Why Do We Care What Pat Robertson Says?

One of the most devastating and tragic earthquakes of my lifetime hit the already downtrodden nation of Haiti on Tuesday. It hurts my heart to think about the horror of such a calamity, which destroyed the capital city and killed tens of thousands of people.

But in the wake of this tragedy of unimaginable scope, everyone seems to be talking about something else… Pat Robertson.

Quips about Robertson and his ridiculous comments have been lighting up Twitter and Facebook. He’s been a top trending topic for the last 2 days. And everyone seems to be getting quite a kick out of joining in the Robertson slam-fest. Of the many tweets I’ve seen, here’s just a sampling:

  • “Pat Robertson is kinda like that senile old uncle at your family reunion. He said what? Oh, that’s just crazy Uncle Pat. Pay no attention.”
  • “Why do so many people in Haiti have to die while Pat Robertson lives?”
  • “Pat Robertson, bringing shame to the name of Christ for 50 years.”
  • “I wonder what Pat Robertson blames for the NBC late night debacle.”
  • “Pat talks about the Devil like he’s had business meetings with him… or the two play racket ball…”
  • “Just in case you needed more proof that Pat Robertson doesn’t speak for Christians, here you go…”
  • “Behold Pat Robertson, the unintended consequence of the first amendment.”
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Christy Talks With Donald Miller About America's Fatherhood Crisis

Donald Miller is on tour right now promoting his latest book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. My good friend Susan E. Isaacs is also touring with Don, performing her solo show based on her book, Angry Conversations With God.

Don was my guest on IAM Conversations last week, where we talked about his non-profit organization, The Mentoring Project which pairs boys growing up without fathers with men who are trained to mentoring them (a.k.a. be their friends). It's a wonderful organization that I support financially and hope you will too.The tour stops in NYC this Thursday, and IAM is co-sponsoring the tour stop in our city. Hope to see you there! Get your $15 tickets here.


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Donald Miller stopped by ConversantLife to talk about his latest book 'A Million Miles in a Thousand Years."

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First Reactions to Donald Miller's A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

The quote I have posted on my Conversant Life profile reads: "[True happiness] is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." (Helen Keller) ... I thought it was just a nice quote to post on my profile, until I read Donald Miller's new book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. Now I know it's painfully true.

Let me preface this short musing about Don's new book by saying I never read Blue Like Jazz. I'll admit it. So many other people had (or it seemed like it) that book become part of the cultural consciousness for Christians. Whether you had read it or not, you knew what it was about, and how it articulated an entire worldview for an entire generation. I tried to read one of his other books after that, but couldn't get into it.

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