I had the most facinating day at work today. At 11:00 am today, they were removing CA-252 isotopes (used for radiation therapy)  from the HFIR reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The samples are called "rabbits" (actually 6 inch cylindrical pieces of metal) I was told they were going to transfer the "rabbits" to the "rabbit hutch" so I HAD to go watch.

I took my position on the observation deck overlooking the reactor bay. Imagine standing on a second story deck looking down at a swimming pool in your backyard and you'll have a visual image of what I was looking at. I was told to "watch the steel pipes there in the pool and you will see the rabbits go throught the pipes".

WHAT!!!!! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SEE METAL PIECE TRAVELING INSIDE AN OPAQUE METAL PIPE!!!!!!!

"You'll see" was the answer I recieved.

After waiting for all the valves to be set to the proper postion, the room went almost pitch black. How am I suppose to look into the pitch black at a solid metal pipe and see anything!?!?!

The next thing I know, I see these BRIGHTLY GLOWING streaks through the darkness below me. 9 of them to be exact. After the lights came back on, they asked me how many of the "rabbits" I saw. "Nine" was my response. "Good, that means we got them all"

The rabbits were SO radioactively "hot" that they glowed enough to see them through the piping.

And just so you know,  the "Simpson's" is wrong. They didn't glow green.

THEY GLOW BLUE!!!!!!!!

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I start work at ORNL on November 19th. Good bye Neill Sandler Ford, hello High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)!!!!

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Feed Your Faith has a new donation link that you can add to your blog (We'd appreciate it).

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Code to copy this to your blog is found at www.feedyourfaith.org. Please blog about us during the WBBP. Thanks for everything you guys do for us.

Mike

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I just re-read that Navy article from my last blog. This guy is scary smart.

"Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Robert Kilgore, who dumbfounded the staff with his blistering 99 ASVAB score and 3.95 grade point average."

Ok, the 99 ASVAB score isn't what got me (I scored a 99 on it also), but this guy went thru a 26 week nuclear power school (read in nuclear physics, heat transfer and fluid flow, high level calculus) and recieved a 3.95 GPA. This school is Monday thru Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm with an additional mandatory 35 hours per week study hall that must be completed outside regular school hours. (read 40 hours per week classroom time and 5 HOURS PER DAY, EVERY DAY,  7 DAYS A WEEK, FOR 6 MONTHS additional study hall time) Since the information is Classified, you couldn't take it home to study. I went thru this training and recieved a 3.42 GPA which was 6th in my class.

The GPA system doesn't work the same as it does in regular school. A 4.0 GPA is not recieving an "A" in all your classes. A 4.0 GPA in Nuclear Power School is PERFECTION!!!! No test questions answered incorrectly for 6 months.

This means that this guy got a 98.75% score for the school!!!!

And people think that enlisting in the military is a second choice for people who can't make it in college. I beg to disagree.

Well done, Robert Kilgore.

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Ok, the news came yesterday afternoon in the form of an e-mail.

Dear Mr. Williams:

We are please to offer you a Nuclear Reactor Controller position with the Research Reactors Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.......

This is going to be a life changing career switch in many ways. I won't be able to surf the internet nearly as much (or write blogs at work). I won't be able to assist all you wonderful people with your automotive repair needs. I will, however, have a job that can be a career (complete with advancement and educational opportunities, retirement, and 401k.)

I will also be able to put the training I recieved in the Navy to good use.

Let's all go out and celebrate. =)

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Last night, I sat thru the most difficult session of "Growing Kids God's Way" for me, personally. Not that the content is difficult. I don't have a problem with holding my kids, giving them hugs and kisses, or saying "I love you" to them. The problem for me is the memories it always brings up.

My parents divorced when I was 5, and shortly thereafter my dad remarried. I've blocked alot of the memories out, but I do know that I blamed his wife for my dad moving out of my house. (honestly, I don't know if anything was going on there or not, even to this day.) From what I've been told, I was pretty ugly to her when I went to visit. I do remember a time in junior high that she told my dad that she was going to leave while I was there and come back after I left (2 months over summer vacation!!!)

Needless to say, my dad and I didn't have a close relationship. He lived on the other side of the country and I only saw him during summer vacation. I would fly across the country to visit and would spend the whole day by myself while he was at work. When he would come home, we would eat dinner and watch some movie together (he had, and still has, a huge movie collection).

