http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nizjUOAnoBc

I stepped out for about an hour, and this is what I returned to...

If you missed the Nightline ABC Debate Craig and I participated in at Yale University vs. Ron Jeremy and Monique Alexander you can see it on ABC's Website here (scroll down to it, it's not the first story on that page anymore):

Nightline Faceoff: Is America Addicted to Porn?

Here it is broken into 10 parts on YouTube:

PART 1:



PART 2:



PART 3:



PART 4:



PART 5:



PART 6:



PART 7:



PART 8:



PART 9:



PART 10:

In response to a post by a girl who has "found atheism", I wrote the following:

http://donnysramblings.com/2008/05/19/to-carrie-regarding-atheism/

Some of you may be offended when I say the Bible DOES contain errors and when I discuss some of my personal doubts.

Feel free to comment, but do so on the blog post I just linked to, as I've disabled comments here.

My friend Jason Harper speaks with me at events from time to time. He's the Outreach Pastor from Capital Christian Center in Sacramento, California. This past week he ran 100 miles to raise money for health care for kids in Sacramento. It took 30 hours but he did it.

Pics:
http://www.extramilerun.com/live/

That's quite an accomplishment!

He's on myspace here:
http://www.myspace.com/onefiftee

Feel free to add him to your friends list!

Congratulations, Jason!!

XXXCHURCH.COM SITE REDESIGN

The new xxxchurch.com site redesign has been launched. Click here to check it out. I had a blog called "the Industry" located on their site, but since I only updated it once every month or two Craig decided to simply link to the blog I have at DonnysRamblings.com. Craig and I talked about having an RSS feed from Donny's Ramblings that would automatically repost articles to XXXChurch.com but I don't see it so I guess that idea was scrapped. There are several new columns on the site written by numerous others so check it out. And leave them COMMENTS. Those of us who write really get a big kick out of your feedback. That means you're reading. That means we're not talking to ourselves.

HACKFEST - MONDAY, MAY 5, 2008

To explain what Hackfest is, I'll quote Craig Gross:

"Once a year we gather together and try and raise some money for the ministry. We do this by playing 100 holes of golf and none of us our golfers. Each of the staff will assemble a team. We're playing 100 holes of golf in one day and the goal is to raise $25 a hole. You can start by sponsoring yourself at $1 a hole, that's a $100 donation from yourself, then ask others to do the same. If that means getting 24 people to donate $1 per hole each, 5 people to donate $5 a hole, whatever... It's up to you. You don't have to collect the money. All you need is an address, phone or email from the person so we can contact them and collect. This is where those booklets will come in handy. ALSO, if you're not living in the Grand Rapids area, we will fly you here, put you up and feed you."

Since I like to be flown in, put up, and fed, I'm looking for sponsors. I'm taking Craig's advice and sponsoring myself for $1 per hole. Which means I'm invested a hundred bucks.

The goal is $25 per hole total, so I need 24 more sponsors at a buck a hole or... well, I'm sure you can do the math.

If you'd like to sponsor this hacker, please email me and let me know what address/phone number to put on file for XXXChurch to collect from later. I need your help, and so does XXXChurch.

Besides... I hear Rob Bell is going to be there. I want to golf with Rob. Really badly. And I'm not gonna stop buggin' y'all until I've reached my sponsorship goal. Seriously.

When a change of perspective is needed, sometimes God works in mysterious ways.

Meet Willy:


Willy lives at the local rescue mission. He was hit by a car a few months ago, on Dec 28th. He receives no government financial assistance. Yet despite being homeless and injured, his attitude is amazing.

I met him while out walking this morning, and when I left to continue the walk he told me that if I ran into anyone who needed an encouraging word I should send them to him. He said he’d tell them, "You tell me what’s buggin’ ya. I promise when I’m through laughin’ I’ll see if I can help ya."

__________

In His Own Words, video, 2 minutes, 50 Seconds:
..

__________

My Thoughts After Talking To Willy, audio, 3 minutes, 30 seconds :

Right click here to download the audio file where I share MY THOUGHTS AFTER CHATTING WITH WILLY.

__________

Roschel Wynn modeled for me when she was 19 years old. Yesterday I interviewed her for this podcast (which is also going to be released on the XXXChurch podcast as well as Jason Harper's Triad Podcast). She wanted to share her story, her experiences.

Beginning with a shoot that incorporated both photos and video content, her first job for us was for a Playboy owned website. She also modeled for a handful of amateur sites that purchased content from us. Even though she did all "solo" work and never touched another person, the work she did for us still affects her to this day.

Roschel reads this blog, so if you'd like to say something to her feel free to leave a message.

This audio interview lasts 33 minutes, 16 seconds. You can listen to it on my website by clicking here.

Or download the file here:
Right click and save to your hard drive...

From an email I received, sent by someone close enough to me to feel comfortable saying such a thing:

Each side was equally split. Each had one eye piece of candy and one fat guy.

Hee Hee. :)

The debate we filmed at Yale University is finally here! It airs tonight on Nightline ABC after the evening news. Check your TV guide for times (usually 11:35pm). My favorite "TV Guide" is the one on Yahoo:

http://tv.yahoo.com/listings

Watch it. TiVo it. Tell all your friends, and half of your enemies.

Then come back tomorrow and tell me what you think!

Face Off Now On Friday!

Sorry about this...but Friday is a good night for it. This date is set in stone.

Best,

Ethan

That's the word I received two hours ago from the producer of Nightline ABC. So, if "Set In Stone" means Set in Stone you'll be able to see the debate this Friday night, February 29th, on ABC. Check your local listings for times, but for most of you that will be 11:35pm. I say "most" of you because I thought Nightline came on at 11:35pm everywhere until visiting Minneapolis last week. The show came on on an hour earlier there.


Click to enlarge either photo...