tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248582012-02-16T03:30:22.768-11:00Call it a Train-of-Thought Blog, and isn't that what most blogs are? Some of the topics -- Christianity, journalism, Xena, science fiction, cats, etc. (and not necessarily in that order!)Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.comBlogger2171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-63526603590813324932012-01-10T17:51:00.001-11:002012-01-10T17:51:15.971-11:00<embed src="http://downloads.cbn.com/cbnnewsplayer/cbnplayer.swf?aid=27560" height="300" width="533" allowfullscreen="true"/><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-6352660359081332493?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-76071744190152785522011-05-26T03:18:00.001-11:002011-05-26T03:18:58.919-11:00<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertWidget.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('36d40bc0-2ce8-4606-b69b-3dabcf0acec4');</script><noscript>Get the <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/swidget-10">Swidget 1.0</a> widget and many other <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/">great free widgets</a> at <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com">Widgetbox</a>! 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href="http://www.oakridger.com/news/x556842535/-500-000-renovation-project-completed-at-First-Cumberland?img=3">$500,000 renovation project completed at First Cumberland - Oak Ridge, TN - The Oak Ridger</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-3497619084274887590?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-100031209371995592010-11-21T17:30:00.000-11:002010-11-21T17:30:41.938-11:00<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yyrpjETRNfs?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-10003120937199559?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' 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classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000' id='ep'><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always' /><param name='movie' value='http://i.cdn.turner.com/v5cache/TNT/cvp/tnt_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=69737' /><param name='bgcolor' 'value='#FFFFFF' /><embed src='http://i.cdn.turner.com/v5cache/TNT/cvp/tnt_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=69737' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' bgcolor='#FFFFFF' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' width='442' height='375'></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-2040798002618969273?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-87211474528037378942010-10-01T06:51:00.001-11:002010-10-01T06:51:57.459-11:00SASHA ALEXANDER ON "ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT" WITH HER MOM<br /><br /><object 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border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oHU6O7M0L._SX106_.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7313250-the-kingdom">The Kingdom</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3229682.Jennifer_McBay_Barry">Jennifer McBay Barry</a><br/><br/><br />My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/89420390">4 of 5 stars</a><br />A combination of mythology, The Bible, and an international love story that transcends time. WOW. Good book by a first-time author. I'd love to see it become a book series. It would also make a good fantasy for movie or television.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1290994-donna">View all my reviews >></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-689753930114698303?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-60549828020046500762010-01-02T14:10:00.001-11:002010-01-02T14:10:43.834-11:00<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/762053.Key_of_Light" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Key of Light (Key trilogy #1)" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212612782m/762053.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/762053.Key_of_Light">Key of Light</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/625.Nora_Roberts">Nora Roberts</a><br/><br/><br />My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82034548">4 of 5 stars</a><br />OK, call me a book snob but I didn't expect to enjoy this Nora Roberts book as much as I did. When I thought "Nora Roberts," I thought romance fiction similar to the type I hadn't read since I was a teenager.<br /><br />But this book was much more. Romance, folklore, the supernatural and a touch of suspense ...<br /><br />Can't wait to read the next one in the series.<br /><br />I apologize, Ms. Roberts.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1290994-donna">View all my reviews >></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-6054982802004650076?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-37338645221076184732009-12-18T09:16:00.000-11:002009-12-18T09:18:49.194-11:00<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199532.A_Redbird_Christmas_A_Novel" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="A Redbird Christmas: A Novel" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172622644m/199532.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199532.A_Redbird_Christmas_A_Novel">A Redbird Christmas: A Novel</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6125.Fannie_Flagg">Fannie Flagg</a><br/><br/><br />My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79422057">4 of 5 stars</a><br />A very sweet book and a good Christmas read. Merry Christmas.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1290994-donna">View all my reviews >></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-3733864522107618473?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-3393568326742569852009-12-02T12:43:00.000-11:002009-12-02T12:44:09.248-11:00<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6317932.Viola_in_Reel_Life" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Viola in Reel Life" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255819184m/6317932.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6317932.Viola_in_Reel_Life">Viola in Reel Life</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9219.Adriana_Trigiani">Adriana Trigiani</a><br/><br/><br />My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67587735">4 of 5 stars</a><br />Another great, great book by Adriana Trigiani.<br />One-third of the way through the book I was wondering how well I'd like this "young adult" novel, but thought I'd continue.<br />Thank goodness, that I did.<br />Trigiani fully develops each of her books' main characters, and the same is true with young Viola. She tells the story of a girl just entering teen-dom, moving away from home and her beloved New York, and growing up amongst three vastly different roomies.<br />Is Trigiani's portrayal of life in a dorm at a private boarding school correct? I can't tell you that, but I also don't think I would have enjoyed the book as much if they'd been back-biters.<br />Trigiani creates young women who we'd all like our daughters, nieces and granddaughters to be ... like us in that they wonder about boys, the first kiss, etc., but they won't let their gal pals or their drive for excellence take a backseat to boyfriends.<br />Hope to read more about Viola and hope she goes back to the boarding school, if only for a visit.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1290994-donna">View all my reviews >></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-339356832674256985?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-29252548377189090172009-11-28T13:00:00.000-11:002009-11-28T13:00:17.666-11:00<a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/11617205/">&quot;Read Your Life Backward&quot; - UpWords - Week of Nov. 27 - Dec. 3</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-2925254837718909017?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-56472021338540945082009-11-27T12:41:00.000-11:002009-11-27T12:41:36.934-11:00<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9114002">Jackie Smith: My Life After &#39;Charlie&#39;s...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-5647202133854094508?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-9650916003538893882009-10-06T09:49:00.004-11:002009-10-06T10:01:26.120-11:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/Ssuv7_LHx4I/AAAAAAAAAD0/WuF-_0IRi_U/s1600-h/LisaLing_UT_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 193px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/Ssuv7_LHx4I/AAAAAAAAAD0/WuF-_0IRi_U/s320/LisaLing_UT_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389594824184153986" /></a><I>Photo courtesy of The Oak Ridger/Scott Fraker</I><br /><br><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">MEMORABLE NEWS STORIES</span><br /><br />I thought I'd start including links to some of the memorable news stories I've done in the past, at least the ones I think people who live outside our county might find memorable.<br />The first one? A story with Lisa Ling months prior to her sister's capture and the release by the North Koreans.<br /><a href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=123A94AD760C1AF8&p_docnum=1&p_theme=gatehouse&s_site=TORB&p_product=TORB">'It's Time to Take the Initiative'</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-965091600353889388?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-86097084901383277222009-09-16T14:52:00.005-11:002009-10-06T10:09:01.792-11:00<strong>SPIKE LEE</strong><br /><br /><a href=http://shar.es/1WJ2O>‘Find out what makes you happy’ - Oak Ridge, TN - The Oak Ridger</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-8609708490138327722?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-65173428757246612312009-09-11T08:59:00.001-11:002009-09-11T08:59:46.551-11:00<a href="http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/Leslie_Haskin091109.aspx">Leslie Haskin: Trusting God in a Post-9/11 World</a><br /><br />Shared via <a href="http://addthis.com">AddThis</a><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-6517342875724661231?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-49667156800456704602009-07-24T13:33:00.001-11:002009-07-24T13:33:13.202-11:00<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2728527.The_Guernsey_Literary_and_Potato_Peel_Pie_Society" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2BRq4l8szL._SX106_.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2728527.The_Guernsey_Literary_and_Potato_Peel_Pie_Society">The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1194527.Mary_Ann_Shaffer">Mary Ann Shaffer</a><br/><br/><br />My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63872079">5 of 5 stars</a><br />This is a lovely book, much like an old classic. One friend described it as a "modern-day 'Jane Eyre.'" I think it more like a 1940s-era "Wuthering Heights," written or edited by Jane Austen with a heroine pulled back in time from 2009.<br />Whatever it is, it's great.<br />Written in the form of letters, it tells the story of a writer .... I'll go no further.<br />I was educated to the history of the German occupation in the Guernsey Island. I was taught about these Channel Islands off the coast of England.<br />And I was reminded of what a good book is all about.