The weekends were sometimes different. The hard thing was that he lived on a farm. We did things together like bailing hay, cleaning out barns, etc. Not that doing these things was bad, they just weren't quality time that we could talk about life. He would be on the tractor bailing hay while I wasdriving a different tractor doing something else. We were together, but apart. I would have given anything to go outside and just kick the soccer ball around, or to play catch with the football.

What hit me the most last night, was when the instructor talked about loving on your kids and letting them know that you, as the father, were proud of them. I didn't get either of that as a kid. I remember being a starter on a state championship contender basketball team and being told, "You'll never be in the NBA." I remember being an all-state track athlete and being told, "You'll never be in the Olympics." Both of the statements, of course, were true. But they still hurt and tear at me as a 32 year old adult.

I heard for the first time I can recall these words from my dad. "I'm proud of you, Mike." I was telling him about the possibility of getting a new job at Oak Ridge. I cried after I hung up the phone. I've needed to hear those words from him for as long as I can remember.

I have been trying for a long time to be able to tell my dad that I love him. Sounds like a simple thing, but for me, it's not. It's not that I don't love him (I do, VERY much). It's that I'm scared about what the response will be. I haven't verbalized it out loud yet, but I did do it in an e-mail this summer (baby steps.) Here was his response.

Thank you, and I hope you have always known that I love you too!

Happy belated Fathers Day to you!!!

Love,

Dad  

This is not a pity party for Mike; I'm ok. This is just a reminder to you dads to love on your kids with everything that is in you!!! Sometimes, it's hard. Believe me, I know. But taking the time will be life-changing for your children.

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I do have to say that today I felt like I was back in Junior High, not a 32 year old adult. I have a new cashier, a 20 year old UT student, who is fairly attractive. She is getting ALOT of attention from my unmarried staff (and some of the married ones unfortunately). I also have a 20 year old car detailer, whom is also fairly attractive (or so I've been told)

Here is the series of events as overheard today in the service office. Attractive male (AM) spending ALOT of time at attractive female's (AF's) cashier window during his lunchtime. After he leaves, AF makes comment to the other cashier that she thinks he is cute. That was her first mistake: letting me hear that comment. For any of you that know me, I CAN'T let that go without teasing her a little ALOT!!!!!! After taking some good-humored joking, AF clocks out and heads to UT to one of her classes. Five minutes later, AM is in my office. His first statement to me is, "Do you think I should ask AF for her phone number?"

I am in Junior High again!!!!

So.... later in the day, AF comes back to work. It's now 4pm. Her first question to me is, "Do you think AM will ask me for my phone number?" to which I respond, "Why don't you just go ask for his or give him your's?"

OH NO!!!!!!!! I CAN'T DO THAT!!!!!!!!!! He'll have to ask me. Would you like me to say something to him? (Feeling very foolish). No, he'll ask if he wants to. Don't say anything to him.

So, because I can't let such a great opportunity pass, I page AM to my office. This mortifies AF and she leaves to "go fax something on the machine up front". This now gives me the chance to talk to AM. "Why don't you ask AF for her phone number?"

OH NO!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T DO THAT!!!!!!!! What if she says no? Oh brother, this is going to be a long afternoon.

Needless to say, this went on until 5:59 tonight at which point AM asks AF for her number. I was not about to leave the office and let him do it in private. I was having way too much fun. He had to ask while I was there.

After he asked, I said goodnight and walked out to my car. I couldn't resist one more jab so I called the office from my cell phone and AF answered. I started laughing and said, "If you would have just allowed me to say something, that could have been done in 30 secs, not an hour and a half." This just embarassed AF more and she told me she "was going to kill me."

I'm so happy I already have Donna's number. =)

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My cousin, Brooks, e-mailed me today to let me know they had finally wrapped shooting in Hawaii for the movie he is filming with Ben Stiller et. al.

He is happy to be leaving Hawaii and heading back to LA. (makes no sense to me =)

Here are a few of the cool shots the movie's still photographer took.

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Well, my cousin is at it again. And since the Evan Almighty stuff seemed to bring some interest, I thought I would share a bit about the new movie Brooks is working on. This is not an endorsement of the movie, necessarily (Brooks said not to bring the kids if I go) but just some neat behing the scenes stuff.

