Religion and God Mocked in Campaign

By Henry Neufeld

In an article titled Palin breaks with McCain on gay marriage amendment, I found the following:

Palin also claimed religion and God had been “mocked” during the campaign, although she offered no evidence to support that.

“Faith in God in general has been mocked through this campaign, and that breaks my heart and [...]

October 21st, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Christianity, Energion.com, Politics | - (Comments are closed)

Great to Live (and Vote) in Florida

By Henry Neufeld

. . . land of the botched vote count. Or something. You know, I think if any of those other guys had gotten the scrutiny we did, they wouldn’t have looked any better. That’s what we had to pay for having a close vote. A reputation is so hard to recover!

Anyhow, I thought [...]

October 21st, 2008 | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Humor, Politics | - (Comments are closed)

Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama

By Henry Neufeld

I know this is old news by now, but I particularly appreciated the tone of the endorsement. As one who has some policy disagreements with Barack Obama, but who nonetheless supports him on balance, I was glad to hear a nuanced endorsement.

Here’s the video:

PS: I particularly appreciated his comment on the question [...]

October 20th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Politics | - (Comments are closed)

So Long to Public Campaign Financing?

By Henry Neufeld

I had mixed emotions about Barack Obama’s choice not to accept public financing of campaigns. On the one hand, as an advocate of free speech, I believe that public financing and campaign spending limits are a threat to free speech precisely where it needs to be most free. But on the other hand, I [...]

October 20th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Energion.com, Politics | Comments are closed

Added Caching

By Henry Neufeld

Though the number of page views per day doesn’t seem to reflect it, I’ve had some database load problems, so I have added WP-SuperCache to this blog as well. As always, let me know about any problems you may have. This seems like overkill for the traffic on this blog, but if it works [...]

October 17th, 2008 | Category: Administrative | - (Comments are closed)

Not About Joe the Plumber

By Henry Neufeld

The furor over this poor guy has illustrated to me one of the problems of presidential campaigning in America. It’s not about analyzing policies to determine who they impact, to what extent, and for what purpose, nor indeed it is about whether the policies will accomplish that purpose. It’s rather all about engaging people’s [...]

October 17th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Energion.com, Politics | - (Comments are closed)

Letter to Lifeway Christian Stores

By Henry Neufeld

Rev. Geoffrey Lentz is a local United Methodist pastor. Some years ago before he went to seminary and learned better he was a student of mine. He sent a letter to Lifeway Christian Stores regarding their placement of a magazine about women pastors behind the counter. He sent me a copy and graciously gave permission to quote it.

Dear Lifeway Christian Stores,

I am a United Methodist Minister that believes in the importance of evangelism and the inspiration of the Bible. I have been a frequent customer at your store in Pensacola, FL. I have appreciated your good prices on many of the classics of our faith, but recently I have been concerned about your store pulling the last edition of Gospel Today: Female Pastors Share Their Joys, Struggles, and Victories off the shelves. I know that your store is run by the Southern Baptist Convention, but I thought you were interested in reaching out to and selling to Christians of other traditions.

I regret that I will no longer support LCS with my patronage and will recommend my church members not do so as well. I think you should change the name of your store to Lifeway Right-wing of the Southern Baptist Convention Stores so it is not so confusing to people like me, who are looking for a regular Christian bookstore. I think your store is out of touch with your customers, the Church of Jesus Christ, and most importantly the Holy Spirit. But I do take heart that God has been calling women to ministry from the beginning and will continue to call even Baptist women to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, despite the church hierarchy’s best attempt to silence His voice.

Peace in Christ,

Geoffrey Lentz

That’s telling them! You can find the story here.

October 16th, 2008 | Category: Christian Ministry, Christianity, Energion.com, Women in Ministry | - (Comments are closed)

The McCain Campaign and Comebacks

By Henry Neufeld

In an article on MSNBC discussing how Obama is moving into some traditionally Republican territory, I found this quote:

McCain, for his part, was returning to the argument that Obama’s credentials are too thin for the White House, his campaign and the Republican National Committee releasing ads focusing on experience and judgment.

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October 16th, 2008 | Tags: | Category: 2008 U. S. Presidential Election, Author Related, Energion.com, Politics | Comments are closed

Trying WP-Spamfree

By Henry Neufeld

I’m trying the WP-Spamfree plugin for a few days here. Please let me know if you have any problems posting comments. I’ll be watching the spam closely.

October 15th, 2008 | Category: Administrative | Comments are closed

Quote of the Day – Elitism

By Henry Neufeld

… A political strategy that depreciates the value of ideas in favor of some vague notion of the superiority of common sense and homespun, simple virtue undermines the foundations of democracy, the standing of the nation in the world, and the economic and technological prospects of a country.

From: Madison Powers at [...]

October 15th, 2008 | Category: Energion.com, Politics | - (Comments are closed)
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