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1290994-donna">View all my reviews >></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-4966715680045670460?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-36485515607015186272009-07-03T13:27:00.001-11:002009-07-03T13:27:55.002-11:00<a href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/111789/The-curse-of-Charle-s-Angels">Daily Express | Showbiz :: The curse of Charle's Angels</a><br /><br />Shared via <a href="http://addthis.com">AddThis</a><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-3648551560701518627?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-55404456035981392232009-07-02T02:33:00.001-11:002009-07-02T02:33:48.370-11:00<a href=http://shar.es/c3wd>Visit Web site to help Oak Ridge Animal Shelter - Oak Ridge, TN - The Oak Ridger</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-5540445603598139223?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-88719713755856251302009-07-01T14:54:00.001-11:002009-07-01T14:54:27.447-11:00<a href=http://shar.es/5Tcq>Lake City celebrates 100 years - Oak Ridge, TN - The Oak Ridger</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-8871971375585625130?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-6230391362616800032009-06-14T16:34:00.002-11:002009-06-14T16:37:57.707-11:00<strong>ADVENTURECON</strong><br />Spent a few hours Friday and Saturday at AdventureCon in Knoxville. Got autographs, photos made, and spoke briefly with actor William Katt of "Greatest American Hero," "Carrie," and the newer episodes of "Perry Mason," and Margot Kidder aka as "Lois Lane" of "Superman" fame -- "Superman" being the now deceased actor, Christopher Reeve.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-623039136261680003?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-63243643202269735782009-06-12T15:18:00.000-11:002009-06-12T15:19:07.422-11:00<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3673357.Very_Valentine" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Very Valentine" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511zGaHh0EL._SX106_.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3673357.Very_Valentine">Very Valentine</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9219.Adriana_Trigiani">Adriana Trigiani</a><br/><br/><br /> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45419946"><h3>My review</h3></a><br /> rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>Adriana Trigiani's Big Stone Gap stories are my favorite, but this is a strong second. I loved it. I feel like I've taken a vacation to Italy myself, enjoyed an international romance, and learned the fine-art of custom shoemaking -- and living and surviving an Italian family.<br /><br/>My only gripe -- I would have changed the ending slightly. But it's not my book, is it?<br /> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1290994-donna">View all my reviews.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-6324364320226973578?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-40471236161832067522009-06-05T14:30:00.004-11:002009-06-05T14:53:45.240-11:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SinHBsPi2OI/AAAAAAAAADs/mgF3grgnrhM/s1600-h/e_dwards.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SinHBsPi2OI/AAAAAAAAADs/mgF3grgnrhM/s320/e_dwards.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344021264721959138" /></a><br /><strong>A WOMAN TO ADMIRE ...</strong><br />Love this excerpt from the <a href="http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/200906-omag-elizabeth-edwards-oprah">June 2009 issue of Oprah</a>. It's an interview she does with Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards. Elizabeth has a new book out, <em>Resilience</em>, in which she talks about, among other things, finding out about Edwards' affair. The Edwardses lost their teen-age son before they came into the public eye for most of us. Elizabeth also has terminal cancer. Anyway, here's the part of the interview, I love ...<br /><br /><strong>OPRAH:</strong> In your book, you say, "Death looks different to someone who has placed a child in the ground."<br /><strong>ELIZABETH:</strong> It's not as frightening. If thee's an ever after -- please, please, please -- I would be leaving part of my family, but I can go and join another part, and wait for that day when we're all together again....<br /><br />I fully agree.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-4047123616183206752?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-71780002842208307972009-05-06T14:41:00.001-11:002009-05-06T14:43:07.387-11:00<strong>Kirk Cameron at Women of Joy Conference</strong><br /><br />Friend Ellen interviewed Kirk before his talk the first night of the conference. Read her <a href="http://mountainpress.southernheadlines.com/index.cfm?section=38&story=16607"><strong>story.</strong></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-7178000284220830797?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-53628792068291898762009-05-04T03:26:00.001-11:002009-05-04T03:27:30.694-11:00<strong>HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS ...</strong><br /><br />Registration opens today for next year's <a href="http://womenofjoy.org">Women of Joy conference </a>in Sevierville. Announced guests include author Karen Kingsbury, speaker Kay Arthur and .... MICHAEL W. SMITH & STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN!! Tickets go fast.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-5362879206829189876?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-26352769002950811092009-05-03T08:58:00.004-11:002009-05-03T09:01:05.743-11:00<strong>WISDOM ON A WALL</strong><br />Spied for the second time an inspirational message on a plaque that I'm touched by and need to try to remember:<br /><em><br />Grief looks down;<br />Worry looks around;<br />Faith looks up.</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-2635276900295081109?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-51046050020035297812009-05-03T08:41:00.005-11:002009-05-03T08:57:53.826-11:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/Sf32yeHyq6I/AAAAAAAAADk/SIAimtMAOMo/s1600-h/women+of+joy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/Sf32yeHyq6I/AAAAAAAAADk/SIAimtMAOMo/s320/women+of+joy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331688880816171938" /></a><br /><strong>9,000 WOMEN OF JOY</strong><br /><br />I've just returned from the <a href="http://www.womenofjoy.org/">Women of Joy Conference</a> in Sevierville, Tenn. I had a really good time and feel that God was speaking to me through one speaker, <a href="http://www.carolkent.org">Carol Kent</a>.<br />Will write more in later posts, but until then I'll wet your reading whistle via a preview story from The Mountain Press in Sevierville, written by my friend Ellen. Enjoy.<br /><br /><a href="http://mountainpress.southernheadlines.com/index.cfm?section=36&story=16266">When 9,000 females visit the Smoky Mountains this weekend for the Women of Joy Conference, the city of Sevierville will be ready. ...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-5104605002003529781?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-26579671881267384642009-04-29T16:03:00.002-11:002009-04-29T16:06:25.993-11:00<strong>CHANGE</strong><br /><br />Just a note that I've removed the News of Interest I'd included for this site. It was powered by Google and using my keywords it was supposed to include news containing "Jesus," "Christianity," and few other related words.<br /><br />Well, today I visited my blog and didn't approve of the "news" on the top link. I'm not censoring the discussion, but if anybody wants to talk about the subjects it was touting let them go there from a site other than mine.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-2657967188126738464?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-79595431608930207462009-04-06T20:35:00.004-11:002009-04-06T20:39:51.416-11:00<strong>THIS IS NOT GOODBYE ...</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/659434.The_Yada_Yada_Prayer_Group_Gets_Decked_Out?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gEWmGVjLL._SL160_.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/659434.The_Yada_Yada_Prayer_Group_Gets_Decked_Out?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6976.Neta_Jackson">Neta Jackson</a><br/><br/><br /> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51432214?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a><br /> I thankfully and prayerfully finished the Yada Yada Prayer Group series. I'll miss these ladies but I know I'll return to visit them, perhaps looking up and studying upon each of the verses they mentioned.<br /><br/><br /><br/>I hope that one day I'll have a group of "sisters" like them.<br /><br/>Thank you Mrs. Jackson, and I expect I'll be reading the first book in your new series soon.<br /><br/><br /><br/><br /> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1290994-donna?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-7959543160893020746?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-88020744412805692582009-03-28T03:30:00.000-11:002009-03-28T03:31:30.244-11:00<em><strong>Remembrance</strong></em><br /><br />You can shed tears that she is gone,<br />or you can smile because she has lived.<br />You can close your eyes<br />and pray that she'll come back,<br />or you can open your eyes <br />and see all that she has left.<br />Your heart can be empty<br />because you can't see her,<br />or you can be full of <br />the love that you shared.<br /> <br />You can turn your back on tomorrow<br />and live yesterday, or you<br />can be happy for tomorrow<br />because of yesterday.<br />You can remember her<br />and only that she's gone,<br />or you can cherish<br />her memory and let it live on.<br /> <br />You can cry and close your mind,<br />be empty and turn your back,<br /> <br />Or you can do <br />what she'd want:<br /> <br />Smile, Open Your Eyes,<br />Love, and Go on.<br /> <br /><em>Author Unknown.</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-8802074441280569258?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-27769003727125143792009-03-06T16:59:00.001-11:002009-03-06T16:59:58.760-11:00<strong>... AND SPEAKING OF NETA JACKSON</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1330370.The_Yada_Yada_Prayer_Group_Gets_Rolling_Celebration_Edition?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling: Celebration Edition" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518VV5GNlIL._SL160_.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1330370.The_Yada_Yada_Prayer_Group_Gets_Rolling_Celebration_Edition?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling: Celebration Edition</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1662815.Neta_Nelson">Neta Nelson</a><br/><br/><br /> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46240773?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a><br /> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>Once again, a well written book of characters and situations by Neta Jackson. I feel like I'm visiting good friends when I open one of these books and at this point in my life, I need that.