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Category Archives: Activism
Amazon Closes Minnesota Accounts
Amazon Closes Minnesota Accounts
I received this email below from Amazon.com this morning for all of my business accounts there. This is another great example of terrible policy produces terrible results. Thanks Governor Dayton and Democrats, much of my business revenue has just been devastated. Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Current Affairs, Politics
Tagged amazon, Amazon Closes Minnesota Accounts, Amazon Closes Minnesota Associates Accounts, Amazon Minnesota Accounts, amazon.com, close accounts, minnesota
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World Encounter – A Tapestry of Tanzania
I do not know about you, but I have always had an interest or maybe even a passion to be involved with two special types of aide organizations. The first one is the type of agency that brings clean water to small desperate communities throughout the world and the second is the type of organization or ministry that provides micro loans to tiny entrepreneurs around the world. Well World Encounter http://worldencounter.org/ is this second type of organization and I was contacted by my great friend Stephanie Gates to see if I would be the photographer for their fundraising event. I said yes in a heartbeat, even before I check my schedule. This whimsical scheduling methodology luckily even worked out for me this time so I was indeed able to go. Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, Business/Marketing, Current Affairs, Food and Drink, Heartwarming Stories, Photography, Religion, Weblogs
Tagged A Tapestry of Tanzania, aide organization, business, christian, christian ministry, curt rosen, Eagan Photographer, micro loans, microloans, ministry, pictures, Tanzania, World Encounter
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Jubilee Minnesota 2011
Jubilee Minnesota 2011
This past weekend in Apple Valley MN, more than seventeen churches got together to attempt to lift the burden for many of those in our community that need help getting by with the normal things that many of us take for granted. Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Current Affairs, Heartwarming Stories, Photography, Religion
Tagged apple valley, charity, churches, Jubilee, Jubilee Minnesota, Jubilee Minnesota 2011, minnesota, mn
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Photo of the Day: 911 We Remember : Dedicated to those who fell and to those who carry on.
During our trip to New York City we had the honor of stopping at ground zero to rememeber those that were lost and all those that still live with the pain of that day. This was a very moving place.
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Posted in Activism, Cultural Commentary, Current Affairs, Photography, Politics, Weblogs
Tagged 911, ground zero, no mosque at ground zero, We Remember : Dedicated to those who fell and to those who carry on, world trade center
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Doing what you believe to be right even at a cost
So today I received a call from AARP (Yes the huge senior’s organization). At first I was thinking I was getting old and they were calling to offer me a membership. But alas, it was something else. They were calling to request that I would be their photographer at the Minnesota State Fair. I would get all kinds of press coverage and get links to my web site and all that stuff bla bla bla…
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How to get money from people who steal your pictures: Part III the killer letter that produces results
On the Wayne Moran Photography site on facebook we have been discussing how to get money from people that have stolen your images Wayne Moran Photography . Like I had promised you here is the killer letter that gets results. This is the letter … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, Books, Current Affairs, Misc, Photography, Series, Weblogs
Tagged How to get money from people who steal your pictures: Part III the killer letter that produces results
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Jubilee Celebration 2009!
Saturday, September 19 offered plenty of sunshine and thousands of reasons to smile. For God’s glory, Jubilee Celebration 2009 succeeded in blessing approximately 1700 people in need. Also blessed were the over 300 volunteers from 17 churches in the surrounding south metro area. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who gave of their time, efforts and resources!
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Posted in Activism, Current Affairs, Fun, Games, Heartwarming Stories, Religion, Weblogs, Wisdom
Tagged Jubilee celebration 2009 Apple Valley Christ Church South Suburban Evangelical Free Church south metro
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The Stoning of Soraya M.
With all the turmoil going on in Iran right now, this movie might be one of the most important movies of a generation or even a life time…
This is a must see movie..
http://www.thestoning.com/
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Posted in Activism, Art, Cultural Commentary, Current Affairs, Film, Literature, Movies, Weblogs
Tagged The Stoning of Soraya M. http://www.thestoning.com/ iran murder
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God Bible and The Death Penalty: Capital Punishment
Many people with kind compassionate hearts are appalled at the concept of capital punishment. The idea that we as a government would take the life of someone that has committed a heinous crime is in conceivable to then and they think it is against God’s law or against the will of God somehow. I often hear the arguments like
• as the person is alive, they have an opportunity to repent
• It is not our place to kill a person. The is to be left to God
• The ten commandments say “Thou shall not kill”
These are common thoughts and common misconceptions so let’s try to sort these issues out.
