This article was in The Telegraph on 24Aug08. Printed in its entirety in case the link goes down.

Mosab Hassan Yousef, 30, said that his decision to abandon his Muslim faith and denounce his father’s organisation had exposed his family to persecution in his home town of Ramallah and endangered his own life.

But despite the cost, Mr Yousef told The Daily Telegraph that he is convinced that speaking out about the problems of Islam and the “evil” he witnessed back home would help to address the “messed-up situation” in the Middle East and one day bring about peace and enable him to return.

“I’m not afraid of them, especially as I know that I’m doing the right thing, and I don’t see them as my enemies,” he said. “I do think about this a lot. But what are they going to do? Are they going to kill me?

Olde Towne is back and running. Their reopening party is coming soon.

From their website:

Saturday, August 23, 2008, 5-11 pm
DON’T FORGET CHAIRS!
Lowe Mill, corner of Seminole & 9th Avenue, Huntsville, AL
Join us as we celebrate being back in business. Live music includes Walker Street Opry, Microwave Dave and the Turner Family Band. Admission is free and donations are greatly appreciated, with all proceeds being split between the Lowe Mill’s Art Endeavors and Free the Hops. Bring your lawn chairs and have a great time under the stars at historic Lowe Mill. We’ll have food, soft drinks and, of course, Olde Towne beer. Please join us for a great evening.

Other Baptism Pictures can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/groups/sojournhuntsville/

Check out the site… http://relit.org/deathbylove/

Whenever I tell my friends and family about my wife’s and my new hometown of Huntsville, I share with them all kinds of great things about this big town (or small city depending on your perspective). However, to let them know how “grounded” I am, I do tell them my top 3 things Huntsville needs to become perfect. I even tell this to potential new hires I am trying to relocate to Huntsville from Michigan, or California, or DC. And #1 on Rich’s list of what Huntsville needs, a Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Here’s a new site to help stay connected to whats going o in the city.

[url=http://channelhuntsville.com]

Many of you have mobile devices (smartphones) capable of accessing internet webpages anytime you want. Over the past two years I have discovered a few mobile online Bibles that you may find handy. These links below are specially formatted for easy viewing on small screens like your phones.

http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/mobile/ - My new favorite. Offers an easy-to-navigate layout and the pages load very fast. English Standard Version only.
http://mbible.com - The site I’ve used the most. Offers 14 different translations.
http://m.youversion.com/ - From LifeChurch.tv. A site that I’ve rarely used but has a lot of buzz in the blogosphere.

With these websites you can carry The Gospel around with you anywhere you have your mobile device with a data plan. Of course, you could always go out and buy software Bibles to put on your phone. I’ll let you determine the pros and cons of doing that.