Jet Lag
October 28, 2006 | By Charmaine Yoest
My sweet baby hung in there all day. But by the time we left the GodBlogCon at the end of the day, it was 12:30 at home!
GodBlogCon: Hugh Hewitt Panel
October 27, 2006 | By Charmaine Yoest
Liveblogging from the blackberry 'cause the Dude is taking notes so avidly on the laptop -- he'll have a full report later.
John Mark Reynolds says Romney is the best candidate for the future because we need someone who can actively defend our positions rather than just "get through" them. What a great point.
Talked with Hugh at dinner -- he's writing a book about Romney and the Mormon issue -- and he says Romney is the smartest politician he's ever met. That's a big statement.
Hugh says to read "Making the Corps." John Mark replies that you should read "The Fall of the Roman Empire." (Need the Cliff Notes, says Hugh -- "Don't hire out your defense to Germans, particularly if you are Poles," says JM.) Later, Hugh also recommends "The Looming Tower" which, apparently, argues that it is a "mathematical certainty" that we will not be done with the War on Terror for a long, long time.
John Schroeder of Blogotional stands and asks for a show of hands of how many people in the audience would NOT vote for Mitt Romney because he is a Mormon. Only six people raise their hands. In an audience of a little over 100. Pretty good odds.
GodBlogCon: Bridging the Political Divide
| By Charmaine Yoest
The Dude took extensive notes during the panel I was on and he has them up at his site.
The Bloggin' Boy. . .
| By Charmaine Yoest
I've created a monster! I can't get my computer back from my boy! I'm reduced to Blackberry blogging.
Great picture of the Dude in the Blogging Scrum will follow if I can ever get my laptop back...
Read more on The Dude's blog entries about the Blogger's Convention here.
GodBlogCon: Bridging the Christian Divide
| By Charmaine Yoest
Have arrived at GodBlogCon at Biola University. . . (note to self: do not try to land in LA at 4 PM in the afternoon, as we did last night!) First plenary panel -- Bridging the Christian Divide, with FRC's own Joe Carter, also of Evangelical Outpost.
In the midst of a conversation about why we blog, how we communicate online and who "belongs" in the Christian community, Joe made this trenchant observation:
If we want to be graceful bloggers, we need to be more graceful Christians. We come to conferences like this looking for technological solutions, when what we need is a spiritual solution. . . it's hard to hide who you really are online. It's your words.
