No Sermon on the Mount notes this week…

Our meeting was cancelled this week due to illness so there are no notes for the Sermon on the Mount study…we’ll resume with Week #4 next week!

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One Cause in Haiti 2009

My friends Ben and Renee Welstead are ridiculously talented photographers. Here are some sights and sounds from Ben’s recent trip to Haiti, a place that he and Renee hold very close to their hearts. Beautiful images of beautiful people.

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A Blog Refreshed

As I look forward to starting a new phase of my life — I am 15 weeks pregnant! — I have decided to try out a new look for the blog. I still plan to use this blog for Bible study purposes but I also hope to add more personal touches and more photos from [...]

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Head Coverings: Taking I Corinthians 11 Seriously

For those who have known me for awhile, this may be a surprise…
I have recently started covering my head during prayer at church.
This decision came after looking closely at Scripture, a lot of prayer, and many discussions with my husband. I feel like writing about this because I am interested in what other women have [...]

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Please Pray for the Women of Afghanistan

Please be in prayer for our sisters in Afghanistan as  international news reports indicate that they continue to suffer oppression at the hands of their government.
President Hamid Karzai has recently signed legislation making it legal for a husband to have sexual intercourse with his wife against her will. While many will say that this has been [...]

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Updated Posts

The Ephesians Bible study posts from Week 1 and Week 2 have been updated so they are more readable. Thanks for the notification that the formatting was off — I appreciate it!

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Congress bailout of the porn industry?

According to this article on CNN, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis are planning to request that the US Congress provide a $5 billion bailout of the adult entertainment industry.
I could write a novel on how I feel about old Larry Flynt, but instead I will request that my readers [...]

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Happy Wedding Day to Molly & Chris Ebbers!

I want to take this opportunity to send a shout-out to my sweet friend Molly who is getting married this evening to her sweetheart, Chris Ebbers. Here’s a photo of the beautiful couple taken by my extremely talented friend Renee (check out her site – she rocks):

These are two people who are in love with Jesus, [...]

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A Change is Gonna Come

Credits to Callie Shell of Time for these beautiful photos. See the rest of her photos from the Obama campaign here.

A man and his wife

According to Callie: “These two boys waited as a long line of adults greeted Senator Obama before a rally on Martin Luther King Day in Columbia, S.C. They never took their [...]

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“Catastrophe” in Haiti after Hanna

Gonaives, Haiti

Please continue to pray for Haiti as they struggle to begin recovery efforts after Hurricane Hanna. Flooding has increased as the storm has passed, and UN aid workers say that they are currently unable to rescue anyone who is stranded because of the severity of the damage in the country. This is a country with such limited [...]

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