Steven on February 7th, 2009

For my wife and I, it has been our great joy to have the opportunity to have two children and see them grow from tiny newborns to college age. We have experienced the pleasure, the pain, and the responsibilty of protecting them, nurturing them, and helping them to become adults who may, in turn, take […]

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Steven on February 1st, 2009

As a followup to my last post, here is another song that deals with the example of Jesus to love the unloved (and sometimes unloveable). Rachel Scott usually introduces this song in concert by telling a story about Mother Teresa of India. She once encountered a man who was deformed by disease. She didn’t just […]

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Steven on January 24th, 2009

Last Sunday was Life Sunday, when we remember the sanctity of life. At my church we had a panel of five local ministry leaders with whom our pastor talked during the sermon time. We heard from: AAA Center For Pregnancy Counseling, working to encourage women to seek alternatives to abortion when facing an unplanned pregnanacy Embrace […]

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Steven on January 18th, 2009

Yesterday I saw “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button“, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. I went, thinking it would be an interesting film to see how someone is born looking very old, and ages backwards as he grows older. Unexpectedly, I sat riveted to the screen for the entire film, not wanting to miss […]

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