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and its founder, Don Marsh. Below is a small version of my
calendar. To find a bigger one, click on the tab above that says
"Schedule". To learn a lot more about the business, just click on
this link:
Thursday 17 July 2008
17/07 : Time for some campaignin'
I am going to be on vacation the week of the 21st, but Donnie will be holding down the fort until I get back. Until then, enjoy this bit of election year satire from our buddies at JibJab.
Thursday 10 July 2008
10/07 : Getting old in the USA...
Tuesday 01 July 2008
01/07 : A New Kind of Political Organization
As many of you are aware, I am politically active. I have worked on a couple of local campaigns; I have been a candidate for office; I have written some letters to the Sun; I run the AlachuaVoterGuide.com website. Each of these has been an educational experience. But now I want to put what I have learned to use in the service of my community. I am starting a non-partisan group with the aim of educating Christians about political participation. I don't care if you are Democrat or Republican, Conservative or Liberal. I only care that you take your Christianity with you when you get involved, instead of leaving it at the door when you enter the secular realm. Is this possible? Yes. We will not always agree on everything, but we can make sure we agree that after the campaigns are over, that we are still neighbors. And both major parties NEED us to bring the integrity and good will that is largely missing from the political process. We cannot continue to stay out of the process, and we cannot let the process change US. We will be tested and tempted, but we are able to overcome.
I have often told this early Bible parable to tell Christians why they cannot stand back and let others step up to lead:
Once upon a time the trees went out to choose a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Be our king.' The olive tree answered, 'In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and human beings.' Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'You come and be our king.' But the fig tree answered, 'In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my good sweet fruit.' So the trees then said to the grapevine, 'You come and be our king.' But the vine answered, 'In order to govern you, I would have to stop producing my wine, that makes gods and human beings happy.' So then all the trees said to the thorn bush, 'You come and be our king.' The thorn bush answered, 'If you really want to make me your king, then come and take shelter in my shade. If you don't, fire will blaze out of my thorny branches and burn up the cedars of Lebanon.' -Judges 9:8-15, The Good News Bible
We must stop whining and complaining while doing NOTHING. And we must stop jumping in at the last minute, long after we have failed to engage the system, to protest the situation we have allowed to develop.
This group is just forming. If you want to be a part of it, use the contact form on this website. It's the top tab that says, Contact Us.
Thanks,
Don marsh
Friday 13 June 2008
13/06 : This site will be moving...
Photo by RBerteig
You may have noticed that there are frequent annoying problems over the years with this site: that "critical database error" page that we have all seen. It has been due to using this open source website system on Windows Servers. I have tried to get my hosting company to help me move it all back to Linux Servers, but they have been difficult about it. So, since it is easier to get a whole new hosting company to move it for me so they can have my business, that is what I am doing. It will probably happen this weekend. Everything may be a screwed up mess for a couple of days. I hope it will not be more than that...
Sunday 08 June 2008
08/06 : Donnie, having a bit of fun at his pastor's expense...
My son and his friend, Ricky, do an Elton John send up for (the Reverend) Arty Hart's birthday.The song's lyrics are subtitled because the sound is not too good. :)
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