<br /><br/>This time I identified with Adele. At the risk of spoiling it for some potential readers I'll say that she and I suffered the same drastic life change recently. Add the following Baxter family tragedy and you'll know that on at least two nights of reading I was sobbing. But they were cleansing tears.<br /><br/>I particularly related to the realization of the Baxter family about how God works through major changes in our lives. I hold fast to that thought.<br /><br/>This is my favorite book in the series, following the very first one.<br /><br/>I'm going to a Christian women's conference in May and I'm going to be disappointed if I don't connect with some of the ladies the way these ladies do.<br /> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1290994-Donna?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-2776900372712514379?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-61937224329153757782009-03-06T16:33:00.002-11:002009-03-06T16:33:53.557-11:00<strong>NETA JACKSON</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content?page=773625&sp=72136">Tips on writing</a> from the author of The Yada Yada Prayer Group series.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-6193722432915375778?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-76120963026839484232009-03-02T14:29:00.000-11:002009-03-02T14:30:06.454-11:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">Largest Christian Groups Report Membership Decline</span><br /><br />The Christian Post reports that the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and Roman Catholic Church joined dozens of other mainline denominations this year in reporting membership losses. The SBC and Roman Catholic Church are the two largest Christian communions in the country, the Post reports, and both lost less than 1 percent of membership after years of growth. According to Eileen W. Linder, editor of the Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, the membership drops seem to be generational. "Many churches are feeling the impact of the lifestyles of younger generations of church-goers -- the 'Gen X'ers' or 'Millenials' in their 20s and 30s who attend and support local congregations but resist joining them," Lindner states in the report, released this week. "A slowing of the rate of growth of some churches and the decline of membership of others ought to be the focus of continued research and thoughtful inquiry."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-7612096302683948423?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-45528048499733272112009-02-26T03:25:00.003-11:002009-02-26T03:31:20.174-11:00<strong>Beginning of the End?</strong><br />Televangelist Pat Robertson said on <a href="http://www.cbn.com">"The 700 Club"</a> this morning that we should mark it on our calendars that today is the beginning of the end of the United States of America.<br />He was referring to the release of President Obama's proposed budget. He said U.S. dollars will become worth less and less and hyper-inflation is possible.<br />What do you think?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-4552804849973327211?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-12086137538047275852009-02-25T08:45:00.001-11:002009-02-25T08:49:32.643-11:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">Lucy Lawless to be in Web drama, 'Angel of Death'</span><br /><br />For story, go <a href="http://www.oakridger.com/entertainment/x617066811/TV-lookout-Tom-Selleck-in-Jesse-Stone-Lucy-Lawless-in-Web-drama">HERE</a>.<br /><br />View the <a href="http://crackle.com/c/Angel_Of_Death#promo=73">TRAILER</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-1208613753804727585?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-53942918140187975372009-02-03T04:10:00.001-11:002009-02-03T04:13:07.170-11:00<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1812457.The_Shack?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Shack" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188677589m/1812457.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1812457.The_Shack?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Shack</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/806593.William_P_Young">William P. Young</a><br/><br/><br /> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43266327?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a><br /> rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>I'm very glad I read this book.<br /><br/>There are many good "truth nuggets" that I will probably go back and re-read, perhaps even highlight.<br /><br/>I think this book affects each person differently based upon happenings in her life and where she is at this point in her life. I found reading this slow for me -- not because of the writing or the story -- but because of the depth of information I was finding. I couldn't take in too much at any one time.<br /><br/>In the latter part of the book -- don't worry, no spoilers -- I found myself reading a few pages and crying a lot. Not happy tears, but not bad tears either. The kind that wet your whole face. Then I'd have to put the book up until the next night because I didn't feel I could emotionally take anymore, or needed to think of this nightly truth nugget, or was just too tired to go on.<br /><br/>As for any controversy, I chose not to read the details before I read this book and still haven't, I don't find any unless people have a problem with the way the Trinity is presented.<br /><br/>If you don't want to read it, or you don't think it appropriate, remember in the forward the writer says then it isn't for you.<br /> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1290994-Newscat?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-5394291814018797537?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-89453423594169928862009-01-30T13:20:00.002-11:002009-01-30T13:21:51.866-11:00<a href="http://christianpost.com/Society/Polls_reports/2009/01/faith-based-charities-may-fare-better-than-other-non-profits-28/index.html"><strong>Faith-based charities may fare better than other nonprofits in these tough economic times</strong></a><br /><br />Let's hope so. I know I listen to a number of ministries on the radio, some with programs outside the listening audience, and they're all hurting, all needy.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-8945342359416992886?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-21495276829940081022009-01-20T02:39:00.001-11:002009-01-20T02:39:58.264-11:00<strong>China: Dying Christian Not Allowed to See Imprisoned Wife</strong><br /><br />ASSIST News Service reports that Chinese prison officials have refused to let an elderly Christian man say goodbye to his imprisoned wife. Shuang Shuying, 79, was sentenced to two years in prison for "intentional damage of properties" in February 2007 while her son, Pastor Hua Huiqi, was in prison. She was walking to the Public Security Bureau (PSB) office to inquire about her son when a PSB car suddenly drove towards her. She held her cane protectively in front of herself, accidentally striking the vehicle. Her husband, Hua Zaichen, is 91. The couple had been targeted for years because of their work with the poor and kindness to other persecuted Christians.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-2149527682994008102?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-7791489756795390622009-01-15T17:01:00.001-11:002009-01-15T17:02:22.904-11:00<a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=384784"><strong>Drastic improvements seen in Christian films</strong></a><br /><br />This cites "Fireproof," which I plan to see when it comes out on DVD later this month.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-779148975679539062?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-59787350430088623682009-01-14T03:59:00.000-11:002009-01-14T04:00:05.204-11:00<strong>Pace of Bible Translation Reaches New Highs, Translators Say</strong><br /><br />Mission News Network reports that Bible translation projects are at an all time high. "We are participating in the greatest acceleration of the pace of Bible translation the church has ever witnessed. We're actually seeing, in reality, more translation programs being started today than we've ever seen in the history of the church," says President of Wycliffe Bible Translators Bob Creson. He said that Wycliffe is on target to have Bible translation projects underway in every known language that does not yet have the Bible in their native tongue by the year 2025. That means approximately 2,250 projects to go. Yet Creson is optimistic despite the global economic upheaval. "I think the work of Bible translation is one of those things that just transcend all these things that are going on around us," he said.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-5978735043008862368?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-29473649071760036622009-01-13T03:15:00.000-11:002009-01-13T03:19:54.430-11:00<strong>Faith-Based Movie 'Not Easily Broken' Makes $5.6M Debut </strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.christianpost.com">Christian Post</a> reports that yet another faith-based movie about marriage is scoring big in the box office. <a href="http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/noteasilybroken/site/">"Not Easily Broken,"</a> based on the novel by megachurch pastor T.D. Jakes, opened at number 9 and grossed $5.6 million. Like the successful "Fireproof," another Christian film dealing with struggling marriages, "Not Easily Broken" had a relatively limited opening -- just 724 theaters nationwide. The movie focuses on the relationship between Dave and Clarice Johnson, a couple whose career frustrations and aspirations have driven a wedge in their marriage. "[I]t encourages people to fight through those struggles and to persevere and that our marital relationships are certainly worth fighting for," said Jakes, the senior pastor of 30,000-member The Potters House in Dallas, according to Charisma magazine.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-2947364907176003662?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-64852366342234421792009-01-07T16:22:00.001-11:002009-01-07T16:22:40.073-11:00<strong>RELIGION LOSING ITS INFLUENCE?</strong><br /><br />Religion News Service reports that two-thirds of Americans think religion is losing its influence on U.S. life. This shows a sharp jump from just three years ago when Americans were nearly evenly split on the question, according to a new Gallup Poll. Sixty-seven percent of Americans think religious influence is waning while just 27 percent say it is increasing. That perspective demonstrates a continuing downward trend, Gallup said. But the 27 percent figure is still higher than the record low, set in a 1970 poll, when just 14 percent of Americans thought religion was increasing in influence. The latest poll also finds that the percentage of Americans believing that religion "can answer all or most of today's problems" has reached an all-time low.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-6485236634223442179?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-84545699587740423952008-11-24T18:02:00.002-11:002008-11-24T18:05:36.465-11:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SSuHXxy7jeI/AAAAAAAAACw/8bmbDpL1AUY/s1600-h/mom+and+bill.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SSuHXxy7jeI/AAAAAAAAACw/8bmbDpL1AUY/s200/mom+and+bill.