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Ted Haggard
|Ted Haggard
|Ted Arthur Haggard
June 27, 1956
Yorktown, Indiana, US
|Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
|Evangelical Christian pastor
|Gayle Alcorn (m. 1978–present)
Ted Arthur Haggard (born June 27, 1956) is an American evangelical pastor. Known as Pastor Ted to the congregation he served, he was the founder and former pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado; a founder of the Association of Life-Giving Churches; and was leader of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) from 2003 until November 2006.
In November 2006, male prostitute and masseur Mike Jones alleged that Haggard had paid him for sex for three years and had also purchased and used crystal methamphetamine.[1] Haggard denied having sexual intercourse with Jones, but admitted purchasing crystal methamphetamine, claiming he did not use the drug. A few days later Haggard resigned from all of his leadership positions. Grant Hass, who formerly attended New Life Church, has said that then-pastor Ted Haggard performed a sex act (allegedly masturbation) in front of him in a hotel room in 2006 and sent him explicit text messages.[2]
After the scandal was publicized, Haggard entered three weeks of intensive counseling, overseen by four ministers. In February 2007, one of those ministers, Tim Ralph, said that Haggard "is completely heterosexual."[3] Ralph later said he meant that therapy "gave Ted the tools to help to embrace his heterosexual side." On June 1, 2010 Haggard announced that he intended to start a new church in Colorado Springs.[4] In a July 2010 interview with CNN, he confirmed that he has "completely shunned away any homosexual feelings he has had in the past."[5] In the February 2011 issue of GQ, however, Haggard said that, "probably, if I were 21 in this society, I would identify myself as a bisexual."[6]
- 1 Early life and education
- 2 Career as minister
- 3 Beliefs
- 4 Television and movie appearances
- 5 Personal life
- 6 Books
- 7 See also
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Early life and education
Haggard was born in Indiana.[7] His father, J. M. Haggard, a practicing veterinarian in Yorktown, Indiana, founded an international charismatic ministry, which was featured in a PBS Middletown documentary series.[8]
Haggard reportedly stated on an audio tape posted to the internet that he was molested when he was seven years old.[9]
In 1972, at age sixteen, Haggard became a born-again Christian after hearing a sermon from evangelist Bill Bright in Dallas, Texas and becoming acquainted with the Christian apologetics of C.S. Lewis.[8]
As a co-editor of his high-school newspaper in 1974, Haggard published remarkably frank articles which described services that were available to prevent and deal with increasingly prevalent pregnancies and STDs. These articles scandalized his small town and embroiled him in a free-press lawsuit.
Haggard describes feeling the call of God on his life after his first year in college, while he was in the kitchen at home. He had been a telecommunications major with a minor in journalism, but after this experience he believed he had been called to pastor. "I was totally surprised," Haggard wrote in The Life-Giving Church. "I . . . told the Lord I wanted to serve Him. But before I mentioned this to anyone, especially to my parents, I asked the Lord to assure me by using others to confirm His calling on my life. I felt as though He consented . . ." Within forty-eight hours, Haggard felt that he received four unsolicited confirmations: from a Sunday school teacher, a pastor, a friend, and from his father.[10] Haggard subsequently attended Oral Roberts University, a Christian university in Tulsa, Oklahoma, graduating in 1978.[11]
Career as minister
According to Haggard, in November 1984, when he was an associate pastor of Bethany World Prayer Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, his confidant and mentor Danny Ost, a missionary to Mexico City, had a vision of Haggard founding his church in Colorado Springs. Accordingly, Haggard moved to Colorado shortly afterwards, and founded New Life Church. Initially, the 22 people who met in the basement of Haggard's house formed his church, which then grew to rented spaces in strip malls.[12] Haggard was unconventional in his approach to ministering to people. Through random acts of kindness, Haggard would sometimes skip the morning offering and surprise needy people, like returning military personnel and single parents, with financial blessings by asking the congregation to lay money at their feet as they stood in front of the congregation. After 22 years, New Life Church operated from a campus in northern Colorado Springs and had a congregation of 14,000.[13] In 1993, during what Haggard describes as his "first prayer journey," he traveled with a group to Israel. They stood on the Mount of Olives, where Haggard claimed to have felt the Holy Spirit speak to him. "From that time until now," Haggard writes in The Life-Giving Church, "apostolic power has blessed me. My only problems are with me — not with the enemy, not with circumstances, not with people." [14]
Scandal and removal from job
In November 2006, escort and masseur Mike Jones alleged that Haggard had paid Jones to engage in sex with him for three years and had also purchased and used crystal methamphetamine.[1] Jones said he had only recently learned of Haggard's true identity, and explained his reasons for coming forward by saying, "It made me angry that here's someone preaching against gay marriage and going behind the scenes having gay sex." Jones made the allegations public in response to Haggard's political support for a Colorado Amendment 43 on the November 7, 2006 Colorado ballot that would ban same-sex marriage in that state. Jones told ABC News, "I had to expose the hypocrisy. He is in the position of influence of millions of followers, and he's preaching against gay marriage. But behind everybody's back [he's] doing what he's preached against."[15] Jones hoped that his statements would sway voters.[16]
Haggard's immediate response was denial. He told a Denver television station, "I did not have a homosexual relationship with a man in Denver... I am steady with my wife. I'm faithful to my wife." Haggard also said, "I have never done drugs--ever. Not even in high school. I didn't smoke pot. I didn't do anything like that. I'm not a drug man. We're not a drinking family. I don't smoke cigarettes. I don't socially drink. We don't socially drink. We don't have wine in our house. We don't do that kind of thing." Many evangelical leaders initially showed support for Haggard and were critical of media reports, including James Dobson who issued a statement of support for Haggard, which stated: "It is unconscionable that the legitimate news media would report a rumor like this based on nothing but one man's accusation.... Ted Haggard is a friend of mine, and it appears someone is trying to damage his reputation as a way of influencing the outcome of Tuesday's election -- especially the vote on Colorado's marriage-protection amendment, which Ted strongly supports."[17][18]
Cornered by his voicemail to Mike Jones requesting meth, Haggard told the press, "I bought it for myself but never used it. I was tempted but I never used it." Haggard claimed he bought the meth but threw it away.[19] Haggard claimed he had never met his accuser. Jones volunteered to take a polygraph test on a KHOW radio show hosted by Peter Boyles, where Jones first made the allegations. However, Jones's responses during the section of the polygraph test about whether he had engaged in sex with Haggard indicated deception. The test administrator, John Kresnik, discounted the test results because of Jones's stress and lack of eating or sleeping. Regardless, Haggard responded by saying, "We're so grateful that he failed a polygraph test this morning, my accuser did." Jones was not asked questions about drug use. Jones expressed doubt that he would retake the test, saying "I've made my point. He's the one who has discredited himself. He should admit it and move on."[20] Eventually, Haggard acknowledged almost all of the allegations against him, including using meth [21] and resigned from all of his leadership positions in religious organizations including the National Association of Evangelicals.
