ETC: Everyday Thoughts Collected

Father’s day is a little interesting for me. I often meditate on where my Bio Dad is and what he is doing. He never was a part of our lives and then completely disappeared when I was 10. I later found him when I was 18. We were only in the semblance of a relationship [...]

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Happy Memorial Day! Please remember our American hero’s of the past, present and future! If you love and are grateful for freedom … and haven’t thanked a military person or their family … I challenge you to do so.
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Today, I thought I was going over to Alan & Leslies for a birthday lunch with them and the kiddos.  Well, it was them and a bunch of our friends :).  Very nice surprise.
AND … Leslie cooked Mexican food and it was wooonnndddeeerrrrfffffuuuulllll.
so good.
My birthday was two days ago but it was brand new all [...]

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Apparently so.
An article by AdvanceUSA, in which I interviewed for, was published today.  I will lift two quotes as something I think speaks to today’s decision.  The first quote does not address the decision directly but I hope it will speak to how I approach these type of public policy issues.  The second quote does [...]

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The following was originally published on Boundless last October.  I thought I would add it here as well.
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Schaeffer’s Manifesto: A Revolution Realized
by Randy Thomas
The culture war is coming to an inevitable and dangerous turning point and Francis Schaeffer knew it would. The battle between Christianity and secular humanism - absolute Truth versus personal truth - [...]

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Three weeks ago I started getting sick and while on a trip I was knocked out with a horrible bug that wasn’t the flu but you sure couldn’t tell. So I went on some anti-biotics, Mucinex (*hate* their commercials), Sudafed and whatever. The antibiotics ran out last Thursday. I was a good good [...]

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Made by my Great Grandmother.  My Mom gave me these two plus another one today. Cool.
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submitted to PhotoFriday’s Theme “Emotions”
I have got a little bit of insomnia going on so I got the email for PhotoFriday and decided to put one up for this week. My nieces and I were having so much fun when this picture was taken. Happiness and silliness was the emotion of the moment [...]

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I’ve always been a Doubting Thomas. You know how some people relate to David for his bravery, or Job for his perseverance? I relate to Thomas because I suppose I see myself as kind of a big, whiny baby, demanding physical proof. And through the years, as I’ve watched tragedies and heartaches [...]

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Former Exodus President Featured on Focus on the Family Broadcast
Orlando, FL- Tune in today and tomorrow to hear former Exodus International President Joe Dallas deliver a powerful message on how Christians should respond to the issue of homosexuality and to gay identified men and women.Alan Chambers’ new book God’s Grace & the Homosexual Next Door [...]

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