This is a Vietnam type era comedy (still trying to figure it out exactly) directed by Ben Stiller and staring Ben, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. and Nick Nolte.

Brooks is a steadi-cam operator and cameraman and from the sounds of his e-mails is working VERY hard on this movie. Here's some pictures and I'll update more as I hear more.

Complete with body armor and faceshield to protect from shell blanks from the guns and carrying an 85 lb. steadi-cam in Hawaii for 15 hours a day. And we think it's hot here!!!

Explosion made from a 1500 gallon "gas bomb". They could have just given it to me for my car instead!!!

Post some of your favorite movie scenes or moments.

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... guess it depends on who you ask in the Williams' house. I would say that it has.

For the last 20 years 6 months, High school musical has been the main stay of entertainment in my house, much to the delight of the other 4 Williams' people. We have the 1st movie playing in our house almost every day and the soundtrack to the first movie playing constantly in the car.

And now, much to my delight, High School Musical 2 debut was last night.

So today, partyoffive comes home with this family present. The soundtrack.

So now, as I type, and listen to this lovely "gift" in the background, I can't help but smile. My children are smiling and dancing together with Donna. We They really enjoy it.

Now, they have yet another opportunity to join the characters of HSM.

Oh, and who could forget the family night playing

I do have to say, it is slightly growing on me and it is fun watching the rest of my family so happy when it is being played in some form or fashion. So, for those of you who are HSM junky's but can't always sit and watch the whole movie, this is for you.

Now you too can get your HSM fix from any computer in 3 minute clips.

Enjoy!!!

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... I'm going to attach a blog from Ben Olin, lead singer of This Beautiful Republic. They just started a European tour today. They are also going to be at Knoxville Christian Center on 9/7/07. Anyway... thought this would generate a good laugh. It did for me.

Flight attendants and kindergarten teachers

The last 18 hours we've spent traveling we've had a really eventless trip. I got to sit in the emergency exit row on the flight to France so I got to stretch out and be a little bit more comfortable for the 8 hour, 45 minute flight. I've accumulated about 2 hours of sleep in the meantime.... impressive, eh? :) The thing that I thought was the most worth noting was not the Paris airport, the in-flight entertainment system, the disgusting in-flight food, or the amazingly cool weather in Sweden. It's the fact that I now believe all flight attendants are basically Kindergarten teachers that couldn't find work.

Seriously. They are exactly like a kindergarden teacher.

Think about it. The first person that you see on the plane is the flight attendant and what does she do? She tells you where to go and where to sit. Then she gets upset when you try to fit your huge bag into an area that she doesn't like and yells at you to put it somewhere else. She is genuinely annoyed by the fact that you can't figure it out and grabs the bag from you, forces it where she wants, but then smiles at you as she walks away to yell at someone else. So you sit in your seat and this same lady comes back to the front address the class in the nicest tone she has.

"Class? ...let me show you a few things about what we're going to do today. We're going to take off in one place and land in another. If something goes wrong, you can use your seat as a floatation device and if you can't breathe, these nice little masks will come down to pump air in your lungs. Oh yes, don't forget about the tracklighting that will illuminate to show you to the nearest exits. It's going to be such a great time today, are you excited?? I am too, so let's GO!!"

You take off and you're now convinced that she is bipolar. One second she is yanking a bag from you commanding you to sit down, buckle your seat belt, and turn your cell phone off because every plane in the world will crash if you have it on during the flight. The next, she's grabbing you a warm blanket and pillow and getting you ready for nap time. Immediately following the blanket and pillow, she pushes this cute cart down the aisle and politely asks you if she could get you a snack. Maybe some pretzels or crackers? A water or maybe even a cola? She's waiting on you and tending to your every need and comfort. You can almost hear the piano and strings begin to play softly in the background behind the lull of the engines and wind as you start to doze off.

But you can't doze off just yet. It seems the cola has triggered your body to know that new fluids have arrived and old ones may now exit. So, you unbuckle your seat belt, stand up and take three steps towards the lavatory away from the stewardess pushing her cute cart.