Due to the scandal, Haggard went on administrative leave from New Life saying "I am voluntarily stepping aside from leadership so that the overseer process can be allowed to proceed with integrity. I hope to be able to discuss this matter in more detail at a later date. In the interim, I will seek both spiritual advice and guidance."[22] On November 2, 2006, senior church officials told Colorado Springs television station KKTV that Haggard had admitted to some of the claims made by Jones.[23] In an e-mail to New Life Church parishioners sent on the evening of November 2, Acting Senior Pastor Ross Parsley wrote, "It is important for you to know that he [Haggard] confessed to the overseers that some of the accusations against him are true."[24] Haggard admitted that he had purchased methamphetamine and received a massage from Jones, but he denied using the drugs or having sex with Jones. "I called him to buy some meth, but I threw it away. I bought it for myself but never used it", Haggard claimed in a television interview, and added, "I was tempted, but I never used it."[21][25]
As it became apparent that some of the claims were true, some evangelical leaders such as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell sought to distance themselves and downplay Haggard's influence on religious conservatives and downplay the importance of the NAE. On his television show, The 700 Club, Robertson said, "We're sad to see any evangelical leader fall" and also said the claim that the NAE represents thirty million people "just isn't true.... We can't get their financial data. I think it's because they have very little money and very little influence." During a CNN interview, Falwell went on record saying, "[Haggard] doesn't really lead the movement. He's president of an association that's very loose-knit... and no one has looked to them for leadership."[26] White House spokesman Tony Fratto sought to downplay Haggard's influence on the White House by saying that Haggard was only occasionally part of the weekly calls between evangelical leaders and the White House and had visited there only "a couple" of times. Dobson also issued another public statement saying he was "heartsick" of learning about Haggard's admissions and that "the possibility that an illicit relationship has occurred is alarming to us and to millions of others." James Dobson also stated that "[Haggard] will continue to be my friend, even if the worst allegations prove accurate" but "nevertheless, sexual sin, whether homosexual or heterosexual, has serious consequences."[27]
On November 3, 2006, Haggard's resignation of leadership of the National Association of Evangelicals was accepted.[28] On November 7, Leith Anderson was appointed as the new president. Later, the board cited the bylaws of the megachurch and said his conduct compelled them to remove him from his job.[29] The "Overseer Board of New Life Church" released a statement on November 4 that Haggard had been fired as Senior Pastor of New Life: "Our investigation and Pastor Haggard's public statements have proven without a doubt that he has committed sexually immoral conduct." Ross Parsley, the Associate Senior Pastor, was then named Haggard's successor. Haggard then entered counseling by a team including Jack Hayford and Tommy Barnett who stated their intention to "perform a thorough analysis of Haggard's mental, spiritual, emotional and physical life," including the use of polygraph tests. The team was to include James Dobson, who later stepped aside, citing time constraints. H.B. London, Focus on the Family's vice president of church and clergy, took Dobson's place on the team.[30]
Since leaving the church
In April 2007, the Haggard family moved to Phoenix, Arizona to start a "restoration" process. They attended Phoenix First Assembly of God, whose pastor, Tommy Barnett, was on his counseling team. Haggard reached an agreement with New Life Church on a severance package that would pay him through 2007; one of the conditions was that he had to leave the Colorado Springs area.[31] His last reported income was $138,000, not including benefits. Since the scandal broke, attendance at New Life Church has been down about 20 percent with financial support falling 10 percent. As a consequence, the church has laid off 44 employees, representing about 12 percent of its workforce.[32] On February 6, 2008, the new pastor at New Life Church issued a press release announcing that Haggard had requested to leave the team created to "restore" him and that as Haggard's restoration is "incomplete," he is not welcome to return to vocational ministry at New Life.[33]
In August 2007, Haggard released a statement asking for monetary donations to help support his family while he and his wife attend classes at the University of Phoenix. Haggard is pursuing a degree in counseling while his wife Gayle is studying psychology. He also announced that his family was moving into the Dream Center, a Phoenix-based halfway house that ministers to recovering convicts, drug addicts, and prostitutes. After Haggard's request for donations, a member of Haggard's restoration team said he should have consulted with them before releasing a statement. News media pointed out several questions concerning the need for his fund-raising including his previous six-figure salary, his $138,000 severance package, an $85,000 anniversary bonus which was paid shortly before the scandal broke, the Haggards' Colorado Springs home which was valued at more than $600,000, and royalties from Haggard's many books. Questions also surfaced about the tax-exempt group (Families With a Mission) Haggard asked that donations be sent to on his behalf. According to Haggard, the group would use 10% of donations for administrative costs and forward 90% to Haggard. But the group was dissolved in February 2007, according to the Colorado Secretary of State. A few days after Haggard's initial email statement, his restoration team stepped in to say his statement was "inappropriate" and that "Haggard was a little ahead of himself." They indicated that Haggard would not be working at the Dream Center or in ministry of any kind and that they advised Haggard to seek secular employment to support himself and his family.[34][35][36][37][38]
