samwise the brave

some know my past regarding politics. i still pay attention, but am not engaged much at all. paul kengor a good man at the grove city’s center reminds us of what w’s legacy will really be. here’s the ending clip…

Bob Geldof asked Bush “why doesn’t America know about this?” Bush answered: “I tried to tell them. But the press weren’t much interested.” That’s exactly right—no exaggeration.

I’m not surprised by the lack of credit Bush has received on this from the right. Conservatives don’t like how this president spends money like a drunken sailor, and his actions toward Africa is viewed another such manifestation—a raft of do-gooder poppycock that isn’t the job of the federal government.

The big story is why the left isn’t thrilled, and then, beyond that, the deeper silence that refuses to acknowledge the link between this work of Bush benevolence and his Christian faith. For George W. Bush, this is simply a reward he will need to receive much later—much like the Good Samaritan.

Maximus asks :Anyone here been in the army? (an unknown gladiator responds yes and tells Maximus he served under his command at Vindobona) Maximus:You can help me. Whatever comes out of these gates, we’ve got a better chance of survival if we work together. Do you understand? If we stay together we survive.

And a little later Maximus again says…what we do in life echoes in eternity. and so it goes…and right now that working together and eternal echoes sort of meld because two voices that have spoken richly into my life are now blogging. craig mcconnell and john eldredge . both offer incredible words of encouragement in this journey of life. check ‘em out.

just got back from the outpost and our first two Easter services. i’m posting this via my old pc based machine as my mac is being used during the weekend services for a drama. a friend james, is telling his story via a stage presence with his supposedly surfing the net but in actuality he’s looking into the isight camera and its broadcasting via theevolution ustream channel. fun stuff. there’s a slight delay, but the reality of his words have been used and will be used in the remaining three services well. literally dozens of folks made first time commitments tonite. very cool and exciting.

to be honest it always seem a little odd to celebrate these great days on saturdays. but it sure doesn’t lessen the impact.

we went to the 4pm service and then split up with rose and em hanging out in hopeland and i was helping in xtreme kidz. glad we could step up, but wow…much work.

the title of this post was inspired by our pal alan root he’s always so cool on the creative idea things. i had to email him to get the lyrics for a couple of his tunes that our xtreme kidz want to sing. good stuff.

praying your empty tomb day is blessed.