apr. 06, 2010 |
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Rest in peace, Internet Monk.
A man known in the cyber world as The Internet Monk, has died. Michael Spencer lost his battle with cancer tonight.
My prayers go out for his family and for all those who loved and will miss him. :(
posted 11:52:00pm Apr. 05, 2010 |
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The peace that passes all understanding, pt. 1
I'm coming out of my normal hiding place to make a few comments.
The internet is a strange place. It is often a wonderful place, a helpful place, a unifying place. But it is also alienating, cold, and is the perfect medium in which to depersonalize others.
Through it, I have seen people reach out
posted 4:39:08pm Mar. 25, 2010 |
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posted July 10, 2009 at 4:26 pm
there were way too many Asians.
Catholicity?
I shared a classroom this week with old, white people.
posted July 10, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Well the one redeemnmg quality of these hamhanded exercises in Orwellian photography is that mosy of them are pretty hilarious.
I especially love the black woman with the white belly.
Vitiligo?
posted July 11, 2009 at 8:37 am
I agree with one of the commenters on the linked site about the black women with a white stomach. No one would Photoshop out her navel and forget to change her skin color. So it is likely a undershirt under her sweater and not skin.
posted July 13, 2009 at 1:44 pm
To be fair, the primary reason for a lot of this wasn’t “PC” but rather marketing. If you are a business or a university that wants to be patronized by blacks or a company that wants blacks to apply to work there, then pictures that only depict white people are going to alienate them. (Before you feign outrage at the grotesquely racist attitudes and actions of black people, please propose statistics on the number of whites that have ever been members of a black church, lived in a black neighborhood, worked for a black owned business, attended a black college, or even considered such a thing.) Also, an increasing number of whites – especially younger ones – don’t want to patronize such places either. That is why an increasing number of conservative Christian organizations – churches and seminaries – are doing their best to promote themselves as diverse also. Avoiding the “we are 99.999% white and proud of it, and even better our one black guy is Clarence Thomas!” is simply good for business.
posted July 14, 2009 at 7:53 pm
“Before you feign outrage at the grotesquely racist attitudes and actions of black people, please propose statistics on the number of whites that have ever been members of a black church, lived in a black neighborhood, worked for a black owned business, attended a black college, or even considered such a thing.”
Here’s something you might not know about me, I came from a black neighborhood.I’ve also worked for a minority owned company (a number of whites and Asians also worked at the company) and I’ve also gone to a black church a few times and it did have quite a few whites. We decided not to attend because we had just come from another church where we were the minority (Norwegians were the majority) and we were tired of being excluded.
“That is why an increasing number of conservative Christian organizations – churches and seminaries – are doing their best to promote themselves as diverse also. Avoiding the “we are 99.999% white and proud of it, and even better our one black guy is Clarence Thomas!” is simply good for business.”
My point isn’t that they shouldn’t advertise diversity, it’s that they shouldn’t lie about it.