tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65677399219446835292024-08-29T01:01:58.237-04:00Dennis Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04841041724558408307noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567739921944683529.post-73893279523443141532011-12-02T01:24:00.001-05:002011-12-02T01:36:36.636-05:00

From time to time, the issue of prayer in public school comes up in discussion, or in a random Facebook post, or some other place. It is a touchstone among many Christians and Christian groups that points to the moral and spiritual decay of the American society. As a Christian, I believe in prayer. I also believe in the right to pray which cannot be revoked, regulated, restricted by anyone. In

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If the activity on Facebook is any indication, it appears as if a lot of my Christian friends are in an uproar--AGAIN!--this year about the use of the holiday greeting "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." The indignation appears to be focused on the idea that some businesses allegedly have insisted that their employees use a "generic" greeting instead of a "religious" greeting, so as to

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I'm thinking about putting together a workshop along the lines of "Expanding the Reach of Your Ministry Using Today's Tools". It will look at ideas like PowerPoint presentations (that aren't really new in churches), social networking including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and others, blogging, podcasting, and mass telephone notifications. Every one of the things mentioned above is free to the user

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Change. Most of us fear this word, and what it represents. We live by the maxim "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Another of our mottoes is "I've always done it this way." Or again, "if it was good enough for [insert appropriate name here] it's good enough for me." We long for the "good old days" and wish we could go back to "the way we were." (Thanks, Barbra Streisand, for the song

Dennis Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04841041724558408307noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567739921944683529.post-70889694814221730842008-07-15T11:35:00.000-04:002008-07-15T12:10:52.954-04:00

Sunday, July 13, 2008: one of my best days. Not a perfect day (some people weren't able to share the day with us, so it wasn't quite as good as it might have been--but I don't want to go negative here).Kelly and I are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary. We (Kelly, actually) had carefully planned a four-day event for us, but circumstances changed and we had to postpone the first two days of

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My wife, Kelly, and I just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. Unbelievable! Where has the time gone? We're hoping to celebrate this anniversary with a cruise next winter...

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