Stand for Christmas? Ummm…Not THIS Way

By Byron Harvey / December 4, 2009 /

Oh, my, we Christians can get all wrapped around the axle about some silly stuff, can’t we? Now comes Focus on the Family’s Stand for Christmas. OK look, I agree that it’s silly that retailers go all PC on us and have to issue innocuous “Happy Holidays” for fear of offending some sect of people.…

The End of the Huckabee Campaign

By Byron Harvey / December 1, 2009 /

This will kill his hopes of ever being president. And frankly, given this pretty lame blame-shifting response to the whole thing, it probably should. He sounds like a weaselly politician, pretty reminiscent of a certain other Arkansas governor, quite frankly, and I’m pretty disappointed in Huck on this one; pretty disappointed.

Please Pray for Crazy Teenager

By Byron Harvey / November 30, 2009 /

Hi, all, My 19-year-old son Brent will be undergoing surgery this evening for an eye infection that has moved to his sinuses. Understandably, he’s nervous, and so are we. Please pray. Update: Brent came thru surgery just fine; he’s recuperating. Should be in hospital 2-3 nights; they want to knock the infection totally out. The…

"The Biggest Ever…" – It's Time for a Hypie!!!

By Byron Harvey / November 28, 2009 /

On occasion, I hand out a “Hypie Award” to a Christian ministry that goes above and beyond the call of duty–or of propriety–or of common sense–in hyping some particular Christian product or ministry. And it’s time to do so again, this time giving the award to Outreach Marketing, for their declaration that “a cool movie…