Monday, 1703 hrs

As “the home of the brave” echoed through the air, Lieutenant Joseph Sanchez would normally have been completing his daily meditation on the meaning of freedom.  The young intelligence officer with the 715th Engineer Battalion sat mesmerized.  Almost everyone else had already left the office - almost.  Lt. ( Read more... )

For your reference:

Fresh Fire Ministries - This website has live webcasts of the revival
God TV - The British network that is broadcasting the revival every night from 7-11pm Eastern (Channel 365 on DirecTV)
Todd Bentley - Wikipedia - The guy who's leading the revival (his homepage is under the Fresh Fire website)
Roy Fields' homepage - The ( Read more... )

So would Jesus be caught in Starbucks, McDonald's, or Wal*Mart ( Read more... )

Sorry I've been slacking, folks...my work has kept me from blogging any at all.

I know it's the "in" thing for Christians to bash capitalism these days, so I have to ask your opinion:

Do you think Jesus would be caught inside Starbucks, McDonald's, or Wal*Mart?

My take on it tomorrow.

Last week, I was talking to one of my favorite Baristas at Green Bean and I mentioned that I hadn't had an official girlfriend since high school (about to hit 7 years now).  She immediately replied consolingly, to which I responded, "Hey, it's not like i haven't had the opportunity -- that was all intentional!"  No, I wasn't trying to pick her up ( Read more... )

It wasn’t the perfectly timed rain at his funeral that made Jolée break.  Not the headstone, reading “killed in the line of duty,” not the barrage of reporters, and not even the mob of New Orleans’ finest crying could shake her to the core.

Jolée came home and opened the door just like every school day before, juggling ( Read more... )

I had an interesting conversation with a parent this morning during my planning hour.  Last night, I went down my parent contact list trying to make sure all of my students' contact numbers are correct.  Some are, some aren't, some I don't know.  I got a call back from the grandmother (primary caretaker) of one of my white students.  About five ( Read more... )

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This is for all my fellow educators and education majors.

Since I have started my teaching job at St. Helena Central Middle School, I have had ample opportunity to grade tests and papers. Our grading scale is as follows:

A - 94-100
B - 85-93.5
C - 77-84.5
D - 70-76.5
F - <70 (the lowest grade we are allowed to give is a 60 ( Read more... )

Christmas Carols pt. 2 ( Read more... )