last days

Major media in Israel tonight are abuzz with the latest lunacy on the Syrian Israeli peace talks. General Dan Halutz, the military genius behind Israel's stunning performance in the 2006 Lebanon war, weighs in with his expertise.

A big part of life on the streets is dying on the streets. One of the things folks who are homeless see perhaps more so than others in our society - undertakers and ER staff notwithstanding - is death and dying.

Homelessness kills.

In the first story, many folks in and around Nashville have done exactly what the author is talking about, but the difficulty is not so much in finding the materials and constructing the houses.

Congressman Steve Cohen has a reputation of saying what is ever on his mind and usually his words are laced with pop culture analogies, Memphis anecdotes as well as that he is Tennessee’s only liberal rep in Congress.

Coby and I are still awaiting word from Russia. It has been pretty quiet here on the home front and I look at that as a good thing. I look at it as God is allowing us to rest and reserve our energy and be ready for when the call comes. The call that will change our home front forever!

I have been really encouraged these past few weeks and I thought I might just blog why?

A few things to report about the sudden death of Cindy while down in Mississippi. First, a message came in last night regarding Cindy's passing, and I wanted to share it here:

THIS IS DION

The last days of the naugahyde chair.  That chair was so wonderfully comfortable. It had a long, good life.  That’s my baby brother Dean sitting in it.  Today he’s an expectant father - he and his wife Stephanie are due June 21st, the first day of summer.

Mitt Romney will endorse John McCain today and urge his delegates to support the inevitable nominee.

Romney had suspended instead of ended his campaign, some speculated, for the very reason that he wished to keep his delegates in the remote case of a brokered convention. The release of delegates and endorsement is thus significant.

one of the underlying stories over Christmas was my sister-in-law being on the phone for many reasons. her father was given days to live and placed into hospice care. he had been battling a cancer for the last year. it was not too long after her mother passed away that they found her fathers cancer. some time late in the week before Christmas they had given him days to live.