"HEY!! STOP!! You are **NOT** free to move about the cabin!!! The fasten seat belt sign is STILL ILLUMINATED!!! SIT DOWN young man!!" she yells to you as you freeze, petrified in the same way that only your mother or your kindergarten teacher could petrify you. You turn back to see if she's serious and as you turn, you see the a face unlike any other face. A face that screamed louder than her mouth was shouting. If you were crystal, it would shatter you with it's energy. The left eye filled with annoyance, the right, frustration. A hair-do that was once perfect and hair-sprayed to never move again, now says: high-strung. Her lips curled out of sheer agitation, and her cheeks, for the first time in the history of man, contributed to her look of doom by adding tension to the boiling pot. You slowly move back to your seat as if you are being hunted by a T-Rex. Maybe she won't see you if you don't move fast. But she does. Her annoyed and frustrated eyes follow your every slow movement back; they even wait longer to burn through the back of your head until the click of your seat belt is heard. You have no need for the bathroom now. Your new pair of jeans suited just fine. You glance back casually as if looking for someone else, but really looking to see if she has removed her gaze yet. She has not, but knowing that she has paralyzed you back to kindergarden-type behavior pacifies her and she moves on with her duties. Almost immediately you can hear,

"Miss? Could I have more coffee?"

"Of course you can dear," she says in the same tone as Julie Andrews would. Appalled, you turn to look at her again, amazed at how quickly the bipolar transformation could happen. She senses it and swiftly looks back your way with a glare and half of a grin, as if to say, "You want some of THIS?? ....just wait until recess. I'm going to get the bully to pick on you so I don't get fired." You shutter and stare wide-eyed straight ahead.

You land. Whew, another day of kindergarden is finished.

You know the feeling when you had an argument with someone at school during the day and then the last school bell rings and everything goes back to buddy-buddy? This happens on the plane too. Not only is she going to make sure that she thanks you for flying, she's going to offer to direct you to your connecting flight, and smile as if to say, "I'm trying to make you think I'm sorry.... but I'm not TRULY sorry."

You scurry away and search frantically for the bus or your Mom to take you home.

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Dr. Hibiscus tagged me on his blog so here is the deal.

1 Pick up a book that is near to you
2 Go to page twelve in the book
3 Read the first two sentences and post it on your blog
4 Also post the book title and the name of the author
5 Tag 3 other People : )

Page 12 reads: My indignation was a lava flow: "God, what's the deal? You know how I get. You know I get fired up sometimes, but I always seem to catch myself before I do something really dumb.

The book is Lifestories written by Mark Hall, lead singer of the Contemporary Christian group Casting Crowns.

If you like the music of Casting Crowns (or even if you don't), this book is wonderful. Mark Hall tells a story of inspiration that is behind each of the songs he has written for Casting Crowns. He then has a "God line" section where he ties the song and the inspiration back to scriptures. The last section is called "The bottom line" and asks some practical application questions for life.

When I set the book down after typing out the sentences from page 12, the book was open to page 104 when I picked it back up. This is the first paragraph to "The Bottom Line" for the song "God Imitators".

• In your own words, write down a simple definition of what it means to be an "imitator of God." Now, honestly assess your walk with Jesus. How seriously do you take the charge to be an imitator of God? How does this show up in your life?

That is the first of 3 bullets from this section associated with this song. I have to say that this book is very enjoyable from a Casting Crown's fan standpoint, but also forces you to look deep within yourself.

I guess that was more then the tag said, but oh well.

I'm tagging partyoffive, arajbrown, and queenofthehill

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Wow!!! I just stopped by a friend's house today to drop off a copy of poster he had designed for Feed Your Faith. As I was turning to leave, Michael said "Wait, I want you to come and see this video." I was in a hurry to leave because I had promised to take the kids swimming. "I have five minutes", I said.

So, here is the background. In England, there is a show called "Britian's Got Talent". It is the same as "America's Got Talent" in which people come on stage with any talent they have and try to impress the judges into voting them on to the next round. Piers is one of the judges (he is on both "AGT" and "BGT"). Simon Cowell from American Idol is one of the other judges. Anyway....

Paul Potts is a VERY ordinary Joe. He comes out on stage and you can tell from the looks on the judge's faces they don't think they will be impressed. When they ask "What will you be doing?" and the answer is "Singing opera" you can almost see the laughter in their eyes.

That brings me to the clip of the performance. View this and then read on.

