Month: September 2007

Huckabee to participate in PBS debate

Media Advisory: Gov. Mike Huckabee to Attend PBS’ Debate in Baltimore, MD on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007

September 20, 2007

Little Rock, AR – Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will participate in the “All-American Presidential Forum” hosted by PBS between journalists and Republican presidential candidates, it was announced today.
The primetime forum, to be moderated by Tavis Smiley, host of TAVIS SMILEY, PBS’ late-night talk show, will be held Thursday, Sept. 27, at 9 p.m. EST, at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland .
“I’m really looking forward to participating in the debate in Baltimore . I’ve always been willing to debate the issues that are important to the people of America – not only critical topics involving the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but our domestic issues as well,” said Huckabee, who has a long history of addressing the needs of the African American community.
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Huckabee the hipster

GetReligion.com has an interesting look at Huckabee as the hipster.

In many ways, the news coverage of GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee reminds me of the type that would be given to a city’s new young, hip youth pastor. He’s got all the right moves, says all the right things, draws praise from nearly everyone, including his opponents, and — guess what? — he strums the guitar. One more thing: he’s got a great personal story of losing nearly enough weight to make up another person.
The focus on the new guy is primarily on how different he is from the typical image people have of pastors. To those writing profiles of him, it’s somehow shocking that a pastor could be, like, normal.
Huckabee’s media coverage has all these elements, and he’s a pastor nonetheless. The news profiles give off a tone of amazement as they describe what could be the new face of the religious right.

Still loving this interview on the Daily Show:
“I’m a conservative but I’m not mad at everybody over it.”
“I’m pro-life and I believe life begins at conception but it doesn’t end at birth..”

Huckabee is getting some unusual coverage from many different media outlets. His humor and religion are mixing together in a not-so-unusual way, at least outside of politics in the last couple of decades, and the media’s picking up on it. Is Huckabee, in his efforts to be the evangelical right’s new political leader, changing the image of the group? Or is he some kind of exception to the rule in the eyes of the media?

Digg the story here

Proverbs 21

“The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.” Prov 21:1

I believe strongly in the sovereignty of the Lord. I believe God works through individual people to achieve His goals and to display His glory. I’d love to think we have some say in the course of our life, but it’s verses like these that make me really stop and wonder – do we really have any freedom in life?
I’m glad to know that whatever freedom we do have – God is still in control of it.
This verse gives me a picture of our life and God like this:
We’re a raging river coming down a mountain side. By nature water will flow towards the area of least resistance. But as that rushing water flows down the mountain side God may see that we’re getting to far off course from His plan. So He may set a huge boulder down right in front of us. Depending on the flow of the river there are several options. We can either slow down and build up enough pressure to push the boulder out of our way. We may slowly chip at it and chip at it till it wears down or falls apart. We may build up enough water to go over the boulder or we may just turn to the left or right and change our course.
I think God knows exactly what boulders we need and where. Luckily as long as we stay in God’s will I don’t believe he punishes us for going through, over or to the left or right of a boulder. He doesn’t punish us for making a right or left decision. But He is keeping His eye on us and is ready to put another dam in or way if necessary to get us back on track.
What do you think? Share your comments and suggestions about this verse. I’d love to hear some more feedback.