In June 2008, the severance deal with the New Life Church at an end, Haggard was "free to live where he wanted" and returned to his Colorado Springs home. Also in June, an email surfaced in which Haggard admitted masturbating with Jones and taking drugs, as alleged in 2006. Kurt Serpe, who provided the email, said Haggard "craved sex, he was a sexaholic." In November 2008, Haggard said in guest sermons at an Illinois church that his actions had roots in sexual abuse by an adult when he was seven years old. He also agreed to appear in Alexandra Pelosi's HBO documentary about his sex scandal titled The Trials of Ted Haggard, that premiered on HBO in January 2009. According to the documentary, Haggard has begun a new career selling insurance.[39][40][41][42][43]
In January 2009, after the release of The Trials of Ted Haggard, Haggard and wife Gayle appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, and other national media programs to offer a public apology and confession for the issues that spurred his resignation. The couple also appeared on the syndicated television show Divorce Court in April 2009. On the program, Ted says he wanted his wife to divorce him after the scandal, saying that he thought he had become so "toxic" that divorce was best for Gayle and their children. On March 11, 2009, Haggard attended a performance in New York of This Beautiful City, a play about him and the Colorado Springs evangelical community. In August 2009, Haggard told Charisma magazine: "I do not believe my childhood experience is an excuse. I fell into sin and failed to extract myself. I am responsible, and I have repented." He also extols the benefits of qualified counselors: "I highly recommend qualified Christian counseling... for anyone losing their fight with any kind of compulsive thoughts or behaviors. ... I believe our generation of believers is going to have to accept that it's not always lack of faith if we need counseling for assistance with integrity. If I had gone to counseling, I probably could have completely avoided my crisis."[44][45][46][47]
Since the "repentance broadcasts," Haggard and his wife have travelled to churches and appeared on radio and television broadcasts. They have also begun to have former church members and friends come to their home for "healing meetings," in which Haggard apologizes, answers any questions, and discusses "how the Gospel can inform our responses to others who violate biblical standards." The couple has been writing, traveling, and speaking about the events of the past several years. In November 2009, Haggard began holding prayer meetings in his Colorado Springs basement. One hundred ten people attended the first prayer meeting.[48] By the next meeting, the large number of attendees forced him to move the prayer meeting to his barn. Haggard also says he has been named an overseer at a church, someone who counsels and advises church leaders on moral, ethical and religious issues.[49] In May 2010, Haggard announced he was incorporating a new church for accounting purposes,[50] And by June 2010, Haggard said he would operate a full-blown church.[51] On April 11, 2010, Haggard and his wife conducted an interview at Lifepoint Church in Fredericksburg, VA. There was much controversy as to whether or not the church should pay for this interview.[52]
Other allegations surface
On January 23, 2009, less than one week before The Trials of Ted Haggard was released on HBO, officials from Haggard's former church announced that a young male church member had come forward in 2006 and that there was an "overwhelming pool of evidence [of an] inappropriate, consensual sexual relationship [that] went on for a long period of time [with Haggard]... it wasn't a one-time act." Haggard's successor, Brady Boyd, said the church reached a six figure settlement with the man, who was in his early 20s at the time.[53] According to the man, the contact was "not consensual".[53] Later reports indicated that the relationship did not involve physical contact, but that on one occasion Haggard masturbated in front of the young man, who was 22 years old at the time.[54] The man, Grant Haas, added that New Life Church paid him $179,000 to cover his counseling to help recover from the situation, and pay college tuition.[55] Haggard openly admitted to the second, albeit nonsexual relationship with Haas on CNN and other media, and when asked if he had had additional gay relationships that have been unreported, Haggard did not provide a direct answer.[56] In the aftermath of both the allegations of New Life paying financial penalties to Haas and the documentary on Haggard's struggles being released, attendance and giving dropped substantially at New Life Church, leading to a second round of layoffs in February 2009.[57]
Return to the pulpit in Colorado Springs
In October 2009, the Colorado Springs Independent published the first extensive interview with Haggard to appear in the secular press since the 2006 scandal. Over the course of a 2½ hour interview, the former pastor talked about the scandal, his agreement never to return to New Life or the state of Colorado, suicidal ideas and the prospect of starting a new church in Colorado Springs. "Back in the old days," said Haggard, "when somebody would get in trouble, they'd just need to move 40 or 50 miles, or a hundred miles, and they could start again. Not anymore. Which is one of the reasons why we needed to come home. Because I needed to finish this story from here."
On November 4, Haggard posted a message on his Twitter account announcing his intent to begin public prayer meetings in his Colorado Springs home.[58][59] Following one such meeting, Haggard referred to his "resurrection" subsequent to his death and burial.[60] On December 7, he started holding the prayer meetings in his barn.[61]
On June 6, 2010 the first meeting of the St. James Church, with Haggard as pastor, was held at the Haggard home.[62] Newsweek's June 7, 2010, issue's BACK STORY listed Haggard among prominent conservative activists who have a record of supporting anti-gay legislation and are later caught in a gay sex scandal.[63] In a July 2010 interview he gave to CNN,[64] Haggard claimed that his feelings of sexual attraction to other men had miraculously disappeared. Haggard portrayed his encounter with the male prostitute as a massage that went awry.[65]
Haggard has stated he believes in what is known as the Third Wave of the Holy Spirit and subscribes to the concept referred to as the fivefold ministry – beliefs often associated with the Charismatic Movement. He has stated that he believes that there is one, all-knowing God, and that humans were created to be with him.
