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As a Catholic consumer there are some things that I have to be mindful of when spending my money. Am I being a good steward of God’s gifts, am I buying something that was made in a sweatshop, and another one often over looked what is my proximate participation in evil? Proximate participation in evil is when I support or involve myself in some action or choice that in turn causes me to sin . Well I encountered that decision today.

Starbucks has joined the (RED) movement to help fight the global aids epidemic. Don’t get me wrong, I totally and heartfully want to see the AIDS epidemic ended, but the (RED) intiative does their mission through the hands of the Global Fund. An health focused organization that fights AIDS/HIV as well as Malaria. Unfortunately the Global Fund supports the promotion of condom usage to end this epidemic. This is something that I can not as a Catholic of good conscience support. I know that five cents of my purchase will go directly to the support of promoting condom usage in Africa. It is difficult but I have to make an informed prayerful decision. I know this sounds pretty stupid considering they are “fighting a good cause”, but although the intentions are good their methods are not. There are much smarter and holier men than I debating the morality of condom usage in the fight against AIDS so I want join the lecture, but I know the Church’s stance now is that it is not morally permissible to use them.

I am interested to hear the comments and debates of those reading this blog. Know that I won’t blast you for having a different view than me, I am open to debate and clarification.

Hey everyone. Just wanted to let you know that I had a little face-lift on my website. I will be honest…it’s a modified template. I am a busy dude…websites have been rolling in the past few weeks so I just wanted to freshen things up. If you read by RSS, please flip over to www.kedinger.com and let me know what you think.

- Daniel

We just launched Kelly Pease’s new website and we are really excited about the features we worked into this site. You can find the site at www.kellypease.com. Kelly is really sweet and we look forward to seeing her career continue to blow up!

I think this is a whole new world of happiness for me. I have just discovered that TiVo has struck a deal with Domino’s that allows you to order pizza directly through your TiVo. You can go through all the steps and pick the type of pizza, sides, and drinks all through the TV. Then it will submit the order to your local Domino’s and even give you status on the order. All that is required is setting up a Domino’s account online.

Amazing! I can’t wait to convince my wife to let me try this!

Whoop whoop! We just launched a new website that has been in the works for a while now. The site is for Fire Youth Ministries at firerules.com. The ministry is a junior high and high school youth ministry program focused on seriously rocking out and prayer and adoration. Check it out and let me know what you think!

www.firerules.com