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272456631340994018" /></a><br /><strong>MY BEAUTIFUL MOMMA</strong><br />I should have posted this earlier. Here is her <a href="http://www.oakridger.com/obituaries/x1157498290/Roberta-Cox-Smith">obituary</a>. She is seen in the above photo with her cousin, Bill Harris, at the McHargue Cemetery in Corbin, Ky., on June 1 of this year for the Harris family reunion/Decoration Day.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-8454569958774042395?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-43426251104275757902008-11-21T05:07:00.003-11:002008-11-21T05:09:21.735-11:00<strong>NORRIS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/greathomesanddestinations/21havens.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">Story</a> about nearby Norris in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/greathomesanddestinations/21havens.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">The New York Times.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-4342625110427575790?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-13919739188642060222008-11-05T04:20:00.002-11:002008-11-05T04:23:15.749-11:00<strong>BARACK OBAMA IS PRESIDENT-ELECT</strong><br />As anyone who hasn't been under a rock now knows, Democrat Barack Obama has won the presidential election and will be sworn in in January. He becomes the first African-American to win the seat.<br />For those who voted for him, congratulations. For those of us who didn't, sorry. But now is the time to pray for our new leader. Jesus did not preach sour grapes. He preached honoring our bosses, our leaders, etc. He and his Cabinet will need all the prayers they can get to correct some of the problems facing our world. He and his family are truly lovely and I'll be praying for all of them.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-1391973918864206022?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-85128392360625861222008-11-04T02:44:00.002-11:002008-11-04T02:49:23.468-11:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SRBS2meQXCI/AAAAAAAAACo/eWkC0cNjZFg/s1600-h/flag.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SRBS2meQXCI/AAAAAAAAACo/eWkC0cNjZFg/s200/flag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264799062389972002" /></a><br /><strong>GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!!</strong><br />Today is Nov. 4 and here in the United States it's time for each of us registered voters -- and if you didn't register, shame on you! -- to get out and vote!<br />I don't care who you vote for -- well, actually I do -- but what I care most about is that you get out and vote.<br />I voted last Thursday because I feared it would be too difficult to leave work to vote in my precinct. I'm so glad I did.<br />Remember, if you don't vote I don't want to hear your gripes later on!<br />You can just keep your mouth shut.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-8512839236062586122?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-68292258158776614742008-10-29T09:45:00.004-11:002008-10-29T09:49:55.207-11:00<strong>My Momma's body has been laid to rest</strong><br />Today was the final day of the formal ceremonies honoring the life of my mother. Now it's onto life without her physically being here and all the responsibilities.<br />I shared with a friend that I was dreading the "receiving friends," and funeral for Mom because even though I knew that my mother wasn't inside that body, that body had been my mother. She told me something that sticks with me and she probably doesn't know how much. She told me to realize that there is more of my Mommy inside me than there ever will be inside that body again.<br />Thanks, Pat.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-6829225815877661474?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-39691214862062805692008-10-28T03:40:00.002-11:002008-11-07T04:13:00.754-11:00<strong>AMEN!</strong><br />UK Telegraph reports that one bishop is encouraging churches to expand their horizons and use pop hits -- in their services. In a new book, the Rt. Rev. Nick Baines, Bishop of Croydon, speaks of the influence of many pop music writers to convey spiritual yearning and even truth to the younger generation, asking churches to go a step beyond guitar praise-and-worship styles. "For many people the language of the Bible has become inaccessible and yet pop song writers can make a connection with people because their language is fresh," he said. ""The Bible is an amazing collection of books that we've allowed to become banal. For many people it is a closed book and asking them to read it is a lost cause, which is a tragedy." The Archbishop of Canterbury has endorsed Baines' book.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-3969121486206280569?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-18582582522129059562008-10-25T15:14:00.000-11:002008-10-25T15:15:47.342-11:00<strong>MY MOMMY</strong><br />I wanted to tell you all that my mother died around 2:30 p.m. today.<br />She was my best friend on earth, a lovely woman and the best mother anyone could have had. I was lucky to have her for 45 of her 87 years. She was much loved and much respected. She will also be much missed, but there's no reason to grieve for her, she's not in pain anymore.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-1858258252212905956?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-66658539519263661802008-10-20T16:36:00.004-11:002008-10-20T16:55:36.195-11:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SP1Ssb2apaI/AAAAAAAAACg/-oNnuONqj2Y/s1600-h/for_blog.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SP1Ssb2apaI/AAAAAAAAACg/-oNnuONqj2Y/s200/for_blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259450863182325154" /></a><br /><strong>"YEA, THOUGH I WALK ..."</strong><br />My mother is 87 and suffers from Congestive Heart Failure. Although she had the first bout with it about 14 years ago, she did reasonably well.<br />All that has changed. In December, right before going to a family Christmas gathering, we realized that she couldn't wear shoes because of the swelling in her feet. Family doctor thought it was because she sat so much because her arthritis and deteriorated knee made it difficult and painful to walk. Well, it wasn't.<br />We've been dealing with various water pills (diuretics) for the past several months. In the last week or so Mom has been complaining of a sore tongue, has no appetite, she's gasping for breath after walking only a few steps. I did "research" on the Internet and thought she was allergic to the latest diuretic. After explaining the plight to the cardiac nurse she got us in today to see one of the cardiologists. His answer? Unfortunately, this is the natural progression of CHF. He changed her diuretic I think just to appease me. Told me that oxygen might be needed but that would have to be assessed by the family doctor -- it's a supreme effort to get her to the doctor so I was especially "happy" to hear that.<br />He was a nice enough man but it seemed what I was hearing is that there's little or nothing to do and "She's 87, what do you expect?" No, he didn't say that, I "heard" that. It's what I hear from family members, too.<br />I want to fight but at the same time I want to savor what time we have left and help her.<br />I wanted to punch this cardiologist, but instead I cried all the way back to work when I was finally by myself.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-6665853951926366180?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-91869318364801360212008-10-08T10:33:00.001-11:002008-10-08T10:35:17.644-11:00<strong>WHAT NEXT?! SHOOTING AT EAST TOWNE MALL</strong><br />Now comes word that there was a shooting, perhaps a shoot-out between police and a suspect at East Towne Mall. Yes, I know its called Knoxville Center now, but for me, it'll always be East Towne Mall, the place where I loved spending free time when I had such stuff.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-9186931836480136021?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-31885705719865053702008-10-04T06:13:00.002-11:002008-10-04T06:16:56.858-11:00<strong>PRAY FOR AMERICA</strong><br />I was just listening to the Rev. Charles Stanley out of Atlanta speaking on how we all need to pray for America. He listed 20 issues in our country that show it's time to pray. Not just pray, but "call out to God." I think it would be great if a lot of people heard this message.<br />I'm not sure when this will air on TV -- today or Sunday -- but it's seen on lots of channels, including PAX and TBN. The TBN showing is at 8 p.m. every Sunday night, Eastern Time. You can go to the <a href="http://www.intouch.org">In Touch Web site </a>to find out where it's airing on your television.<br /><br />If you can listen or watch it on the Internet I'm including the <a href="http://www.intouch.org/site/pp.aspx?c=dhKHIXPKIuE&b=2287421">link.</a> Please send these links on to others if you don't mind. I wouldn't be bothering you all if I didn't think it was a wonderful message. He doesn't preach Democrat or Republican, just the word of God.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-3188570571986505370?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-7594356733811098482008-10-04T04:01:00.003-11:002008-10-04T06:13:26.825-11:00<strong>SARAH PALIN</strong><br />No matter your political persuasion, you gotta admit Sarah Palin is interesting and is causing people to talk. Here's a funny about the VP candidate from one of my favorite ladies, <a href="http://www.kyte.tv/ch/79356-extra-raw">Dolly Parton</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-759435673381109848?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-70095852851736551572008-10-03T02:52:00.001-11:002008-10-03T02:52:57.587-11:00<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242091.The_Yada_Yada_Prayer_Group_Gets_Real?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Real (Yada Yada Prayer Group, Book 3)" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173052204m/242091.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242091.The_Yada_Yada_Prayer_Group_Gets_Real?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Real</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6976.Neta_Jackson">Neta Jackson</a><br/><br/><br /> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32725956?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a><br /> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>This was great. Another fine book by Neta Jackson. Imagine my surprise to find out in the study guide that lots of people -- like me -- feel so much like Jody! I'm not alone. We're all wanting to change and draw closer to God, learning to do more to actually turn more of our worries and concerns over to him rather than just give lip service.<br /><br/>I love these three books so much that I used part of my birthday gift certificate to order the next two. And, my plan to give the books I've read to the church has slightly changed. I'll either give them my used ones or buy the church library it's own set! LOL<br /> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1290994?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-7009585285173655157?