"Life-Giving Church"
Haggard developed a concept he called "The Life-Giving Church" which amounted to his ministry practice. He believed that churches and their members either lived "in the Tree of Life" or "in the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil", referring to the two trees in the Garden of Eden (see Gen. 2:9). He wrote a book, The Life-Giving Church, to expound on this difference, and said that motivations are the key difference between two types of Christians. For instance, Haggard proposed, two women can stand outside an abortion clinic with protest signs. The "tree of life" protestor is there because she loves the unborn and has compassion for the mother and father. The "tree of knowledge of good and evil" protestor has come because she believes abortion is evil and must be stopped. "One way we can tell which tree we are living in," writes Haggard, "is our response to sin... one of the greatest marks of bearing His [Christ's] character is our response to someone else's sin. If we handle others' mistakes with a life-giving attitude, then we (and they) have the opportunity to enjoy great power and freedom. But if we handle others' mistakes negatively, then we're eating from the wrong tree and will begin to die." Christians who live in the "tree of life," writes Haggard, "grow in their understanding of right and wrong, and they find great insight, wisdom, victory and joy in the stream of Jesus' righteousness." Those who dwell in the opposite tree find and display "frustration, judgmental attitudes, and death."[66]
In The Life-Giving Church, Haggard sets forth bylaws he initiated which are meant to help other churches with forming their own bylaws. From the Statement of Faith, to the replacement of a new pastor, the entire set of bylaws is listed in the back of this book. A significant part of the bylaws is the universal pay scale Haggard instituted for all pastoral staff. Including himself, all pastors were paid on the same scale so that the longer one was employed, the better the pay became. There were also provisions for numbers of children in a family and years of pastoral experience. "I was there longer than a lot of the other people but, if you were a youth pastor there, at five years you were making what I was making at five years."[67][68]
A significant part of Haggard's ministry at New Life Church was based around an entrepreneurial leadership model, which is also covered in The Life-Giving Church. Haggard felt that young and upcoming leaders of the church would bog down in "cumbersome systems" in their churches and decide to take their talents elsewhere, resulting in the church losing its "brightest and best future leaders".[69] Rather than a top-down command and control hierarchy where Haggard made all the decisions and people fell in line, he instituted a free market concept that encouraged young leaders to debate the best ideas (even to the point of disagreeing with him) and pursue God-inspired dreams and visions in their own departments and beyond.[68] In Haggard's book, Primary Purpose, he explains that the normal leadership style that governments and many corporations use is top down, while the servant leadership model he teaches is the opposite. In a visual representation, Haggard uses an upside down triangle to illustrate this concept. The leader is at the bottom and the people to be served are on top. This "Philippians 2 Attitude" comes from the scripture that states, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your interests, but also to the interests of others."[70] "I took a free-market approach to that and just wanted to empower people to minister whatever was in their hearts."[68] Some of the best known results of this model are the Mill, the Desperation Band and Desperation interns, the Furnace and World Prayer Center, 24/7 leadership training and New Life Groups, a unique brand of free-market small groups as well as many others.[71] As an example of his coaching of young leaders, John Bolin, in the book Confident Parents, Exceptional Teens which he co-wrote with Haggard, says "[Haggard] talked about communicating with people by improving my posture, poise, and delivery. He painstakingly coached me to stand up tall, to speak with confidence, to look people in the eye, and to articulate with concise clarity... he knew I wouldn't be effective... unless I understood the principle of communication and connection by presenting myself well".[72]
In 2005, Haggard was listed by Time magazine as one of the top 25 most influential evangelicals in America.[73] Haggard was a firm supporter of former US President George W. Bush, and is sometimes credited with rallying evangelicals behind Bush during the 2004 election.[74] Author Jeff Sharlet reported in 2005 that Haggard "talks to... Bush or his advisers every Monday" and stated at that time that "no pastor in America holds more sway over the political direction of evangelicalism."[75]
Haggard has stated that fighting global warming is an important issue, a divisive issue among Evangelical leaders. Though he personally supported the Evangelical Climate Initiative, the NAE did not adopt a position.[76]
Teachings on homosexuality
In 2006, Haggard and his church supported "Amendment 43" to the Colorado Constitution.[77] It provided, "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state."[78] Although Colorado law already defined marriage as being between a man and a woman, Haggard and other gay marriage opponents sought to enshrine the prohibition in the state constitution, so that the Colorado Supreme Court would not have the power to declare the statute unconstitutional. In the movie Jesus Camp, Haggard says, "we don't have to debate about what we should think about homosexual activity. It's written in the Bible."[79] Haggard initially opposed same-sex marriage, but supported civil unions for homosexual couples.[80] He later came to support same-sex marriage as a civil institution, saying that while he still believes it is forbidden under Biblical law, he feels that "we need to be careful not to inculcate [biblical law] into civil law."[81]
Under Haggard's leadership, the NAE released "For the Health of the Nation: An Evangelical Call to Civic Responsibility" in late 2004, "a document urging engagement in traditional culture war issues such as abortion and gay marriage but also poverty, education, taxes, welfare and immigration." The NAE has stated that "homosexual activity, like adulterous relationships, is clearly condemned in the Scriptures."
Television and movie appearances
Haggard has appeared on several broadcast network programs, including Dateline NBC and ABC's 20/20. He also appears in the documentary Jesus Camp,[82][83] the History Channel documentary The Antichrist, the documentary Constantine's Sword, as well as the HBO documentary Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi. In 2009, Pelosi made The Trials of Ted Haggard, a film which documented Haggard's life in exile after the scandal, which was aired on HBO. To date, this documentary has been shown over forty times on HBO. Trials has received critical acclaim.
