http://www.thepurplesky.com Where Kingdom Culture Lives Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:04:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/29/dont-be-afraid-to-happen/ http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/29/dont-be-afraid-to-happen/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:30:42 +0000 PurpleSky http://www.thepurplesky.com/?p=2093 You know, Jesus never promoted himself and yet He never hid His greatness. Don’t you want that same grace–to simply BE GREAT? We all want the same thing-permission to “happen.” I admire Jesus for that. He Happened in a major way and He was unapologetic about it. He had no worries about freedom of speech [...]]]> http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/29/dont-be-afraid-to-happen/feed/ 1 http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/23/what-can-christians-learn-from-kanye-west-mel-gibson/ http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/23/what-can-christians-learn-from-kanye-west-mel-gibson/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:42:02 +0000 L.A.W. http://www.thepurplesky.com/?p=2072 I am an independent filmmaker who recently had, what I regarded in my natural man as a set-back. I made a move that seemed like a natural career advancing move. I assumed it was GOD blessing me, or at least convinced myself it was but in truth it was me working in the natural to [...]]]> http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/23/what-can-christians-learn-from-kanye-west-mel-gibson/feed/ 0 http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/19/jesus-if-youre-real/ http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/19/jesus-if-youre-real/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:18:18 +0000 PurpleSky http://www.thepurplesky.com/?p=1676 http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/19/jesus-if-youre-real/feed/ 1 http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/18/school-founder-admits-sexual-abuse-in-haiti/ http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/18/school-founder-admits-sexual-abuse-in-haiti/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:29:09 +0000 PurpleSky http://www.thepurplesky.com/?p=2008 Who is Douglas Perlitz? Well, the 40 year old Colorado man founded the Project Pierre Toussaint School in Haiti in 1997 to help clothe, feed and school homeless boys. Sounds pretty noble, eh?  Unfortunately he plead guilty to illicit sexual conduct with 8 of the boys.  The abuse is said to have gone on for [...]]]> http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/18/school-founder-admits-sexual-abuse-in-haiti/feed/ 1 http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/17/montana-fishburne-porn-star-whats-a-father-to-do/ http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/17/montana-fishburne-porn-star-whats-a-father-to-do/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:15:19 +0000 PurpleSky http://www.thepurplesky.com/?p=1993 According to TMZ.com (yes, TMZ) Laurence Fishburne’s daughter Montana-turned porn star  says Laurence told her she is unwelcome in his life and wants nothing to do with her … at least for now.  According to Montana, her dad said, “I’m not going to speak with you ’till you turn your life around.” Montana says Laurence [...]]]> http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/17/montana-fishburne-porn-star-whats-a-father-to-do/feed/ 1 http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/15/short-film-strangers-turns-the-lense-on-racism/ http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/15/short-film-strangers-turns-the-lense-on-racism/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:31:53 +0000 PurpleSky http://www.thepurplesky.com/?p=1570 The short film Strangers (2004) by: Erez Tadmor & Guy Nattiv tells the compelling tale of two young men, one Arab and one Jewish who are motivated by fear to overcome their racial prejudice and hatred when suddenly confronted with a menacing gang of skinheads. The film won Best Short at Sundance Film Festival 2004 [...]]]> http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/15/short-film-strangers-turns-the-lense-on-racism/feed/ 0 http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/13/texas-rep-louie-gohmert-spazzes-on-anderson-cooper/ http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/13/texas-rep-louie-gohmert-spazzes-on-anderson-cooper/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:25:20 +0000 PurpleSky http://www.thepurplesky.com/?p=1938 Apparently Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert supports the threat of “terror babies” enough to mention it on the Congress floor.   The phrase refers to a concern that terrorist organizations send pregnant women into the U.S. so that their children will be American citizens who can enter and leave the country at will as they are trained [...]]]> http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/13/texas-rep-louie-gohmert-spazzes-on-anderson-cooper/feed/ 1 http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/13/video-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-a-black-woman/ http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/13/video-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-a-black-woman/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:07:09 +0000 PurpleSky http://www.thepurplesky.com/?p=1912 To all my ladies and gents out there this young man needs to be heard. My heart longs for this type of expression. I truly feel loved. Very purple young Joshua. Very purple indeed. Introducing Mr. Joshua Bennett…]]> http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/13/video-10-things-i-want-to-say-to-a-black-woman/feed/ 0 http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/13/loved-ones-lost/ http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/13/loved-ones-lost/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:00:36 +0000 PurpleSky http://www.thepurplesky.com/?p=1925 How many of us forsake our family for our own selfish desires? Drake kept it real when he said, “…I heard they just moved my grandmother to a nursing home, and I be acting like I don’t know how to work- a -phone, but hit redial and you see, I just called a chic, I [...]]]> http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/08/13/loved-ones-lost/feed/ 0 http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/07/01/the-proverbial-challenge-reading-the-book-of-proverbs-in-31-days/ http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/07/01/the-proverbial-challenge-reading-the-book-of-proverbs-in-31-days/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:01:59 +0000 PurpleSky http://www.thepurplesky.com/?p=1886 Okay. Since Solomon was supposedly the wisest dude in the Bible (except for Jesus of course) why not take a closer look at what he had to say in the Book of Proverbs?  My plan -to read one chapter a day.  I figured since July has 31 days and the book of Proverbs has 31 [...]]]> http://www.thepurplesky.com/2010/07/01/the-proverbial-challenge-reading-the-book-of-proverbs-in-31-days/feed/ 0