Posted on 03/15/2005 7:17:24 PM PST by NCjim
Michael Jackson has been starting his trial days by praying with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the minister and the singer's spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Michael Jackson receives advice from the activist minister on both spiritual and personal issues, said Raymone K. Bain, the singer's spokeswoman.
``He speaks to the Rev. Jesse Jackson every morning,'' Bain said after Jackson's child molestation case recessed for the afternoon Tuesday. ``They've known each other for a long time.''
She said the singer usually wakes up at about 4:30 a.m., and talks to Rev. Jackson for 15 to 20 minutes. The two talk to each other by phone and pray together, she said.
Earlier in the case the pop star received advice and security from members of the Nation of Islam.
Rev. Jackson said in a telephone interview that the entertainer and his family are Jehovah's Witnesses and the prayer they share is nondenominational.
Rev. Jackson said he speaks to the entertainer in the morning and the evening.
``I counsel him and his family,'' he said.
He said his main message to them is to ``stay focused.''
``He is serious. He is focused,'' Rev. Jackson said of the pop star's demeanor.
``This is a difficulty for all involved, the accuser and the accused. ... He will survive this,'' Rev. Jackson said.
He also said that it was unfair that Michael Jackson's jury has no black members and he challenged a reporter to imagine a situation in which a white person would be charged with molestation and have a predominantly black jury.
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In fact, now that I think about it, we probably didn't play like we were going to marry Donny and/or Michael - we probably remember reading about much OLDER people doing that..........right?
Somewhere in Rockefeller Center a comedy writer for Saturday Night Live drops to their knees to thank the Almighty...this just makes their writing sooooo easy.
Where is a Looney Toons anvil when you need one?
Let me correct the above statement:
He also said that it was unfair that Michael Jackson's jury has no freaksMJ used to be a handsome black male, but then he decided to turn himself into a freakish weirdo.
Darn - that pic didn't show for me........... but I HAVE to know the names of the children you were going to have with Donny................
Who is that?
Why that's the Reverend Jesse Peterson. Conservative extraordinaire.
Okay...that was more than a little sick. Kinda funny though.
Thanks. I've never seen a picture of him before.
He looks like a big guy.
JJ is a minister of God like Islam is a religion of peace.
Thanks for that link.
Jesus instructed that prayer should be in private, where God can hear, but where you do NOT attempt to IMPRESS men....Jesse only prays if he can hold a NEWS CONFERENCE after...Jesse is such a low life.
This is all a publicity ploy.
"And they called it, Puppy Love ......"
Had 3 sisters in the 70's and heard those songs quite a bit. LOL (as I put on my headphones and listened to my Jethro Tull 8-tracks)
I can't believe I am going to admit this in public, but here goes....
There was going to be two kids. One girl and one boy, with of course the boy being the older of the two.
The boy was going to be named Timothy Michael Osmond. Little Timmy Osmond. Isn't that cute? (ugh) Either that or Christopher David Osmond.
The girl was going to be a little brunette with green eyes named Hannah Elizabeth Osmond or Jennifer Elizabeth Osmond.
I ended up two daughters named Rachel Michelle and Krystina Nicole.
HOW IN THE HECK DID YOU GET ME TO ADMIT THIS STUFF? The "Texas charm" thing I guess, but I shouldn't have fallen for it, being a native Texan. You must also be a native Texan also to be able to trick me like this...:-)
"Michael Jackson is to "black" what Jesse Jackson is to "Reverend"."
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
"I thought Jackson was in the "Nation of Islam"?"
It doesn't say WHO they are praying to! :)
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