I have to say that I was very impressed by:

1. How incredibly talented Paul Potts is.
2. How incredibly humble Paul Potts is.

I have watched this video 3 times now (and probably would watch more if Donna would let me) and I have had tears in my eyes each time. I just think it is very cool when someone with amazing talent is so humble and gracious and nervous. He honestly didn't think he would make it past the first round. These shows have a lot of people that just want to be on TV, but every once in a while there is a "diamond in the rough."

Congratulations Paul Potts. Go make your dream to sing come true.

Update
As of this evening, Paul Potts’ MySpace page lists his occupation as “EX - Carphone Warehouse Salesman”. This evening he won Britain’s Got Talent. Next week, he will be recording his first record, and soon he will be singing for the Queen.

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Ok, I just have to say that last Friday was one of the most fun days I've had in a very long time. So many firsts. FYF held it's first concert and it was a blast. Caleb attended his first concert just to name a few.

The "day at the concert" started at 1pm when the truck from M&L Sound showed up. Guy (the sound guy) was great. He is a strong Christian and when he found out what FYF is all about, he cut almost 50% of the sound bill (praise God) But back to the concert... We took an hour loading in and hooking up the largest speakers I had ever seen. Hard work but also great friends to be working with and a good cause to be working for.

When the sound was done, it was time to start loading in the bands. it was fun to work side by side with them and to listen to them joke about being "B-level bands" as they set up their own stage. (even though they are Dove award winners). Here's a shot of load-in.

After load-in, the guys from "This Beautiful Republic" were hungry. When we offered to go get them something and asked what they would like, Their answer was "ARBY"S!!!" So off went RickY to get 4 bags of Arby's sandwiches. The sad part about that was that when the catered meal from Texas Roadhouse showed up, they were too full to eat it. All the bands completed their sound checks and seperated to watch TV, play on computers, and to sleep. Here is the completed stage.

After dinner, we started running all over the place making sure everything was in order before the doors opened. The church had told us they would have volunteers available for anything we needed done, but they all seemed to have duties when they arrived. Thank you to all our friends that stepped in last minute to fill the voids!!!

This Beautiful Republic took the stage first and completely ROCKED the place. They had a very energetic and loud set and I LOVED THEM!!! All 14 band members (3 bands worth) were great but I think Ben (TBR's lead singer) and I clicked the best. Here's a shot of ben and the e-mail he sent me after the show.

Thanks so much Mike! Glad that you were there and we appreciate the encouragement more than you know. Hopefully you had HALF as much fun as we did. :) Let's do it again soon!! We were definitely taken good care of at your show, it was amazing and it makes us ( and other bands) want to work with you because you take care of the details. I hope it was a success and wish you guys the best of luck. See you soon!

Ben and the TBR guys.

Next up was NEEDTOBREATHE, best know for their song "Shine On". I honestly believe they were the most gifted musically of the three bands (just my opinion) especially the lead singer. They did a great acoustic version of "Shine On" to end their set. Here is a shot of their lead singer.

Last but not least came Sanctus Real. They were truly amazing as well. Very humble and grateful guys. They were just happy to be able to play and to tell people about Jesus. 5 truly incredible guys. I look forward to working with them again soon. Here is my favorite shot from the day that I have seen so far. This is Matt, the lead singer of Sanctus Real.

All three groups hung out to sign autographs after the show. They posed for pictures. They especially like the kids that were there. Here is Caleb and his soccer buddy Hunter, with Sanctus Real.

We then loaded it all back into trailers and made the church look as if nothing had taken place.

After everyone had left, dad2three and I sat in the parking lot and rehashed the days events. I got home at 1am, the adreneline let me fall asleep at 2:30 am, and I was up for work at 6am. Needless to say, after work I came home, ate dinner, and fell asleep at 6:30pm. I woke up at 8am the next morning. :)

Well, that is my recap of the day. I'm sorry it was so long (I could have added alot more) but these are the highlights. I definately have found something I love to do and feel like is making a difference. Best of all, I have a supportive wife that loves to help and a great partner in ministry. (Thanks RickY) I also have lots of good friends who are willing to help in any way they can.

Thanks everyone and we'll see you at the next event.

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Well, today I finally let out some of the ill feelings I had been storing up towards smallworld. (joking here, kind of)

For the last month, I have noticed that my wife, dad2three (out on parole I might add), and many of our friends are listed at the top of smallworld's friends list in a section called local yokels. My blog, however, failed to make this "cool kids club" list. There is another section much further down that you must look at to find me (I'll show this in a moment).

