Month: August 2005

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we’re okay

we got power back earlier today and i am finally able to post an update on the blog. baton rouge was spared the biggest part of the storm. we had some wind damage (trees downed, shingles blown off, etc.) but very little water damage. the biggest issue we now face is handling the evacuees from new orleans. baton rouge is the closest metro area to new orlean and thus we are getting the lion’s share of the evacuees. it is bringing some amazing ministry opportunities with it. i spent most of my day, after getting my family taken care of, at a couple of the area shelters. we’re taking youth tomorrow to two different locations to help in the recovery effort.

if you would like to see pictures of what we are experiencing from the storm you can view them at my flickr site and you can view my announcements to the youth ministry at my youth ministry blog.

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the plan for right now

okay guys & girls there are tons of things around baton rouge that can be done to help in the relief effort for the evacuees from new orleans. for now we (the youth ministry) are going to start with two.

  • first, we are going to work with the children of evacuees staying at the shelter at southern university. there are tons of people at southern and their kids are in need of some encouragement. starting tomorrow we are going to be that encouragement.
  • secondly, jason’s deli is making meals for the rescue workers and they need help putting them together. we are going to be that help.

we will meet at the student center and head to both of these spots. i can’t promise transportation, chaperons, food, or anything else. i’m putting this together as i figure it out. all i can promise is that you will be helping to meet two serious needs. once, we get these needs organized and met we will start on other needs.

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we’re okay

for those who have emailed and commented asking if we are okay i am glad to report that the terrell family is fine and dandy. i will try to respond to all the email as i get a chance.

if you a parkview church member and you have been trying to contact anyone on staff through their cell phone just go ahead and give up for a while. all of our phones are dead in the water. try calling home numbers. i am in the book so just look me up in the white pages.

we will have church tonight. we need to spend some time in prayer, worship, and discussion on how to mobilize for some more work with the evacuees. i just came back from working in the shelter in the denham springs high school and the one in the denham springs junior high. there is a large need to do something organized with the kids there. we’ll talk.

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katrina

everyone is preparing for hurricane katrina around baton rouge. because of the huge possibility of electricity being out for a few days to two weeks i can not say for sure when i will be able to post again. i’ll try to whenever the storm is gone and the power is working.

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just for the fun of it here’s another stupid robertson quote

this one is from the ’92 republican national convention:

[Feminism is] a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. —Pat Robertson, 1992 Republican National Convention

i find it interesting again that a supposed CHRISTian leader justifies his problem with an ideology by saying that it hurts “capitalism.” since when should “hurting capitalism” be a reason for a follower of CHRIST to oppose an idea?

come on if you going to supposedly speak out “for” CHRIST please give a better reason than it will hurt capitalism. i can just see JESUS looking down from heaven and saying “why in the world would i be upset about american capitalism being hurt?” heck if it’s going to hurt the really messed up western capitalism that we are experiencing maybe i should really begin to support the feminist allot more.

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pat robertson is an idiot

i posted this on my ministry blog a couple of days ago but i figured i would post it here also.

CLICK HERE to read the new york times article – robertson is pilloried for assassination call
would some one please tell me how “assassination” fits into CHRIST’s plan for the kingdom?

i just can not get it through my mind how a supposedly CHRIST-honoring show can make bold statements about assassinating a non-hitler type ruler. chavez is no saint and personally i think it would be great if he wasn’t in power. some say he’s driving his country economically into the ground. yet he’s not committing human rights violations on a monsterous scale. whose lives will be saved by killing such a man? the only thing that will be saved by assassinating him is money and oil. in my opinion this is not a very good reason for toppling a government and almost a blasphemous reason when it comes from someone who professes to be a follower of CHRIST.

and now robertson has issued an apology which says:

I said our special forces should ‘take him out.”‘Take him out’ could be a number of things, including kidnapping.

common on! just admit it when you mess up. we all do every now and then. it just seems that robertson has more talent for making public, idiotic statements than the rest of do.

i’m really ready for some sane CHRISTians to get noticed being the public mouth-pieces of the religious right (of which i am not a part). i’m tired of being “lumped in” with these psychos.

pat robertson was an idiot before he said this but this statement and his semi-non-apology just proves it once again.

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chipzilla




chipzilla

Originally uploaded by ratterrell.

this is noah with “chipzilla” the potato chip that noah promises is the largest potato chip in the world. actually, i should state that “chipzilla” was the world largest potato chip because it is now in pieces inside noah’s belly. thankfully, i was able to get a picture of “chipzilla” before noah devoured him/her (i’m not sure if potato chips have gender or not).

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saying it right for once

it’s nice to see that the vast majority of CHRISTian “talking heads” are handling robertson’s stupid comments correctly … condemning them.

here’s what the world evangelical alliance said about his statement:

This kind of statement, by this well known American Christian leader, is in complete contradiction to the teachings of Jesus Christ who evangelical Christians believe and seek to demonstrate,” says Geoff Tunnicliffe, WEA International Director. He goes on to add, “Robertson does not speak for evangelical Christians. We believe in justice and the protection of human rights of all people, including the life of President Chavez.

you can read the rest here.

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robert’s calls for hugo chavez to be assassinated – i have a better target in mind :)

CLICK HERE to read the new york times article – robertson is pilloried for assassination call
would some one please tell me how “assassination” fits into CHRIST’s plan for the kingdom?

i just can not get it through my mind how a supposedly CHRIST-honoring show can make bold statements about assassinating a non-hitler type ruler. chavez is no saint and personally i think it was great if he wasn’t in power. some say he’s driving his country economically into the ground. yet he’s not committing human rights violations on a huge scale. whose lives will be saved by killing such a man? the only thing that will be saved by assassinating him is money and oil. in my opinion this is not a very good reason for toppling a government and almost a blasphemous reason when it comes from someone who professes to be a follower of CHRIST.

i’m really ready for some sane CHRISTians to start being the public mouth-pieces of the religious right. i’m tired of being “lumped in” with these psychos.