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-76769273654165900822008-09-29T01:59:00.002-11:002008-09-29T02:01:33.033-11:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SODRmqOWyGI/AAAAAAAAACY/_jS_tbZ-kZ0/s1600-h/newspaper_graphic.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SODRmqOWyGI/AAAAAAAAACY/_jS_tbZ-kZ0/s200/newspaper_graphic.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251427627613735010" /></a><br /><strong>NEWS OF NOTE</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.worldvision.com">World Vision</a> Warns of Southern Africa Food Crisis<br /><br /><a href="http://christianpost.com">The Christian Post</a> reports that the international community must focus on more than one need at a time in Southern Africa. "As we mark World AIDS Day, the international community must focus its attention on the looming food crisis in southern Africa, whilst also addressing its long-term causes -- including the AIDS pandemic currently devastating countries such as Malawi and Zambia," said World Vision policy adviser Stephen Doughty. On wednesday the relief organization began an emergency appeal to assist the 12 to 14 million hungry who face compounded problems thanks to the AIDS pandemic, especially in Malawi and Zimbabwe. World Vision Emergency Officer Nick Wasunna in Zimbabwe said, "I saw queues of people at food distribution centers," he said, in a report on the agency's website. "After talking to them you discover they are all affected in some way by HIV." Many children must stay home to care for sick parents.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-7676927365416590082?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-46896337634381521012008-09-29T01:57:00.003-11:002008-09-29T01:58:50.848-11:00<strong>FIREPROOF</strong><br />Fireproof (see below) came in No. 4 at the box office over the weekend! That's pretty great for a film that was at limited theaters and is not your usual box office-type movie. I haven't gone to see if yet.<br /><br />It also sounds like it's definitely a couples movie.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-4689633763438152101?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-91275620899566538502008-09-26T03:07:00.000-11:002008-09-26T03:08:27.775-11:00<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="350" height="420" id="widget_sm" align="middle"><br /><br /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><br /><br /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" /><br /><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/_widget/widget_sm.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /> <embed src="http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/_widget/widget_sm.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#000000" width="350" height="420" name="widget_sm" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"/><br/></embed><br /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-9127562089956653850?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-82773184838226214832008-09-24T03:32:00.003-11:002008-09-24T03:47:38.479-11:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SNpRHHeCd-I/AAAAAAAAACI/Z4Gie641D0w/s1600-h/Gunther+at+6+weeks.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SNpRHHeCd-I/AAAAAAAAACI/Z4Gie641D0w/s320/Gunther+at+6+weeks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249597498359707618" /></a><br /><strong>Lions and tigers and bears, Oh My!</strong><br /><br />OK, no lions and no bears but TIGERS! There's two of them and they're cubs!<br /><br />One of the advantages of my job is that I get to sometimes (but not often enough) do stories on subjects I really enjoy. I LOVE getting to go the <a href="http://www.littleponderosa zoo"><strong>Little Ponderosa Zoo</strong></a> anytime I can.<br /><br />Last Saturday I went to this rural zoo for the dedication of its tiger facility to Owen K. Richardson, who is a very sweet man who worked as the county's property assessor for many years before retiring. In addition to seeing Owen, who I hadn't seen since he retired, I got a chance to see Gebel and Gunther, who I consider "my baby," since I met him about a month ago when he was six weeks old.<br /><br />I think he recognized me! Or either he was trying to tell me to "spring him" from the cage via mental telepathy.<br /><br />I think I'll include links to my stories about the Little Ponderosa Zoo in a future post. Got to get ready for "real life" now. Oh, the adorably cute photo at left is by pal Scott Fraker.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-8277318483822621483?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-32656928628185393142008-09-23T16:40:00.002-11:002008-09-23T16:41:59.467-11:00Real life has been getting in the way of my bloggin, sorry! I'm home from work and I'm off to read a few chapters in "Yada Yada" book No. 3 -- thank you, Neta Jackson -- and a hot tub. No, not a "hot tub," but a hot tub. G'night.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-3265692862818539314?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-49517148884705251672008-07-27T16:15:00.002-11:002008-07-27T16:17:42.189-11:00<strong>PLEASE PRAY ...</strong><br /><br />For the victims of a senseless shooting in a church nearby. Will we soon have to put security guards and metal detectors in our churches? If you don't know what I'm talking about you can read more about it at <a href="http://www.oakridger.com">The Oak Ridger </a>or <a href="http://www.knoxnews.com">The News Sentinel </a>in Knoxville.<br /><br />There is no excuse for such violence.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-4951714888470525167?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-63949606050962430772008-07-15T14:08:00.005-11:002008-12-10T06:56:16.568-11:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SH1RkguzjTI/AAAAAAAAAB4/m8SUBd8XMzY/s1600-h/flag.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SH1RkguzjTI/AAAAAAAAAB4/m8SUBd8XMzY/s320/flag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223420830523034930" /></a><br /><strong>Another Lake City, TN soldier killed overseas</strong><br /><br />Local media is reporting the death of soldier Jason Hovater, who was serving in Afghanistan, over the weekend. He was reportedly originally from Lake City, TN, my hometown. I didn't know Jason and I don't know his family but my heart goes out to them and I hope you'll join me in praying for his family, including his parents and young bride.<br /><br />Here's some links to the breaking news stories on Jason Hovater:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jul/16/more-than-a-soldier/">The Knoxville News-Sentinel</a><br /><a href="http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=8678969">WATE-TV</a><br /><a href="http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=60827&catid=2">WBIR-TV</a><br /><a href="http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/25471319.html">VOLUNTEER TV</a>.<br /><br />A little more than one year ago, David "Tiger" Connell, also of Lake City, was killed in Iraq. If you want to read about him, links to several stories are posted below.<br /><br /><a href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11D02997CF07C358&p_docnum=6">Paying tribute to our war heroes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11CE27A2377DD368&p_docnum=7">Slain soldier to be remembered at Lake City Veterans Day ceremony</a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=1196D4DD31B520D0&p_docnum=14">Connell laid to rest at Arlington</a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11948252EDEA74A0&p_docnum=15">Fallen soldier honored</a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=119330E3E53D9D78&p_docnum=16">Obituary for James David Connell Jr.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=1192A25836E7B1D0&p_docnum=17">Soldier's funeral to be held Friday</a><br /><br /><a href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=1192356E31BBE348&p_docnum=18">Soldier dies in Iraq</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-6394960605096243077?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-6843942278598002232008-07-14T15:07:00.001-11:002008-07-14T15:09:24.111-11:00<strong>LOVE HER!</strong><strong> LOVE THIS! YOU GO 'GIRL'!</strong><br /><br /><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/25678235#25678235" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-684394227859800223?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-24082371541481454432008-07-14T14:54:00.003-11:002008-07-14T14:59:41.265-11:00<strong>Sacred literature: And the winner is ...</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.barnagroup.com">The Barna Group</a> has released the results of a recent study, which some might be surprised at, others are not. Read part of the release below.<br /><br /><em>"As the United States becomes a more pluralistic nation, it would be expected that a broader base of books would be accepted by increasing numbers of adults as "sacred literature" or "holy books." A new survey by The Barna Group discovered that about two-dozen such books were listed by a national sample of 1003 adults. However, only four books were listed by at least 1% of the public, and just one book was deemed to be sacred or holy by at least 5% of the public. <br /><br />The only book listed by at least 5% was the Bible, which was named as a holy book by 84% of the public.</em> <a href="http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&BarnaUpdateID=302">READ MORE</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-2408237154148145443?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-87076719888150267352008-07-06T01:07:00.003-11:002008-12-10T06:56:17.104-11:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SHC2Q0BIDHI/AAAAAAAAABo/IFO1Rx_GAps/s1600-h/castingcrowns.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SHC2Q0BIDHI/AAAAAAAAABo/IFO1Rx_GAps/s200/castingcrowns.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219872368079932530" /></a><br /><strong>CASTING CROWNS</strong><br />It's a little dated, but here's an interview with <a href="http://www.cbn.com/media/index.aspx?s=/vod/KW41">Mark Hall of Casting Crowns</a>. They're my favorite contemporary Christian group. Their songs are catchy and very meaningful.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-8707671988815026735?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-6245084285555645672008-07-04T12:52:00.003-11:002008-12-10T06:56:17.391-11:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SG64GQ-KPeI/AAAAAAAAABg/KxKsUZnd8Pk/s1600-h/newspaper_graphic.bmp"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SG64GQ-KPeI/AAAAAAAAABg/KxKsUZnd8Pk/s200/newspaper_graphic.