sunset chaser :: ARE Camp, 2004
Pictures from camp. The gallery software I use has a history of eating any albums that contain captions, but I decided to live dangerously and include captions anyway. If the photos are gone, email me and let me know.
Month: July 2004
Home again, home again
I have returned from my Rural Retreat vacation a little bit sun burnt but in one piece. I had a fantastic week but I’m not sure I can even begin to describe it without sounding like a hippie, which makes me not sure I should even try. I’m feeling centered, relaxed, inspired, and, now that I’ve been home long enough to take a shower, clean. I’ll have pictures up later (though, unfortunately, no breathtaking mountainscapes), but for now I’m going to go put lotion on my nose and call Johanna. Time to reconnect with the real world.
AFK
I’m about to hop in the car and head down to Virginia for the week. No computers or internet where I’m going, so I won’t be updating until after I get back. If you’re lucky I’ll have pictures of the gorgeous Blue Ridge mountains.
Bush & the Church
The Bush campaign has issued a “guide” to churches around the country asking them to support him and enumerating 22 “duties” each should complete. This, of course, raises a number of problems, not the least of which are separation of church & state and the requirement that non-profits not endorse political candidates.
Newspapers around the country all seem to have their own take on the issue, but the most comprehensive article I found in my brief search was this one from the NY Times.
This article from The Express Times, a Lehigh Valley/New Jersey newspaper, has some interesting information about Bush’s religion and the approach he’s taking.
And here are all of the related articles Google has indexed.
On a related note, this is a roughly transcribed interview with Huston Smith with a focus on the relationship between Bush politics and religion.