Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $20,311
25%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 25%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: incongruity

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Ted Haggard says he’s leaving the Springs

    02/07/2007 6:01:46 AM PST · by XR7 · 31 replies · 1,449+ views
    The Gazette ^ | 2/7/07 | JENNIFER WILSON and PAUL ASAY
    Ted Haggard, founder and former senior pastor of New Life Church, plans to leave Colorado Springs and move to Iowa or Missouri to return to college, according to a message he e-mailed Sunday to some church members. Haggard’s family has been “offered two places” in the Midwestern states, Haggard wrote. He and his wife, Gayle, will go back to school together, but Haggard didn’t specify what college or university they would attend. “We are both planning on getting our masters in Psychology so we can work together serving others the rest of our lives,” Haggard wrote. The nationally known minister...
  • 'Sexy' Germans decide to show Italy a thing or two

    07/12/2003 6:08:56 AM PDT · by Lorenb420 · 23 replies · 3,138+ views
    National Post ^ | 2003-07-12 | Araminta Wordsworth
    Germany's biggest newspaper, Bild, responded to Italian politicians' insults at its nation and its tourists yesterday by staging a "beach scene" outside the Italian embassy in Berlin. Topless blond and brunette beauties cavorted under large striped umbrellas or lolled on deck chairs. The idea was to demonstrate to everyone -- to Italians, in particular -- just how "beautiful, sexy and charming" the Germans are. Bild also published a list of phrases that German travellers in Italy might find useful in "these difficult times." These range from "Great wine, do you have any other warm drinks?" and "It's delicious -- I...