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Homosexual Rights Group – Early Supporter of VIRTUS in Twin Cities
This letter went out yesterday from primaryeducators.org . From: webmaster@primaryeducators.org Dear Parents, You may have missed this in the previous broadcast message due to its length. Some additional information is provided. A question was raised at the meeting that if … Continue reading
Parent’s Group Oversees Cleaning up the Catholic Priest Sex Abuse Scandals
If you are not aware of the "Clean up" of the Catholic Preist Sex abuse scandals, this may all be new to you. There is a concerned parents organization that is currently head quartered in the suburbs of Minneapolis/St Paul … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Current Affairs, Misc, Politics, Religion, Weblogs
Tagged Parent's Group Oversees Cleaning up the Catholic Priest Sex Abuse Scandals, Primary educators, primaryeducators.org, safe environments, VIRTUS
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Anti-conversion law passed in ‘tolerant’ Algeria
Another Islamic government has made it illegal to convert to Christianity. As attention focused on an Afghan Christian convert who faced the death penalty for his conversion, Algeria quietly passed a law that punishes anyone who persuades a Muslim to … Continue reading
‘Satanic’ art in Catholic Church exposed
Now this is interesting stuff from a sector inside the Catholic Church. Could the Roman Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis be tied to embedded Satanic and occultic imagery in its artwork – some of it hundreds of years old? That … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, Current Affairs, Film, Movies, Religion
Tagged art, catholic, church, conspiracy, davinci code, rape, Rape of the Soul, satanic, satanic art., soul
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The Cost of becoming a Christian in Afghanistan
Of course you don’t hear this in the MSM but this is what happens pretty regularly in the Muslim world. Abdul Rahman is facing a death sentence for becoming a Christian. What a heinous crime! One bystander states… "Cut off … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Cultural Commentary, Current Affairs, Politics, Religion, Wisdom
Tagged afghanistan, christian, death, death sentence, Rahman, sentence, the cost of becoming a Christian in Afghanistan
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Update on Blogs For Terri
Dear Friends, One year ago we fought together on behalf of Terri Schiavo at BlogsforTerri as a loose coalition of independent bloggers, commenters and readers. Despite our protests, we watched with sadness and alarm as Terri’s food and water were … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Cultural Commentary, Current Affairs, Politics, Religion, Weblogs
Tagged blogs for terri, blogsforterri
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My State Rep takes up life issues
I knew there was a reason why I liked this guy…. With heated debate reflecting a deep social divide over issues of life and death, a Minnesota House committee on Tuesday passed a bill that would require health-care professionals to … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Current Affairs, Health, Politics
Tagged Eagan, food and water, life, minnesota, mn, R, Rep, republican, Terri Schiavo, Tim Wilkin
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South Dakota bans most abortions
South Dakota has now been placed on the map as a state that is not afraid of a big fight. The Gov has signed into law legislation that would ban almost all abortions. These guys know there is going to … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Current Affairs, Misc, Politics, Religion, Science, Wisdom
Tagged abortion, ban, gov, law, Mike, Mike Rounds, Rounds, signed, South dakota
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Photo of the Day: New Orleans 9th Ward Devastation
New Orleans 9th ward Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy. This is just a hint of the devastation that we saw in the 9th ward section of New Orleans. On this Fat Tuesday it may be worthwhile remembering all those that lost … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, Photography
Tagged 9th, 9th ward, damage, destruction, hurricane, katrina, new orleans, photo, picture, pictures, ward
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New Orleans Trip Slide Show
If you recall a team from South Suburban Evangelical Free Church in Minnesota recently went on a trip to New Orleans to perform some Hurricane Katrina relief work and to care for some of the people effected by the storm … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Current Affairs, Misc, Photography, Religion, Travel
Tagged church, Evangelical Free, hurricane, katrina, minnesota, mn, new orleans, perform, relief, South Suburban, trip, work
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Hurricane Katrina Relief: New Orleans Trip Report
By Paul Rivenburg February 4th – February 12th 2006 We left the parking lot of South Suburban on a very chilly Saturday morning. We drove in three different vans. At our lunch stop in Mount Pleasant, Iowa Ken discovered that … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Cultural Commentary, Current Affairs, Politics, Religion, Travel
Tagged christian, church, effort, evangelical, faith, french quarter, hurricane, katrina, mission trip, new orleans, Paul Rivenburg, relief, rivenburg, South Suburban, trip, urban impact, yellow house
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New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Relief Trip Journal
Random thoughts from the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Relief Trip Saturday 2/4/06 Everyone showed up at the church on time so that we were able to leave by 6:00 am sharp. We left with light snow showers and a temperature … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Current Affairs, Misc, Travel
Tagged hurricane, katrina, Lamperts Café, Missouri, new orleans, relief, Sikeston, throwed rolls, trip, www.throwedrolls.com
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New Orleans here we come.
Just two more days until we leave on our Hurrican Katrina Relief adventure to New Orleans. The team currently consists of 9 women and 9 men. I must say I am a bit surprised how balanced the team is. We … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Current Affairs, Misc, Religion
Tagged flickr, hurricane, hurricane katrina, katrina, new orleans, urban impact, www.urbanimpact.org
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New Orleans: Five Days and Counting
Five days and counting until our group leaves on our New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Relief trip. We had one person drop out at the end of last week for personal family reasons so we are at a team of nine … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Current Affairs, Religion, Travel
Tagged hurricane katrina, new orleans, relief
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New Orleans Trip Countdown
Twelve days and counting for the Hurricane Katrina relief trip to New Orleans (see more stories here). Everything seems to be going according to plans. I always have that little feeling in my stomach that everything may fall apart at … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Current Affairs, Religion, Travel
Tagged hurricane, katrina, new orleans, urban impact
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Drug Deal on the Metro Transit Light Rail
Drug Deal on the Metro Transit Light Rail
So I had an interesting experience this afternoon riding home from work on the lightrail train in Minneapolis. I had left work early enough so that the train was not full of professionals and corporate types, you know like me. There were many lower income people most of whom are great hardworking individuals just trying to eek out a living for themselves and their family.
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