In early 2006, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins interviewed Haggard as part of a British television documentary entitled The Root of All Evil?.[84] During this interview, Dawkins spoke with Haggard about contradictions between the cumulative knowledge produced by science, and a literal interpretation of the Bible (particularly its account of creation). In response, Haggard claimed to "fully embrace the scientific method." Haggard then stated that the conclusions of that method regarding the age of the earth and evolution were only the result of "some of the views that are accepted in some portions of the scientific community." According to Dawkins in the documentary, he and his camera crew were approached by Haggard in his vehicle as they were exiting church property following the interview. Haggard allegedly demanded they leave or he would have them "thrown in jail" and would "seize the film".
Most recently, Haggard appeared in the reality television show Celebrity Wife Swap, where he swapped wives for one week with Gary Busey.
Personal life
In 1978, Haggard married Gayle Alcorn.[85] The couple has five children: Christy (1981), Marcus (1983) (founder and former pastor of Boulder Street Church, Colorado Springs[86]), Jonathan (1987), Alex (1990), and Elliott (1993).[87] In an interview published in the February 2011 issue of GQ, Haggard said, "I think that probably, if I were 21 in this society, I would identify myself as a bisexual," adding that "Just like you're a heterosexual but you don't have sex with every woman that you're attracted to, so I can be who I am and exclusively have sex with my wife and be perfectly satisfied."[88][89]
- The Life-Giving Church (2001) ISBN 0-8307-2659-4
- Dog Training, Fly Fishing, and Sharing Christ in the 21st Century (2002) ISBN 0-7852-6514-7
- Primary Purpose (1995) ISBN 0-88419-381-0
- Loving Your City into the Kingdom (1997) ISBN 0-8307-1895-8—(with Jack W. Hayford)
- Taking It to the Streets (2005) ISBN 0-8307-3729-4
- Confident Parents, Exceptional Teens (1999) ISBN 0-310-23339-9—(with John Bolin)
- Simple Prayers for a Powerful Life (2002) ISBN 0-8307-3055-9
- Foolish No More! (2005) ISBN 1-4000-7028-7
- Letters From Home (2003) ISBN 0-8307-3058-3
- The Jerusalem Diet (2005) ISBN 1-4000-7220-4
- Your Primary Purpose (2006) ISBN 1-59185-623-X
- From This Day Forward: Making Your Vows Last a Lifetime (2006) ISBN 1-4000-7255-7—(with Gayle Haggard)
See also
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- ↑ A look at the contradictions in the different statements Pastor Ted Haggard has made to 9NEWS. 9NEWS at 5 p.m. November 1, 2006.
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- Heartland Interviews Michael Shellenberger on His New Book, Apocalypse Never - July 4, 2020
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The girl in pink will not be changing into a blue dress after all. AT&T finally threw up its hands after months of wrangling with the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice. It has dropped its $39 billion bid to merge with T-Mobile.
AT&T will instead pay $4 billion to T-Mobile's parent company, Deutsche Telekom — money obviously better spent building out wireless broadband for consumers.
Kicker #1: Deutsche Telekom will unload T-Mobile one way or another — and now likely in a way that would not have benefited the public as much as letting the deal go through with AT&T.
Kicker #2: AT&T, which is just about maxed out on high-speed wireless spectrum, has watched its competitors make deal after deal to expand their spectrum. The latest is Verizon (emphasis mine):
Verizon has made its fourth spectrum acquisition in as many weeks, paying $315m for AWS licences from cableco Cox to add to LTE-suitable frequencies it has snapped up from the cable consortium SpectrumCo, Leap Wireless and US Cellular.
As AT&T, hamstrung by its stalled T-Mobile bid, watches helplessly from the sidelines, its rival is getting extra capacity for LTE, in a series of transactions which should get through regulatory scrutiny far more easily than the TMo merger (though they still need to gain approval).
This is no rip on Verizon. I wish the company luck in its expansion plans. But why would Verizon's deal "get through regulatory scrutiny far more easily"? Because a handful of federal regulators on a particular day feel like saying "yes," that's why. They pretend to precisely know the needs of technology consumers better than free markets do — and, to boot, can predict the future of the fast-changing wireless market better than the smartest stock picker. Here's an easier prediction: Like always, the bureaucrats will get it wrong. As Heartland friend Berin Szoka pointed out tonight (emphasis mine):
The AT&T/T-Mobile merger would have eased this crisis and accelerated the deployment of next-generation 4G networks. Yet the government killed the deal based on formalistic and outdated measures of market concentration—even though the FCC's own data show dynamic competition, falling prices, and new entry. The disconnect is jarring.
The disconnect isn't jarring to anyone who has followed the FCC for a while. Facts, dynamic tech market forces, the power of the consumer (just ask Netflix) … none of that matters. This is all about the exercise of power — and an arbitrary exercise, at that. The current FCC is determined to not miss any opportunity micromanage the technology industry. It is some kind of warped regulatory atonement for tech firms being pretty much left alone for a decade or so — and for committing the "sin" of creating entire industries, countless jobs and happy customers without direction from "smart" planners in Washington. Can't have that.
Our economy is stagnant — with the notable exception of the telecommunications sector, which is leading the wireless broadband revolution. The level of investment by just a handful of top telecom companies dwarfs peers in all under industries, as I pointed out in a USA Today column the other day. But they have to play "Mother May I?" with the federal government — or at least some companies have to play — in order to risk their own capital to bring what consumers demand: Faster wireless broadband at inevitably lower prices due to competition in the fiercest market on the planet.