The ironic thing was that I was told that before I got home today, this unfortunate situation would be resolved. I've now been home for 6 hours since this conversation and, as you can see, I'm still at the bottom of the list.

Dr. Hibiscus
dad2three, out on parole
Tia
Tim Richardson
Sharon
JennfromTenn
Donna
brownsugar
Amy
JenMc
BL13
Sarah
Brother John
LoLo's World
Duncan's Doodles
BB's Best
Queen of the Hill

BethTN
Amy Beth
Gena
Betsy
Tennessee
Pat
Maria
JenIg

TOSPUBLISHER
JenIG
sparkshomeschoolmom
ServingHim
mom26kidz
Suzanne
MySmokyMtnHomeschool
livin4Him6
TNMOMTOMANYBLESSINGS
HomeschoolFREAKS
daddysgirl
hsmomof2
iowaimport
JennLovesJesus
PatinTenn
toxicmom3
TheMonkeyParade
cricket313
grace4gayle
leastofthese
BrokenMom
HomeForHim
Rebeca
SweetHomeTennessee
dawilli
Tennessee
mizmunce
CommunicationFUNdamentals
iluvmy3chickiesandtheirdaddy2
schooldad
RollsLife
launching5arrows
healthyhomeschool
jennfromtenn
Swimmom
Bearingfruit
pianosteve
arajbrown
BrownSugar
CandyFoote
Glory
Dad2Three
jenmcintyre
Haflingerhorses
TN131
BHEA
tiredmom
hisdisciple92
lazyjazz
ApplesofGold
kateyz
TeamNewman
DrHibiscus
bookwormmom
Redo
recon77
DuncanS
LoLo
Doverspike1
MrsPivec
Dechertimes2
ComfyDenim
misskris
BB
StormMami2Angelz
MominIN
MilkyWay
onfire
eclecticmoments
SnoeGirl21
DaddysPrincess
MrsChoco
Aprilelah
happylittlemama
sharonkay
QueenoftheHill
ChrisBryant
meNmykids
sforrester
partyoffive
fyftn
skdenfeld
weesma
debbiecorley
FLYleaf
poprocksandcoke42
StillHisGirl
3greatkidsmom

Maybe someday....

P.S. Come see Sanctus Real in concert tomorrow night. Nothing like a shameless plug to lift my spirits!!!

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... I now have a myspace page. Check it out--- http://www.myspace.com/feedyourfaith   

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Feed Your faith is very excited to announce that Dove award winning group SANCTUS REAL will me in Maryville, TN on May 4th. We were blessed to be able to host this event after a last minute tour date cancelation. Help us spread the word about this concert and help us support our Ministry partner "School of Hope".

Post about Sanctus Real or post that you are coming. God Bless.

FEED YOUR FAITH presents an up close and personal evening with Dove Award winning

Feed Your Faith is a ministry started by Maryville resident Mike Williams.  The non-profit group brings well-known speakers, authors and performing artists to East Tennessee to help Christians grow in their faith while raising money to help local charities.  Past Feed Your Faith Events have raised thousands of dollars for organizations including the Second Harvest Food Bank, Knox Area Rescue Ministries and the Compassion Coalition. Last year, Rick Laney joined Mike Williams as a partner to promote and market the Feed Your Faith events.  Most recently, Feed Your Faith brought best-selling author Lee Strobel to Knoxville.  Feed Your Faith now partners with Cedar Springs Christian Bookstores, Love 89, Joy 62 and many local churches to extend the reach of this exciting ministry.

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I read this article today, and it begs me to ask the question... "Is this true?"

Read this article and then comment on the following questions. (and more if you would like)

1. Is this article true or false? Why do you feel that way?
2. Will the media react in the way the author recommends? Will anyone else?
3. Does the race and gender of the author add or detract from what the author says? How?

Please take the time to read this careful and post your comments. Then check back from time to time and comment on the comments.

Mike

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I know i've been out of the blogging world for a while, but I'm back now. Yesterday was the fruition of months of hard work and planning as my non profit organization, Feed Your Faith, brought  New York Times bestselling author and speaker Lee Strobel to Knoxville. Here is the breakdown of the day.

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