Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Column: Reunion trip shows what a small world we live in - The Prescott Daily Courier - Prescott, Arizona

Say, that was a super senior citizen soiree that surfaced last week down there on the Texas coast. The event was the 14th annual Road Buddy reunion, which this year took place in Galveston, with the participating parties being old friends from Texas Tech and also Lubbock High School, all 10 of whom have been married to each other in the neighborhood of 50 years, plus or minus. If "marriage is bliss," then you might say that we're just a bunch of "bliss-ters."

UF softball team holding Cancer Awareness Weekend, Swinging for the Cure Home Run Derby

Florida Gators — posted by Rachel George on April, 19 2011 10:15 PM

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The No. 9 Florida softball team will host Cancer Awareness Weekend as it plays host to No. 3 Alabama in a three-game series starting Friday.

UF softball team holding Cancer Awareness Weekend, Swinging for the Cure Home Run Derby

Florida Gators — posted by Rachel George on April, 19 2011 10:15 PM

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The No. 9 Florida softball team will host Cancer Awareness Weekend as it plays host to No. 3 Alabama in a three-game series starting Friday.

Getting ready for Neil Young tonight at the Wang

Anyone headed to Neil Young’s two-night stand at the Citi Wang Theatre? With just three hours to go, I’m binging on some of the stuff he’s been putting in his recent setlists . Here’s a few of my favorites:

Oh, and I just discovered this motley crew (Grace Potter, Joe Satriani, Steve Kimock, Reed Mathis, Willie Waldman and Stephen Perkins) doing “Cortez.” Joe needs to chill out a bit, but pretty cool.

Keller, Jakes Among Obama's Prayer Breakfast Guests

Alicia Cohn in Washington, D.C.

President Obama spoke of the “grace” demonstrated by the resurrection at the Easter prayer breakfast Tuesday morning in the East Room of the White House.

Pastor Tim Keller of New York City’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and Bishop T. D. Jakes of The Potter’s House in Texas also spoke at the event. The breakfast is a “good excuse to bring together people who have been such extraordinary influences in my life and such great friends,” the president said in his opening remarks . Keller’s attendance was his first visit to the White House.

'There's Something About the Resurrection That Puts Everything Else in Perspective'

President Obama hosts second Easter Prayer Breakfast at the White House. by PATRICIA ZAPOR (CNS)

WASHINGTON (CNS) — At busy times and amid critical national debates, “nothing beats Scripture and the reminder of the eternal” for keeping things in perspective, President Barack Obama said April 19 at his second Easter Prayer Breakfast at the White House.

Mind and Body

For your Semana Santa reading list, you may, perhaps, wish to add the paperback “Good Friday People” (Orbis, 1991).

“I coined (this title) for those who find themselves called to powerlessness and suffering,” writes Dr Shiela Cassidy. A hospice director in England today, she was tortured by the Chilean military for treating wounded rebels.