I've heard President Obama complain, in scolding tones, that companies "won't invest here at home." But when a U.S. company wants to buy out a foreign-owned wireless company, by default creating jobs in America, what does this administration do? It asks for billions in concessions and goodies for the kinds of "investments" politicians and bureaucrats can brag home about. AT&T did that.
USA Today reports that as part of the T-Mobile deal, AT&T promised to bring "5,000 wireless call-center jobs back to the U.S.," and spend $8 billion "to supply ultrafast wireless to rural areas" — a stated goal of the Obama administration. (You might remember that the 2009 "Broadband Stimulus" was a total of $7.4 billion.) No dice. All AT&T got in return was pointless bureaucratic foot-dragging, and the FCC publicly bad-mouthing the deal.
It is said that the biggest impediment to private-sector investment in our economy is regulatory uncertainty. That's not true anymore. The biggest impediment to private-sector investment is the certainty that federal bureaucrats will put up every possible impediment in the way your investment — wasting your human and monetary capital.
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The University of Illinois Extension and the Senior Resource Center are teaming up to offer a fourteen-week diabetes prevention and management program called, The Choice is Yours. Whether you are looking to prevent diabetes or improve your diabetes self-management. This program will complement the recommendations of your health care provider, and help you and/or your loved one better manage/prevent diabetes. This program provides information on understanding the fundamentals of diabetes, establishing healthy goals, and the importance of prevention and self-management.


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As a celibate layperson, what would be a proper Buddhist attitude to developing powerful influence in the world in order to help save the planet's biodiversity, mediation during armed conflict (meditation too!) and generally nurturing nature for business-as-usual continuation of civilization?Thanissaro Bhikkhu wrote:The fact that the Unconditioned can be attained forces us to re-evaluate any other goals we may set for ourselves, whatever worlds we want to create, in our lives. On an obvious level, it points out the spiritual poverty of a life devoted to wealth, status, or sensual pursuits; but it also forces us to take a hard look at other more "worthwhile" goals that our culture and its sub-cultures tend to exalt, such as social acceptance, meaningful relationships, stewardship of the planet, etc. These, too, will inevitably lead to suffering. The interdependence of all things cannot be, for any truly sensitive mind, a source of security or comfort. If the Unconditioned is available, and it is the only trustworthy happiness around, it only makes sense that we invest our efforts and whatever mental and spiritual resources we have in its direction.
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The program received applications from about 200 startups, which could make choosing companies for the three to five spots more difficult for organizers.
San Francisco announced in September an Entrepreneurship in Residence (EIR) program that would harness the talent and can-do culture of startup companies, and apply them to common government "pain points." But city officials may have underestimated the level of interest from the startup community in working directly with government.
By working with the city and county, program organizers promised that startups would have an opportunity to solve problems like "How can we better utilize our public assets to generate additional revenue?" and "How can we improve transportation efficiencies to improve transit times and reduce costs?"
The application period closed in early October, and program organizers report that they've received so much interest that it's going to take a little extra time to make their selections. Rahul Mewawalla, senior adviser in Mayor Ed Lee's Office of Innovation, reported being surprised and encouraged by the amount of interest. He told Government Technology that they may be a little slower than anticipated in announcing which startups will be chosen for the three to five available spots.
"We've received applications from close to 200 startups," he said. "Not just San Francisco, but New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, L.A., Chicago, Seattle, Cleveland – you name it. But also, interestingly, from all across the world. We've got a number of startups from Europe, like London and Paris and Vienna, and from Asia – Beijing, Tokyo, Bangalore."
It's not just the quantity of applicants that was surprising, Mewawalla said, but the caliber of interested companies as well. An entrepreneur himself, he understands why the opportunity to work in the $142 billion public-sector market appeals to so many, also offering an opportunity to create change that affects citizens everywhere.
But because the response from applicants was greater than expected, Mewawalla said he began asking startups why specifically they were interested in the program. "If you're an entrepreneur, and your choices were either to make a billion dollars or to serve the public good – they said there's no reason why you couldn't do both," he said.
The program is a vehicle for goals both financial and philanthropic in nature, Mewawalla explained, adding that ideas developed for San Francisco can be scaled, since the city's problems are common to other large cities across the country. And there's evidence of a growing demand for
more startup involvement in government – many program applicants wrote their own mayors and governors, asking for a similar entrepreneur in residence program in their cities in states.
For now, Mewawalla is embracing this next challenge – selecting the applicants that will be invited to participate.
"The most difficult task ahead of us is to choose between what is an incredibly large and incredibly talented pool of startups, all of which are building incredible products around critical areas of transportation and health care and education and public safety," he said.
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MUTEK.ES Previews: Getting to Know… Guillamino
Performing at Pre-Nocturne, Music Hall // February 10
Teresa Vallbona - 24 janvier 2012
Jump ropes, mozzarella dreams, big ice cream cones, sticky fingers, dirty lips, sweat, temptation, and a handful of self-determination. These are the sounds and feels of Guillamino, an artist whose diverse wanderings through electronica, hip-hop, jazz and dubstep have prompted Gilles Peterson to name him "someone to watch now". Guillamino participated in Red Bull Music Academy 2008, toured France, Chile, USA, the Netherlands and England, and performed at SXSW '09, TodaysArt Festival, Excuse My French, Rough Trade Shop, Lock Tavern in Camden, SeOne Club and Electroacoustic Club.
Guillamino will be performing as part of the Pre-Nocturne event at the Music Hall on Friday, February 10th alongside DJ Raff and DJ Face-Tic. The early evening showcase serves as a smooth transition between the A/Visions program and the more beat-oriented Nocturne series.
TV: Many things have been said about your music. How would you define it?
