7 Days With God’s Army

markkelley.jpgHere is some great material for all the pastoral folks that read BON.

Mark Kelley is a reportor from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and a non-believer.  On this assignment he spends seven days in the U.S. (mostly in the south) covering evangelical Christians.  I’m sure his sarcastic tone will annoy you, and he may even offend you, but he gives a fresh and honest perspective from a non-believer.  He has some great observations, some of them are dead on.  He mentions that it seems like most of the time it’s just ‘Christians talking to Christians’ and a lot of the material seems like propaganda.

Watch the video here, but make sure you set a little time aside, it’s just under 25 minutes long.  I’ve watched it twice already.

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Prince Harry Off To Iraq?

Prince Harry is to be sent to Iraq next year as a troop commander and is likely to patrol the hazardous border with Iran, defence sources have disclosed.

The third in line to the throne will join the Army’s 1st Mechanised Brigade, which will be deployed to Basra in May 2007.

The prince has told colleagues that he is determined to go on operations and be treated as normally as possible – not kept out of the line of fire.

As a troop commander in the Blues and Royals, the prince will have the rank of cornet, equivalent to a second lieutenant, in charge of 11 men and four light tanks.

Although the mission will be hazardous, the prince is keen that his royal position will not disqualify him.

“There’s no way I’m going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country,” he has said.

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