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219311435943394786" /></a><br /><strong>MORE NEWS OF NOTE</strong><br /><br /><strong>Survey: Traditional Values Still Ideal</strong><br /><br />A new Barna Group study finds that faith, integrity, purpose, and family still top the list when Americans rank what's important in life, reports the Christian Post. More than 75 percent of all American adults said their ideal life includes having good physical health (listed by 85 percent), living with a high degree of integrity (85 percent), having one marriage partner for life (80 percent), having a clear purpose for living (77 percent), having a close relationship with God (75 percent), and having close, personal friendships (74 percent), according to the survey released Monday. "Stability rules," George Barna, who has overseen this research since 1991, noted. "Out of nineteen factors, only two have seen even a ten-point shift in nearly two decades. That's rather remarkable consistency." <br /><CENTER>***</CENTER><br /><strong>Study: Americans Know Fewer Evangelicals than Homosexuals </strong><br /><br />According to a recent study, Americans are more likely to know a gay or lesbian person than an evangelical, the Christian Post reports. Conducted by Ellison Research, the study found that only 24 percent of Americans who say they are not evangelical know an evangelical very well, compared to 53 percent who say they know a homosexual person very well. These numbers are more startling when contrasted with demographics statistics: Ron Sellers, president of Ellison Research, noted that homosexuals are estimated to comprise less than 10 percent of the population, while 17 percent of Americans describe themselves as evangelical. "Is this because homosexuals are more open than evangelicals about who they are? Because Americans are more open to knowing a homosexual than an evangelical? Because evangelicals themselves are less likely to reach into the broader community to form relationships?" Sellers asked. "These questions are certainly open to debate."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-624508428555564567?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-84539027236648617312008-07-04T05:09:00.005-11:002008-12-10T06:56:17.652-11:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SG5MU5WLnVI/AAAAAAAAABY/jN_PmZcuwbU/s1600-h/YankeeDoodleDandyCast%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SG5MU5WLnVI/AAAAAAAAABY/jN_PmZcuwbU/s200/YankeeDoodleDandyCast%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219192940043935058" /></a><br /><strong>HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=bDYRjuzE1vI"><br />"YANKEE DOODLE DANDY" </a>is one of my favorite 4th of July movies. Click and enjoy this clip.<br /><CENTER>***</CENTER><br />And please pray for our nation.<br /><em><CENTER><strong>"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.</strong></em><em>_ 2 Chronicles 7:14<br />The Holy BIBLE, NIV</em></CENTER><blockquote></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-8453902723664861731?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-30922930695710336602008-06-28T02:43:00.004-11:002008-12-10T06:56:18.305-11:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SGZA1vTj9RI/AAAAAAAAABQ/Lp06pYfhmwU/s1600-h/bettemiddler%5B1%5D.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SGZA1vTj9RI/AAAAAAAAABQ/Lp06pYfhmwU/s200/bettemiddler%5B1%5D.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216928510331057426" /></a><br /><strong>QUOTE OF THE DAY</strong><br /><br /><em>"Age makes the hair go blonde."</em><br />- <strong>Bette Midler </strong>speaking on "The View" Friday. I totally agree. But I still consider myself a BRUNETTE!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-3092293069571033660?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-74050253463810068562008-06-26T16:43:00.004-11:002008-06-26T17:05:22.742-11:00<STRONG>DO YOU BELIEVE?</STRONG><br />I believe.<br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-11b6f75e077aca62" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D11b6f75e077aca62%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331621241%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D62A98EEA79D2E3B533D2CCFA9360B7501335BEC3.12D2B24229938B3A2D05EA5715100A30DC610C9C%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D11b6f75e077aca62%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DbnU5nUidrd0ynPOoCHgteZ_-2fU&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D11b6f75e077aca62%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331621241%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D62A98EEA79D2E3B533D2CCFA9360B7501335BEC3.12D2B24229938B3A2D05EA5715100A30DC610C9C%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D11b6f75e077aca62%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DbnU5nUidrd0ynPOoCHgteZ_-2fU&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-7405025346381006856?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-22584421988890620332008-06-20T03:52:00.006-11:002008-12-10T06:56:18.545-11:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SGOoaRWABZI/AAAAAAAAABA/UTd0XwnLIb0/s1600-h/newspaper_graphic.bmp"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SGOoaRWABZI/AAAAAAAAABA/UTd0XwnLIb0/s320/newspaper_graphic.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216197962710910354" /></a><br /><strong>NEWS OF NOTE:</strong> (Interesting religion news I've compiled from stuff sent to me.) This is the down & dirty posting. Will make it look better and include more links over weekend if I get a break from CLEANING!I love cleaning (she says with heavy sarcasm).<br /><br /><strong>Gospels Approved for China Olympics </strong><br /><a href="http://www.christianpost.com">The Christian Post </a>reports that although Chinese authorities had earlier said Olympic tourists would not be allowed to bring Bibles for "distribution or propaganda," officials are allowing the printing of 50,000 Gospel booklets for athletes, printers recently announced. In addition to the booklets, Amity Printing Press in Nanjing - the world's largest Bible production factory - is working in conjunction with the Bible Society to publish 30,000 Chinese-English New Testaments and 10,000 Chinese-English entire Bibles. "This great sporting event presents a unique opportunity to make the life-changing message of the Bible available to thousands of athletes and visitors from all over China -- and all over the world," said James Catford, chief executive of Bible Society, in a statement. An estimated two million visitors and 16,000 athletes and officials will attend the Beijing Olympics, which begin Aug. 8. <br /><br /><strong>Record Fuel Prices Slam Charities </strong><br /><br />Record fuel prices have hit Christian ministry and charity organizations doubly hard this summer, reports the Christian Post. "We're finding the price of food is going up due to transportation costs, and production costs are going up as well. When those two things are put together, then all of a sudden the amount of money you had available for food is strained even more. There's just less available," Gary Zander, communications coordinator for Food for the Hungry, told Mission News Network. "We could serve 100,000 people two years ago, now we're only able to help 66,000 people," said Bruce Whitmire of Living Water International, whose organization supplies clean water for thousands of people around the globe. Higher fuel costs make it more difficult to conduct daily operations, he said. At the same time, many look to the current situation as an opportunity to trust God. "God still supplies our needs according to His riches and not according to ours," said Al Joslyn of Bible Pathway Ministries.<br /><br /><strong>Vatican Bans 'Da Vinci' Prequel from Churches</strong><br /><br />According to the London Times, filmmakers for a prequel to the 'Da Vinci Code" must recreate several churches in the Vatican and Rome after the Vatican forbid them from filming crucial scenes on church grounds. 'Angels and Demons,' a Dan Brown novel turned movie, has been called "an offense against God" by the Vatican. Archbishop Velasio De Paolis, the head of the Vatican's Prefecture for Economic Affairs, said that Brown had "turned the gospels upside down to poison the faith". He continued, "It would be unacceptable to transform churches into film sets so that his blasphemous novels can be made into films in the name of business." Father Marco Fibbi, a spokesman for the Diocese of Rome, said: "Normally we read the script but this time it was not necessary. The name Dan Brown was enough." <br /><br /><strong><strong>More than 1,400 Churches Aim for Becoming 'One Church'</strong></strong><br />According to the <a href="http://www.christianpost.com">Christian Post</a>, Life Church pastor Craig Groeschel has launched a month-long series called "One Prayer" in partnership with more than 1,400 churches with more than 800,000 attendees around the world, all sharing sermons via video and a prayer to "make us one." "I wonder if God ever looks at all of His churches, all the Christian churches all over the world, and asks, 'Why can't you guys come together? Why are you so divided when my Son Jesus prayed 'Father, make them one,'" said Groeschel. The series was born more out of repentance than a passion for unity, Groeschel explained. It was his desire not to be competitive against other believers and to instead be united. Unity depends on recognizing the real "one enemy" - Satan - and not other churches, he continued. <br /><br /><strong>Teens Flocking to Summer Missions</strong><br /><br />The Modesto Bee reports that thousands of teens will participate in short-term mission trips in the next weeks, and religion scholars estimate that about three million 13- to 17-year-old young Christians nationwide will serve on mission team this year. Youth mission trips have only become common in the last 10-20 years. While some are encouraged by this new phenomenon, however, others question the true impact of these trips. Lakewood Church youth pastor Tom Elmore, who will lead a group of about 50 to Honduras, says, "That's where they get their first taste" of evangelism and being the hands and feet of Jesus. In contrast, David Livermore, author of "Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence," say these trips have become a rite of passage, benefiting team members more than the community they're supposed to be serving.<br /><br /><strong>Christian Groups Respond to Midwest Flooding </strong><br /><br />After weekend downpours of up to 10 inches, severe flooding in several Midwest states has crippled many communities as relief begins to trickle in, the <a href="http://www.christianpost.com">Christian Post</a> reports. Bob Babcock, the South Indiana Annual (regional) Conference's disaster response coordinator, told the United Methodist News Service on Tuesday that by his estimates only five percent of residents affected had flood insurance. The United Methodists in Indiana have received $10,000 in emergency grants from the United Methodist Committee on Relief this week to help residents, and other Indiana churches have volunteered to serve as a clothing site and an emergency responder post, and many are working closely with the Red Cross. Christian relief group Feed the Hungry sent a semi truck full of canned food, dry soup cups, noodles, crackers, cookies, and other eatable items.<br /><br /><strong>Gospel for Asia Touches Burma</strong><br /><br />Even as U.S. Navy ships were forced to leave without delivering tons of aid, Gospel for Asia is succeeding in bringing relief - and hope - to cyclone survivors in Myanmar, according to the <a href="http://www.christianpost.com">Christian Post</a>. Up to 2.4 million people are still struggling to rebuild their lives without homes or an adequate supply of basics, including food, water and medicine. GFA said that aid workers in its Compassion Services have found "incredible openness" to the Gospel in the largely Buddhist country. One aid worker quoted a survivor as saying, "Buddha might be sleeping, for he is doing nothing for us, but Christians are everywhere, sharing from whatever they have." The worker continued, "Our providing food and supplying drinking water to different affected areas was a tremendous testimony among both Christians and unbelievers."