http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:32:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now is our moment! Now is our time! We are the people we have been waiting for! Yes We Can! It amazes me how much these phrases scare so many people these days, especially church leaders. We are told that these thoughts are arrogant, impossible, and filled ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2008/06/05/it-is-ok-to-be-a-christian-and-to-support-barack-obama/ John F. Kennedy has always been one of my heroes. So I wanted to share a piece written in the New York Times by his daughter, Caroline Kennedy. A President Like My Father By CAROLINE KENNEDY OVER the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve told me they ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2008/01/27/caroline-kennedy-endorses-barack-obama/ "I'm asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington... I'm asking you to believe in yours." - Barack Obama For to long we have allowed the cynics and the doubters to tell us what can be done in this country and ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2008/01/03/iowa-will-show-that-hope-can-change-the-world/ While I feel the Democratic Party has many good candidates running for President let me say without a doubt that the one I support for President is Barack Obama. I have enclosed here Barack Obama's speech from this past weekend in Iowa as I feel it shows why he ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2007/11/13/barack-obama-for-president/ I went to see "The Kingdom" with some friends tonight and I highly recommend it. It was a great movie and really got me thinking. There were some really good lines and the last 1/2 hour is some of the most intense scenes I have seen in awhile. ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2007/10/05/the-kingdom/ Back in 2000 George W. Bush declared that he was a compassionate conservative and that he would make a good president. It is amazing to even me, someone that did not support him, how wrong he has actually been. I have spent many years in politics and I ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2007/10/04/all-children-deserve-health-care/ I am a huge soccer fan and this morning was rough to watch the U.S. Women's Soccer team lose its semifinal match to Brazil. The U.S. had a 51 game unbeaten streak coming in and was ranked #1 in the world. Granted when you lose 4-0 and the ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2007/09/27/what-happens-when-you-dont-have-hope/ After spending an awesome evening on Friday night hanging out and sharing an awesome dinner with some really good friends I took off for Richmond on Saturday morning to visit my friends Dan and Alicia. It was a great weekend and a great time to catch up with Dan ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2007/09/24/trip-to-richmond/ "Exceptional student and athlete", "Fun-loving", "Full of Spirit", "Caring", "Friend", "Christian" These are just some of the things I heard said about my friend Alicia's brother Jarrett when we were in Virginia this weekend celebrating his life and grieving his sudden death. Jarrett Lane was a son to Tracey, brother to ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2007/04/23/a-christian/ On January 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy spoke these words: "To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required. If a free ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2007/02/22/faithworks-project-part-1/ Let me tell you, I had an awesome weekend! I also have the greatest friends in the whole world and am so blessed to be a part of such a great community of people known as Horizon Church. Last week started off pretty rough and when added to everything that ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2006/12/04/i-finally-get-it/ Rebecca St. James' song "Stand" There is a time for healing There's a time for all purposes under the sun There's a time for laughter There's a time to let go and a time to hold on So we are here, but why are we waiting Why are we acting like dead men walking The time ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2006/10/03/stand/ "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.  The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2006/09/05/time-to-enter-the-arena/ Well if you have been reading this blog since its inception in March 2004 you will see that a lot of it has concerned politics and my career in it. There have been numerous references to politics and as to whether I should follow my childhood dreams and run ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2006/07/03/no-run-for-elective-office/ Have you ever heard someone speak to a crowd and just be sitting there and feel that their message was directed solely to you. Well it has happened to me a few times and this morning was one of them. DJ spoke at Horizon Towson this morning and ... http://simplepilgrimage.org/scott/archives/2006/05/21/a-new-creation-in-christ/