Comments on: And the Big Announcement Is…. http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/ Firedoglake weblog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:57:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: RevDeb http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1546239 RevDeb Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:20:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1546239 <p>Last year Pach and I had a conversation at the ball game. Being a church person deeply involved in growth and building community issues I observed then that FDL was very much church—or at least like it—for lots of people. Last year with the growth we were doing we were in the hard space of the transition from pastoral to program sized—that is that no longer can one person do all and be all, that there had to be several people on staff working on growth and incorporating new people. Now it seems we are moving into the corporate (or some would call it mega) church size with lots and lots of smaller cluster ministry communities. Small groups that stay connected more loosely to a larger institution. </p> <p>The tricky part is navigating the transition. That’s where we gain some and lose some until the dust settles.</p> <p>It should be interesting.</p> Last year Pach and I had a conversation at the ball game. Being a church person deeply involved in growth and building community issues I observed then that FDL was very much church—or at least like it—for lots of people. Last year with the growth we were doing we were in the hard space of the transition from pastoral to program sized—that is that no longer can one person do all and be all, that there had to be several people on staff working on growth and incorporating new people. Now it seems we are moving into the corporate (or some would call it mega) church size with lots and lots of smaller cluster ministry communities. Small groups that stay connected more loosely to a larger institution.

The tricky part is navigating the transition. That’s where we gain some and lose some until the dust settles.

It should be interesting.

]]> By: CarolynU http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1546026 CarolynU Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:11:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1546026 <p>Brilliant, Jane.</p> Brilliant, Jane.

]]> By: Aviva http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545975 Aviva Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:53:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545975 <p>Congrats! This is going to be great.</p> Congrats! This is going to be great.

]]> By: Adie http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545893 Adie Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:17:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545893 <p>Jane! Christy!</p> <p>You’re quite simply THE BEST! Thank you!</p> <blockquote><p>It is sure to be a wild and wooly place. And it is my most heartfelt wish that the first number one diary will be by Rahm Emanuel,… </p></blockquote> <p>Say there. Would that be THE very same rahm who has recently cast covetous glances at the Speaker’s chair? heh.</p> Jane! Christy!

You’re quite simply THE BEST! Thank you!

It is sure to be a wild and wooly place. And it is my most heartfelt wish that the first number one diary will be by Rahm Emanuel,…

Say there. Would that be THE very same rahm who has recently cast covetous glances at the Speaker’s chair? heh.

]]> By: Christy Hardin Smith http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545833 Christy Hardin Smith Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:24:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545833 <p>No. This has been another edition of…</p> No. This has been another edition of…

]]> By: pmorlan http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545823 pmorlan Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:12:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545823 <p>Does this mean no more liveblogging Congressional hearings and no more book salon chats?</p> Does this mean no more liveblogging Congressional hearings and no more book salon chats?

]]> By: TomR http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545450 TomR Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:15:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545450 <p>—-<br /> We’ll be pushing for more transparency in Congress, for bills to be posted online before they can be voted on.<br /> —-</p> <p>After Dems took over Congress in ‘06, I thought they had “The Ralph Reed Reform” to make government more transparent.<br /><a href="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/4947" rel="nofollow">http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/4947</a></p> <p>It’s disappointing to hear that the Dems are using the same opaque legislative tricks that Republicans used.</p> <p>- Tom</p> —-
We’ll be pushing for more transparency in Congress, for bills to be posted online before they can be voted on.
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After Dems took over Congress in ‘06, I thought they had “The Ralph Reed Reform” to make government more transparent.
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/4947

It’s disappointing to hear that the Dems are using the same opaque legislative tricks that Republicans used.

- Tom

]]> By: ACitizen http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545425 ACitizen Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:00:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545425 <p>Woot!</p> <p>Woot!</p> <p>Woot!</p> <p>I am ready!</p> <p>And no I will not be diarying about Obambi.</p> <p>Gonna be about much more important stuff than that.</p> Woot!

Woot!

Woot!

I am ready!

And no I will not be diarying about Obambi.

Gonna be about much more important stuff than that.

]]> By: talesoftwokitties http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545405 talesoftwokitties Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:52:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545405 <p>Jane, Christy - don’t know yas, but I’m proud of yas. Fun to watch the site grow and improve. Thanks!</p> Jane, Christy – don’t know yas, but I’m proud of yas. Fun to watch the site grow and improve. Thanks!

]]> By: wmd1961 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545395 wmd1961 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:44:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/07/17/and-the-big-announcement-is/#comment-1545395 <p>Just click on the chain in the response box, a pop up will ask for the link for the text you highlight.</p> Just click on the chain in the response box, a pop up will ask for the link for the text you highlight.

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