G: It's electronic music with pop structures, but feeds from many influences, mainly hip-hop and funk. I like to invent my own tags to play with things a little: handwritten beats, bass mozzarella, frozen funk...
TV: How do you shift from the Sardana [Ed's Note: a Catalan folk dance] to electronic music and from songwriting to hip-hop so naturally? Tell us about this progression and what's in store for the near future.
G: The common thread is always the song: house/techno today has been popularized, hip-hop too. Just look at how R&B is being sampled in "bass" music, post-step or whatever they call it. In most cases, whenever you have a song, you can change the way it's dressed as you like. It's just about arrangements; the song exists with a voice or a piano.
TV: There is a strong 80s funk influence in your latest work, done with a computer and a synthesizer. Tell us about Fang?
G: Fang is an approach to the mid/end 80s sound, the time when a child dreamt of being older. It was my first contact with the commercial electronic sounds that I had access to through radio: Pet Shop Boys, George Michael, Prince, Modern Talking, Duran Duran. All that music has a lot of light (and lots of shadows).
I limited myself as though I were in the 80s, mainly producing with sounds from my Casio CZ-5000.
TV: The single "Infern de foc" opens the Guillamino 12 project. What's it about?
G: It means hell fire and is an impossible love song. It is a natural continuation of my record, Fang; a topic in the same vein, a Prince-like funky ballad to begin the journey that is 2012, with a release each month.
TV: Your art works have very carefully elaborated imagery. What is the creative process like for this?
G: A release is often delayed because of this: we spend a long time and start with a preliminary idea, which isn't always clear and develops naturally. I think it's important that each release has its own specific and thoughtful image. Same with the videos; they always have a very free and very experimental perspective, which gives them added value.
TV: What can we expect from your show at MicroMUTEK.ES?
G: It will be my live band performing a more electronic and dance repertoire. Come lightweight and with slippers!


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When mulling over ideas for this piece, I wasn't sure what to say at first. After all, for the last few years, my time in Taos has been interrupted and punctuated by the season of the semester outside of New Mexico. I have left Taos for education and work, for escape, for adventure. But I always return. Anyone who loves Taos always comes back. I'm discovering in my travels that this is not the case with most places. In fact, my own parents were amongst those who fled middle America in the 1970s in search of a spiritual awakening and a life lived closer to the land. When they found it in northern New Mexico, they never left again.
People feel connected to Taos. And they love it along some continuum of identity and contradiction between insider or outsider—as yearly visitors, as those who would just settle quietly, as those who have been here for a few generations and those who've been here for countless generations and are letting the rest of us put down stakes for a brief while on their property. And while time changes many things, there is an essential element of the specialness of place that remains in the Taos valley. Yes, the pharmacy on the plaza is gone and there are more Anglo tourists and developers than anyone knows what to do with, but we still grow corn, beans and squash with tradition; we still gather at the invitation of Taos Pueblo every Christmas Eve to celebrate the coming of the deepest part of the winter.
Like many others before me, I have discovered that loving this place is a process that unfolds slowly over time. It is equal parts discovery and nostalgia. When a friend of mine moved to Taos six years ago, she didn't believe me when I told her that sometimes it feels like winter lasts for seven months. But after a few seasons, she understood. From an early frost in September to a late frost at the end of May, it can often feel like the cold is always lurking behind the door. But, now, at the turn of seasons, we always discuss the coming of the cold with wonder.
And while there are the things that draw tourists in winter—three vibrant cultures, majestic mountains, eclectic art, delicious food—in truth, there's a lot more going on. The real magic of the season is in the harkening of a flat December dawn where the light becomes thin and lonely. It is the brilliance of the last stars, or the way pueblo snowflakes fall larger and more gracefully beside the piñon and urgency of bonfires than they do any other place in the world. And yes, it is even in the late winter mud. For me, even after a lifetime, I'm still learning this season.
Winter brings with it celebration and longing, a dance of shadow and light, a practice in working against clean lines and stark horizons. We do communal things like pulling our canned or frozen green chile out for stews, or stacking wood. We listen to coyotes at dawn.
Being away on a regular basis has become more and more difficult for me as time goes by. And when I am truly lonely in my migrant existence outside the borders of the Land of Enchantment, I imagine my return. My sister will pick me up in Albuquerque; we will drive north. The morning will be bright and lazy at mid-winter. The undulating sandstone hills of Tesuque, lined in their contours with snow that has remained after the last storm, will pass me by. The peaks of the Jemez Mountains will loom dark blue, with the tower of Pedernal standing above the rest. I will remember and remark that a volcano is always a volcano, even if it's old and flattened out like an anvil. When I get home, the trees at higher elevations will be drenched in snow. At around 5:30 the sky will turn a hue of gold, pink and hot red, transforming the snow to coral and purple.
The red willows will stand out against the base of the mountain as the small herds of cow and bison graze near streams. I will spend days skiing on my favorite peaks, the snow butterlike. I will sit for a late afternoon margarita at the Alley with my best friend and talk old adobes, about how we both belong and don't belong here, how politics, ignorance and racial tension shape and limit what we love about this place. We will scoff good-naturedly at our transplant friends who think they can ever "own" a piece of Taos.
The next day, I will walk down icy catwalks with two friends, one carrying her baby on her back, to the hot springs. We'll slip free of our clothes in the midday winter light and enter the warm water beside the Rio Grande. We'll watch eagles flying over the canyon, and walk back up just as the sun has left the edge of the gorge, driving home through the mud, warm and sated. I'll always come home to find my bliss. It's here, in every inch of this place.
Anicca Cox is a writer and teacher of writing from Taos. She is currently a migrant academic in New England, where she is enjoying having a clean car most of the time.


