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Twitter Updates for 2008-07-01

Andre — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:59:59 +0000

home after yoga #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-28

Andre — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

web browsing #
happy to have email again #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-20

Andre — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

dropped the oldest son off at MSU basketball camp #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-17

Andre — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

grabbing a bit before heading to leadership meeting #
@eliacin yea thanks #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-16

Andre — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

back from church planters gathering #
back from a trip to the cone shop #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-15

Andre — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

chillin on father’s day #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-12

Andre — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

paperwork & meetings, paperwork & meetings ….. #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-06-07

Andre — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:59:59 +0000

getting ready for sportring activities with kids #

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praying creatively

Andre Daley — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:27:25 +0000

I recently became acquainted with Kim Winston who has a book and web site on the use of prayer beads. Kim writes that through the use prayer beads she is making her way back to God. I think this is a great example of how reclaiming ancient spiritual practices can make tried and ways of being connected to God fresh and accessible to all kinds of people. Check out her web site at Bead One, Pray Too

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reflections on political history

Andre Daley — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:36:41 +0000

Last night as we watched the events unfold that ended the Democratic primary process and gave Barack Obama the nomination, the reactions of my family stick in my mind.

My son (who favors Obama a bit according to his peers) asked “Did he do it?” “Did he get it?” When I replied he did his reaction was YESSSS!!!!! with a fist pump.

Later as I watched the Obama’s speech with me wife she said, “I’m worried for him, do you think he is safe?” My response I don’t know.

As I listened to Tom Brokaw talk about how the younger generation was more color blind than his I wondered how real that statement was and whether I really wanted the younger generation to be color blind.

So what was my reflections? I am still processing the church resignation thing and I watch a movie yesterday called Carbon Copy starring George Segal and a young Denzel Washington. The premise of the movie (which seemed cheesy to me when it first came out) is a white guy discovers he has a son from a relationship (fling) with a black woman he eventually left to marry into the ultimate WASP family. When his son shows up tries to may his father pay for the way his mother was hurt everything goes into the toilet for this well to do white guy. He loses all of the things he came to expect as a white person, job family, clubs etc.

When he finally comes to grips with white privilege he tells his WASP father-in-law that the real issue is not just that blacks come into the game with two strikes its that the game is rigged so blacks can’t even get a third swing. Later on he tells his son “when I saw you all I saw was black”. In other words he didn’t see a person he saw his mental model of a whole race and then attached all he assumptions and preconceived notions about that race to the individual.

I wonder if that is what is happening with Barack Obama right now. I wonder if we are at a true moment in history when we can move beyond race as a defining factor? Or maybe if Obama is successfully it will be despite his race and because he is politically smart enough to beat at system that say to people like him two strikes and you are out!

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