<br /><br /><strong>Environmental Campaign Launches with Goal to be Biblical, Factual</strong><br /><br />Through a new "We Get It!" campaign, the Southern Baptist Convention's ethics entity is partnering with other organizations to demonstrate that evangelical Christians support what they describe as a more biblical, fact-based approach to global warming, <a href="http://baptistpress.org">Baptist Press </a>reports. The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) was among the supporting organizations introduced at a May 15 news conference in Washington to unveil the campaign -- an effort to gain the endorsement of a million evangelicals to a brief document that espouses biblical responsibility for the environment and the poor. The effort, spearheaded by the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, serves as a further response to the efforts of the Evangelical Climate Initiative. ECI contends that human beings are the primary cause of global warming, which it says will have the greatest impact on those in poverty. The declaration may be found online at www.wegetit.org.<br /><br /><strong>NEA's Cizik among Time's 100 Most Influential People</strong><br />The Rev. Richard Cizik, the face of the green evangelical movement, was named among Time magazine's top 100 most influential people in the world for 2008, ASSIST News Service reports. Cizik, an ordained Evangelical Presbyterian minister and head of the Office of Government Affairs for the US National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), was honored alongside environmental partner Dr. Eric Chivian, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "The bringing together of the scientists and the Evangelical Christians is a rather unusual event, since these two groups have really been at odds for a very long time," Chivian said. Cizik commented: "Science without religion loses its ethical guide, and religion without science lacks the means and resources to understand the world. Science enables us to better understand what creation is telling us about itself and its Maker. You can't separate either these principles... taking care of the earth and the sanctity of life -- they overlap."<br /><br /><strong>"Evangelical Manifesto" Calls for Reform</strong><br /><br />According to a report on the World on the Web website, 80 evangelical leaders are signing an "Evangelical Manifesto" that rebukes both liberal and conservative evangelicals for diminishing the Gospel to fight the culture wars. The Manifesto, due out Wednesday May 7, encourages political engagement, but says evangelicals have sometimes spoken "truth without love" and calls on evangelicals to "reform our own behavior." It's not without its critics. Warner Todd Huston calls the manifesto "another attempt by the political left to undermine the devotion of Christians to the political right," and asks why the project "studiously excluded so many prominent conservative Christians." Names known to be attached to the Manifesto include: Os Guinness, academic and author; Richard Mouw, the president of Fuller Theological Seminary; Timothy George, founding dean of Beeson Divinity School; and Rick Warren.<br /><br /><strong>Bible College Housing Cyclone Survivors in Myanmar</strong><br /><br />According to Christian Newswire, a Gospel for Asia Bible college in Yangon, Myanmar is now a makeshift shelter for those devastated by Cyclone Nargis. "One of our correspondents was at the Bible college in Rangoon when the storm hit. He was able to obtain information and get on one of the only flights out of the country to deliver a report and photos of the devastation," said GFA President K.P. Yohannan. "The people in Burma live in clusters of small communities in simple bamboo structures. These villages are not made of concrete. I imagine that literally hundreds of these simple structures were just blown away." More than 80 people -- along with 70 children from a nearby orphanage -- made their way to the Bible college campus. Buddhist monks are also at the college, seeking assistance.<br /><br /><strong>New Messianic Jewish Center in Jerusalem Drawing Angry Protests</strong><br /><br />ASSIST News Service reports that a story from ICEJ News indicates Jerusalem planning authorities have approved the renovation of a house in the capital's secular Rehavia neighborhood to serve as a worship and activity center for the Messianic Jewish organization Netiviah. But some religious elements have vowed to stop the building project even if it means rioting or appealing the High Court of Justice. "This center will be erected over our dead bodies," declared one opponent of the project. Another threatened "an all-out war" if the renovations start as planned. "We don't care if a mosque or a church [is] built here, but we won't tolerate the presence of missionary Messianic Jews," he said, reported Ynetnews.<br /><br /><strong>Colson Diagnoses 'Heart' of Church Problem at Preaching Conference</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.christianpost.com">The Christian Post</a> reports that during Tuesday's session of the 19th Annual National Conference on Preaching, Prison Fellowship founder Chuck Colson said that while healthy churches breed a healthy culture, church problems can lead to social woes. Colson sought to identify the root of current church problems during his address on "Preaching and the Public Square." "Of course we care about the world. Of course we care about everything happening in society, including politics, but we better get our own house in order because what we see in the cultural collapse of America around us today and in the Western world is exactly on our doorstep," argued Colson. "I think that is at the heart of the problem of the church -- we replaced truth with therapy. Most people are basically ignorant." The three-day conference in Washington D.C., running under the theme "Where Do Pulpit and Culture Meet?" has been exploring the role of preaching in addressing cultural, social, and political issues. It concludes Wednesday.<br /><br /><strong>Poll: Bible is America's Favorite Book</strong><br /><br />According to the results of a new survey reported by Reuters, when it comes to literary pursuits in the U.S., most people agree on at least one thing: the most popular book is the Bible. A Harris Poll of nearly 2,513 adults ranked the Bible number one, but the second choice was not as clear. "The Bible is number one among each of the different demographic groups," Harris said in a statement. The following demographics ranked these different books as their No. 2 favorite behind the Bible: men - J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings;" women - Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind;" 18-31-year-olds - J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series; 32-43-year-olds - Stephen King's "The Stand" and Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons."<br /><br /><strong>Conference Emphasizes 'Renewal' for Christian Doctors</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com">OneNewsNow</a> reports that physicians will get help with "Balancing Faith, Family, and Practice" at a three-day conference in Colorado Springs that begins Thursday. Focus on the Family, which is sponsoring the conference, says it hopes to provide a spiritual retreat. The idea is that doctors of faith live a lifestyle filled with pressure without an outlet among their peers, neighbors, or even fellow churchgoers. "It is a valuable conference because it gives doctors a chance to come together with colleagues who have like interests, like stresses," says Dr. Gene Rudd, senior vice president of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. Rudd says because of their situation in the community and the need to keep certain things confidential, doctors tend not to open up as much. "We need to come out from the world's paradigm right now in terms of how healthcare is given," Rudd emphasizes. "It's moving very much into just a business."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-2258442198889062033?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-59875250103046464762008-06-20T03:32:00.001-11:002008-06-20T03:34:03.416-11:00<strong>HOME FREE</strong><br /><br />Renee O'Connor is featured in a new article in NEXT, a magazine from New Zealand. You can read about the former star of "Xena: Warrior Princess," at this wonderful <strong><a href="http://www.reneeoconnor.info/articles/2008/Next0708/">fan site.</a></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-5987525010304646476?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-29019647257079629502008-06-14T11:44:00.005-11:002008-12-10T06:56:18.805-11:00<strong>ADVENTURECON</strong><br /><br />I'm back from AdventureCon in Knoxville. Had a blast and will be writing more about it later but right now I want to rest a bit and veg out in front of Stephen King's "The Stand," although I started in the middle and I haven't a clue what this is all about.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SFROqVhv2fI/AAAAAAAAAA4/giAbwggTKEg/s1600-h/jem.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SFROqVhv2fI/AAAAAAAAAA4/giAbwggTKEg/s320/jem.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211877158014671346" /></a>Among the highlights was meeting and talking with Brian Harnois of "Ghosthunters" on the Scifi Channel, soon to be seen (later this summer) on the new "Ghosthunters International." He told me about his scariest encounters -- one with a 90-year-old possessed woman and encountering a true demon in a New York brownstone.<br /><br />I also enjoyed talking with the young woman who was the speaking voice for "Jem" in the cartoon, "Jem & The Holograms." Yes, I was too young to be watching cartoons when Jem came on the scene but I loved it anyway! <br /><br />AND, got my photo made with Michael Biehn of "The Terminator," and many other scifi movies and TV shows, along with others. We also chatted briefly.<br /><br />My pal Scott was there, too, so I will have cool photos, too.<br /><br />More later ....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-2901964725707962950?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-7104331808441594072008-06-12T15:35:00.003-11:002008-06-12T15:48:12.684-11:00<strong>PASSING ALONG A TREASURE</strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://www.lifeway.com">Lifeway.com </a></strong>offers the following <strong><a href="http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/article_main_page/0%2C1703%2CA%25253D167764%252526M%25253D200839%2C00.html?">suggestions</a></strong> for using leftover or extra Sunday School or Bible study literature. It's an excellent idea.<br />Carry it on to other Bible-related literature you may have at home, even the kind you'd normally dispose of after reading, such as monthly or quarterly devotionals or publications you receive from different ministries.<br />For awhile, we at church gave our leftover SS literature to a woman in our church whose son was a Baptist missionary in Utah.