Wednesday, December 19, 2007

The Joy of Regifting, A Christmas Story

Discover the origin of joy when we give to others. A message from Matthew 25:40.


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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Keeping Christ in Christmas

Keeping Christ in Christmas...how do you do it?

With so many distractions, demands, and deadlines during this time of year, how do you stop to remember Jesus and all that His birth signified. All that His life means for you and I?

I'd love to hear what you are doing! How you make time to celebrate the King!

I put together this little devotional video for this purpose. I hope you enjoy it.


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Monday, December 10, 2007

Spread the Christmas Cheer!



Free download to pass along the good news to those who need to hear it! We all need Jesus!

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Thursday, December 06, 2007

Mike Huckabee Discusses His Beliefs on Evolution in a US Presidential Debate

Interesting that the Interviewer felt the need to grill Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee On His Beliefs on Evolution.

The line of questioning in a Presidential Debate and and Huckabee's response reminds me of 2 Timothy 4:1-3 ...

"In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." (NIV)

Take a moment and watch this video. What do you think? Could you handle such questioning with such grace? I believe we can when "we're prepared in season and out of season."

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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

What Do You Think?

Over at www.GraceAlley.com, we've got a Forum set up for discussing the 2008 Presidential election. Americans have become pretty apathetic in voting and I believe there is so much power in the vote! I'm not fond of a lot of constitutional amendment changes, but maybe we should consider adding, "You can't complain if you don't vote."

What do you think? Are you discussing the candidates and the issues? Why or why not?

Chuck Norris Backs Huckabee

From the Newsweek article:
"Here's a Chuck Norris fact you may not know. If Chuck Norris endorses you and appears in one of your campaign's TV ads, you take the lead in an Iowa poll and your Web server crashes. That's what happened to Mike Huckabee, the shrewder-than-you-realize former Arkansas governor (sound familiar?) who has become a major player in the tight Republican presidential race. The ad opens with Huckabee deadpanning: "My plan to secure the border? Two words: Chuck Norris." The camera moves back to reveal the Man Himself, who praises Huckabee as a solid, gun-loving, IRS-loathing conservative. Huckabee adds a twist at the end. "I approved this message ... So did Chuck." The ad, which ran in Iowa on cable for a week, has generated an astonishing 1.5 million YouTube views and clogged the campaign's Web site. Huckabee was rising in Iowa even before the ad, but he took the lead with Chuck as Huckster."

The commercial, a bit cheeky, but at least it's not the typical mud-slinging campaign!



Read the full story:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/73272

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Monday, December 03, 2007

Happy Birthday Maggie!

Today's Maggie Mae's birthday! What a great little dog she has been these past 15 years. We've been through so much together. She kept me from stepping on 4 water moccasins (4 separate occasions) that found their way onto our patio when we lived on the lake, has given her opinion on more than one guy I dated, she's provided an endless source of entertainment. She developed epilepsy at 4.5 years, had a ruptured neck disc at 6, at 13 developed a thyroid condition, and at 14 began kidney failure. Through it all, she remains a faithful, loving companion.

Happy Birthday Maggie Mae!


Not so happy knowing she's not attending the concert with us. She really likes being with her people and misses us when we leave her.


Maggie and Charger on a date, Christmas 2006; they share a love of good food!


Maggie has loved flowers since she was a puppy; maybe it's the Beagle, hound-dog thing, but she will stick her nose in the flower and smell them. She's a proponent of the "stop and smell the roses" lifestyle!


Maggie has always had furniture privileges, but what has always made me laugh is how she likes to sleep on pillows on the furniture. That makes her seem a wee bit "high maintenance" don't you think?



Since she was a puppy, Maggie has always enjoyed watching TV.


She loves opening presents!


Our apartment complex in 2001 had an annual Halloween party for our pets; I don't generally celebrate Halloween any more, but this was more of a pet-owner thing to get together and laugh at the frenzied, party-clad pets! Maggie has always been such a great sport!

For more posts on Maggie, see:
Casual Friday
Huh?!
Blooming Beauty

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