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Remembering Pat Cody
Last night (Thursday) we were sorry to learn that Berkeley's beloved Pat Cody, who founded Cody's Books along with her late husband Fred, had died at 5:30, with her children at her side. They have written an obituary which can be found here, and we would also like to invite any of the many people whose lives she and Fred touched to send us their memories of her for publication.
Among her many generous acts, she was a loyal supporter and occasional contributor to the Planet. She wrote us concise letters on various topics great and small.
When an appropriate memorial is being considered, here's one of her suggestions for improving Berkeley:
Many of us elders walk daily for our health and for errands, as we no longer drive. I want to advocate more resting stops, like the ones found at bus stops, but scattered through neighborhoods where buses do not go. Lack of such benches keeps many elders virtually housebound.
Pat Cody
Anyone who has yard space could put out a small bench with Pat's name on it, and those who don't have space could organize a modest campaign to provide such benches for public areas. This would be a simple but effective way of honoring her memory and continuing her tradition of public service.
Dorothy Bryant's 2003 profile of Pat can be found here.


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Big River Crossing, which officially opened on October 22, 2016, connects downtown Memphis, Tennessee, with West Memphis in Arkansas along the north side of the Harahan Bridge. Spanning 4,973 feet,...
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|Concrete, Metal
The Riverbluff Walkway offers scenic views of the Mississippi River as it traverses the edge of downtown Memphis. The trail is built on top of the Chickasaw Bluff, which has been put to good use by...
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The first phase of the Shelby Farms Greenline opened in 2010 and helped inspire a new culture of biking and walking in Memphis. About 200,000 people now use the Greenline each year. As of June 2016,...
|10.6 mi
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I can't wait to take this all the way down to the Mississippi River when done!!!
great easy ride ... nice varying views .woods, commerce, old remnants ... nice it's all paved.nice it has a spot to cross heavy traffic...
Pleasant and interesting ride near the river. Most of the trail is shaded. There are restrooms and water near the main trailhead about the center of the trail. It is easy to get confused where you are as there are a number of loops. I rode all the trails and loops in this section and totaled 12 miles.
There is a connector to Shelby Park where you can ride around a lake on s separate bike trail and adds about 5 miles to the ride.
Trail pavement is in excellent condition except for a few tree roots. The half of the trail close to downtown is densely shaded, and gets dark early in the evening. No water or toilets unless you detour into Shelby Park.
No guide is needed as the trail is an old rail line and you can't get lost.
In brief, the trail quality and quantity are absolutely fabulous! However, the lack of directional signs is totally disgusting. Therefore I would give the trail quality five stars and one star for the lack of directional signs. If a person could navigate, they would have the time of their lives-bicycling That is!
Started at Tillman around 8 and did the entire trail out and back. Amazing scenery and wonderful smells. Flowers in full bloom and the birds singing. Flat and easy, don't miss the trail if your in the area.
Very much worth the short stop! We parked & unloaded at the trailhead on Channel 3 Drive by WREG where there was plenty of secure/safe parking. We rode across the bridge while stopping at the lookouts for pics of the MS River, tow boats, Memphis and the 100-year-old bridge. You will end up at a nice landing area on the AR side. Upon returning and reloading the bikes, we headed to Harbor Town/Mud Island to go exploring. We parked at the Middle Lot (the North Lot was a bit sketchy) & picnicked on the lawn watching the river. We got back on our bikes and rode the Mississippi River Greenbelt (the path parallel to Island Dr.) south to the entrance of Mud Island and back north to the new Downtown Wolf River Greenway at the confluence of the Wolf & MS Rivers. The new greenway takes you to the top the levee on one side and through "bottom land" on the opposite in an approx. 1-mile loop. Getting off the greenways, we spent the next couple of hours leisurely biking through the micro-neighborhoods of Harbor Town enjoying the residential architecture, friendly folks and views of the Wolf River Harbor and Pyramid. We truly enjoyed this relaxing spring ride over & on the banks of the MS River in Memphis.
This is a very nice and well planned out bike or hike trail. Lots of scenic benches off the path to rest/relax and enjoy the view. A few short bridges, each unique, that cross back and forth over parts of the river. Has a very comforting and cozy feel. Nature and Modern Conservation at its best.
Wonderful scenic bridge crossing the Mississippi River from Memphis to Arkansas. Bike or walk. Lights up with color at night. Porta Potties and picnic table area at the Arkansas side. Very close to Memphis Beale Street and Hernando de Soto Bridge. An easy trip add to anybody visiting Memphis.
We walked four miles on this trail. It's nicely shaded in most areas. There is a camera and voice that welcomes you at the end where the rest room is. We look forward to returning and walking a different direction.
The Big River Crossing is a unique trail. Relatively short (about a mile long), it is a walk/bike trail build on an old bridge over the Mississippi River. I started at the west end in Arkansas where there is a dirt parking lot at the end of the paved road (Dacus Lake Rd.). From the parking lot the trail loops around going up and under the railroad bridge before making a turn to go across the river. The western side is a moderate but steady climb to the top at the middle of the river where it levels out before becoming a very slight drop to the other side in Memphis. At the top, you are just beside the railroad bridge, although separated by a heavy steel grating. The trail surface is perforated steel plating which I would think might be slippery when wet. Also, being high up over the river, you are exposed to the wind.
The day I went, there were barges lined up going up the river as far as the eye could see.
The Big River Crossing is a unique trail with incredible views of Memphis, the river and the Arkansas countryside. I will definitely visit this trail again on my next trip to Memphis.
Looking for trails to use my new Kickbike. It's as if the Kick bikes were designed for rails to trails exploring. http://www.bikemania.biz/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?manufacturer[]=1356
They are completely renovating the old Art Deco Sears into a vibrant business district. Seems a good destination for the Valentine/Greenlaw trail.
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