<br />I know a few times I dropped off some of my end-of-quarter SS books into a "free books" bin at the local used bookstore. I knew I usually checked the bin when I left the store or just walked by the bin on the way to the other stores, looking for a free "treasure," so I imagined other people did also.<br />Just make sure that you're passing along information that you know is true.<br />After all there's no greater "treasure" than the story of Jesus and what He offers us.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-710433180844159407?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-83875089726490051462008-06-06T08:12:00.004-11:002008-12-10T06:56:19.087-11:00<strong>GREAT BOOK</strong><BR><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SEmN_BgIRZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/mRvi_PUNnl4/s1600-h/yadayada1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cv3__OL4RAw/SEmN_BgIRZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/mRvi_PUNnl4/s320/yadayada1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208850557905159570" /></a><br />I've just finished reading a great book, <strong></strong><a href="http://www.daveneta.com/books/YadaYada/YadaYada.htm">"The Yada Yada Prayer Group," </a><strong></strong>by <strong><a href="http://www.daveneta.com/books/">Neta Jackson</a></strong>.<BR><br />It was so good I had to go to a used bookstore the following day and try and find Book 2 in the seven-part series (so far). I did! What's the best thing about reading a good book and finding a new series of books or a new author to read? Finding it cheap!<br />"Yada Yada" tells the story of a diverse group of women who meet at a Christian women's conference. They are different races and socio-economic groups. They have different jobs, ages, and family make-ups. And, they have different styles of worship. But a sudden near-tragedy unites them and the prayer group extends long past the conclusion of the conference.<BR><br />I AM Jodi Baxter, one of the women. I don't have kids or a husband. I don't live in the Chicago area. I'm not a teacher. But I see so much of her in me. That's including her not-so-good characteristics. I pray that I also start changing the way I see her starting to change in this book, hopefully without some of the things she goes through.<br /><strong></strong><br />For years I've used the phrase "yada, yada" almost as an etc.-type comment. Think of mindless, fill-in-the-blank type chatter; a term I probably picked up from the "Seinfeld" show, although I never watched it much.<BR><br />But that's far from the truth.<BR><br />I'll let "Ruth" from the book tell what she found out about the word "yada" in the book:<BR><br /><em>"So who's the brilliant person who came up with the name Yada Yada? I knew it meant something. I looked it up in my Hebrew dictionary. '<strong>Yada:</strong> to perceive, understand, acquire knowledge, know, discern.' And a whole lot more. Here's one I like: 'To be known, make oneself known, to be familiar.' And another: 'To distinguish (yada) between right and wrong.'"<BR><br />"If we add an 'h' it gets even bettter. '<strong>Yadah:</strong> to speak out, to confess; to praise; to sing; to give thanks.' Later it says Yadah 'essentially means to acknowledge ... the nature and work of God.'<BR><br />"How about those jewels, Yada Yada sisters?"<BR><BR></em><br />Yeah, how about that?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-8387508972649005146?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-73017678136234335022008-06-06T07:49:00.003-11:002008-06-06T08:00:13.663-11:00<strong><a href="http://www.confessionsofaworshipper.com">Bobby Williams</a></strong> who used to attend my church writes about <strong><a href="http://www.jeffcalloway.com">Jeff Calloway</a></strong>, who was pastor at our church at the time. It's something I think is worth sharing so I thought I'd link to it <strong><a href="http://www.confessionsofaworshipper.com/2008/06/honor-open-letter-to-jeff-calloway.html#links">here</a></strong>.<BR><br />Jeff's a wonderful preacher and I miss him and his family. I was his daughter Sarah's Sunday School teacher and now she's a beautiful young lady in college. It's amazing to me that so much time has passed. Not that I'm getting old or anything.<BR><br />At this time my church is undergoing a "transition" and I'd appreciate prayers for our church and its members and that we would do what God wants. After all, it's all about God and Jesus, right?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-7301767813623433502?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-58308236085780715662008-04-30T17:32:00.000-11:002008-04-30T17:33:34.178-11:00Today is the <strong><a href="http://www.ndptf.org/home/home.html">National Day of Prayer</a></strong>...<br />Please pray for our nation and our world. We all need it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-5830823608578071566?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-69165436121792375802008-04-30T17:17:00.003-11:002008-04-30T17:26:54.529-11:00<strong>MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY ...</strong>Apparently everyone is talking about the photos of <strong><a href="http://www.mileycyrus.com">Miley Cyrus</a> </strong>in <strong><a href="http://vanityfair.com">Vanity Fair</a></strong>, at least that's the word on <strong><a href="http://www.people.com">People</a></strong> and just about every entertainment show I can view during my vacation.<BR><br />Puh-leze.<BR><br />Although I haven't seen but a couple of the photos shown on those said mentioned entertainment TV shows, I didn't see anything so horrible. I frankly thought Cyrus looked like a girl playing dress-up in the photo of her with the supposedly come hither look, back bare, and too bright red lipstick.<BR><br />Am I thrilled at the sexualization of our young people? No, but I can point to a lot of other more horrible instances. However, I again remind you I haven't seen the whole photo layout.<BR><br />Are there still food riots going on in other nations? People starving? People dying by the thousands in places such as Darfur?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-6916543612179237580?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-69574855642288047962008-04-24T02:44:00.004-11:002008-04-24T02:49:25.394-11:00<strong><a href="http://www.cbn.com">The 700 Club</a></strong> did a story on <strong><a href="http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/361991.aspx ">Tim Gill</a> </strong>Wednesday. It was interesting. If you do a search of his name on <strong><a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a></strong>, particularly Google News, you'll find his name all over the place.<br />Tell me what you think.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-6957485564228804796?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-58475715439366353042008-04-15T17:45:00.004-11:002008-04-15T17:50:38.974-11:00New <a href="http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/renee_o'connor:_woman_of_many_talents_200803191061.html">Renee O'Connor interview.</a> She played "Gabrielle" in "Xena: Warrior Princess," but then you already knew that.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-5847571543936635304?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-4928560258212135072008-04-11T02:51:00.001-11:002008-04-11T02:51:55.745-11:00<a href="http://www.ausxip.com/">Ausxip </a>has scans of the <a href="http://www.ausxip.com/articles/2008/sfx169/SFX_169_4s.jpg">SFX article </a>looking back at Xena: Warrior Princess. It includes a comment about shows on religion including the rise of Christianity.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-492856025821213507?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-2122466731498012792008-04-04T06:30:00.001-11:002008-04-04T06:31:36.425-11:00I don't think I've introduced you all to a great site. At least women who have had hysterectomies or contemplating them, or are enduring menopause or cancer issues would find it interesting. Women there offer a lot oof good support. It's called <strong><a href="http://www.hystersisters.com/">Hystersisters</a></strong>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-212246673149801279?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-81316035473365340612008-03-26T02:13:00.001-11:002008-03-26T02:15:16.748-11:00<a href="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080325/31677_%27Hannah_Montana%27_Star%3A_I_Do_Everything_for_Jesus.htm"><strong>Miley Cyrus &amp; Jesus:</strong> </a>Here's a neat little story. I'm a little old to be a Miley fan but she seems like a nice young lady and I have watched "Hannah Montana" a few times and it's cute. I'd let my cats watch it since there's no objectionable material. LOL<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-8131603547336534061?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-89765557158577414082008-03-15T07:10:00.002-11:002008-03-15T07:14:13.043-11:00Watched <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Final-Inquiry-F-Murray-Abraham/dp/B000YDMPBU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=dvd&amp;qid=1205604587&amp;sr=8-1"><strong>"The Final Inquiry"</strong> </a>last night. I enjoyed it. Jerusalem and the time immediately after the resurrection of Christ is the backdrop for a Roman general's quest on behalf of the emperor to find out why there was an earthquake and eclipse all across the known world at the same time. The emperor has found a connection -- that it's linked to the death on a cross of a man from Nazareth. Now there's a cult sprung up around that man's death and what the believers say is his resurrection. Is it true? The emperor wants to find out and sends this Roman general.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-8976555715857741408?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-74720415329065709882008-02-29T17:28:00.001-11:002008-02-29T17:29:59.753-11:00Just watched, <strong><a href="http://www.facingthegiants.com/">"Facing the Giants."</a></strong><br />All I can say is AWESOME MOVIE!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-7472041532906570988?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-37537590692069285212008-02-17T18:15:00.001-11:002008-02-17T18:16:39.001-11:00A <strong><a href="http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2617">new interview</a></strong> with Renee O'Connor about her "Boogeyman 2" role, her divorce, writing, and future plans.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-3753759069206928521?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724858.post-48618458296757603482008-02-16T09:53:00.002-11:002008-02-16T09:55:59.200-11:00<span style="font-size:130%;">Ruth Stafford Peale has gone home to be with Jesus<br /></span><br />I'm sorry, but I didn't find out about this until today.<br /><a href="http://www.ruthstaffordpeale.org/">Pawling, NY — Ruth Stafford Peale, chairman of the board emeritus and co-founder of Guideposts, died Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at her home in Pawling, NY. She was 101.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3724858-4861845829675760348?l=newscat.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Newscathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18219221949450538427noreply@blogger.com0