Maybe you’ve heard that the Arab Gulf is a hard place. I always have… Serious Muslims. Persecution of Christians. Generally people bent on terrorism….or at least funding it. You should ask my kids. So far we’ve experienced the most intense...
I think that age, has, well…aged me. Honestly and most seriously, if you had asked me a few years ago what I was doing. Just that – Carl, what are you doing? I would have looked you in the eye and said “Saving the Middle East.” Not the whole...
I’m writing this to real people. You know who you are. I am thinking of you when I write this. You live in the Middle East. In America. You are young. And some slightly less so. Wealthy. Middle Class. Sunni. Shi’ite. Serous Muslims. And some not so much. But you...
10 Reasons why you Should Like Arabs WARNING: There are some stereotypes in here. However, I felt it was fair to use some positive stereotypes since mostly the negative ones have prevailed in Western media. Let’s do it the David Letterman way and count down from 10:...
When my buddy Brad Corrigan (http://dispatchmusic.com) invited our family to spend Thanksgiving at the Pine Ridge Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota, we immediately said yes….then thought about it… We’ve had a tradition the last few years of spending...
I’ve long wondered how other people “experience” church? Is it positive? Negative? Probably a bit of both. Well, now’s your chance to rate how you’ve felt about church over the years. Here’s what this is NOT: It is not an...