http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/22/bishop-eddie-long-commits-sin-of-pride-on-real-housewifes-of-atl/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/22/bishop-eddie-long-commits-sin-of-pride-on-real-housewifes-of-atl/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:56:13 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7779 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/22/bishop-eddie-long-commits-sin-of-pride-on-real-housewifes-of-atl/feed/ 6 Controversial pastor Bishop Eddie Long appeared on Bravo’s supremely trashy Real Housewives of Atlanta last night. Housewife DeShawn, who attends Long’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, asks Long if he is willing to be auctioned off to benefit her charitable foundation. Long appears non-committal, but nevertheless boasts that an auction for a lunch with him [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/20/fans-could-flock-like-second-coming-to-see-ti-on-easter/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/20/fans-could-flock-like-second-coming-to-see-ti-on-easter/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:04:13 +0000 Rodney Carmichael http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/20/fans-could-flock-like-second-coming-to-see-ti-on-easter/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/20/fans-could-flock-like-second-coming-to-see-ti-on-easter/feed/ 0 Once the word gets out, T.I.’s fans will surely flock to Easter service as if it’s the Second Coming. A federal magistrate judge ruled today that multi-platinum rapper Clifford “T.I.” Harris will be allowed to attend New Birth Missionary Baptist Church’s Easter service this Sunday, despite his ongoing house arrest status. Harris, who still faces weapons charges [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/06/longs-and-dollars-collection-plates-earn-a-federal-probe/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/06/longs-and-dollars-collection-plates-earn-a-federal-probe/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:42:21 +0000 John F. Sugg http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/06/longs-and-dollars-collection-plates-earn-a-federal-probe/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/06/longs-and-dollars-collection-plates-earn-a-federal-probe/feed/ 1 The finances of two Atlanta mega-churches are going to be scrutinized by a U.S. senator. Bishop Eddie Long’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and Creflo and Taffi Dollar’s World Changers Church International were among six churches targeted by a ranking Republican senator, Chuck Grassley of Iowa. In letters faxed to the churches Monday, Grassley, the senior [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/12/atlanta-blogs-today-praise-a-thon/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/12/atlanta-blogs-today-praise-a-thon/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:37:28 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/12/atlanta-blogs-today-praise-a-thon/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/12/atlanta-blogs-today-praise-a-thon/feed/ 0 During the debate on the bill, Sen. Nan Orrock (D – Atlanta) said that the legislature was becoming a “regular mill that churns out bills to limit choice.” Sen. Orrock also said that there is an “effort across the country to put barriers in the way” of abortions being performed, and while she wanted [...]