Category: Freedom & Justice
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Supreme Court Ruling: Being a Christian Author in a World With an Opposing Message
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Being a Christian Author in a world that no longer wants to know Jesus — in a world that no longer wants to hear His message, but desperately needs it. I’m still soaking in the Supreme Court ruling that recognizes same-sex marriage in all 50 states. I’m saddened, not shocked.…
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Wounded Warriors: The Movie Breaking the Silence on the Struggle with PTSD
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//player.vimeo.com/video/115666624?byline=0&portrait=0 Promo Video for the Film “Wounded Warriors” from Michael Gier on Vimeo. I’m excited to introduce you to this movie, Wounded Warriors. Silver Dove Films will be producing this film. Silver Dove says they “believe that now is the time for a film to show the personal stories of…
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Freedom: Our Best and Worst Enemy
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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln I couldn’t help but throw in a historical quote. Sometimes it’s better to let the historian in me get its way from time to time.…
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Choosing Life: A Celebration Baby Shower at the Hope Pregnancy Center
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The Feet of Those Who Were Given Life As part of a Mom’s group, I recently had the honor of taking part in hosting a Baby Shower for many mothers-to-be at the Hope Pregnancy Center here in Clarksville. Months earlier, many of the women in attendance found themselves pregnant & scared.…
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Held Hostage: The Martin & Gracia Burnham Story
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pic from mannaexpress.com I’m patriotic. It kind of comes with the whole Army Wife/Life deal. For God and Country, yes, but I have to admit, push come to shove, it’s God who I’m siding with. Nations come and go, but God’s kingdom lasts forever. I’d fight along side my husband…
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Freedom Has Fangs: When We Use Our Freedom to Bite
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Freedom is worth having, worth fighting for, and definitely worth dying for. Though it is a blessing, it can also be quite dangerous if misused. It has fangs. Fangs that can protect, provide, and unfortunately, harm others when chosen. Some crazy person decided to use their Freedom Fangs to wrongfully attacked this…
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It’s a Great Weekend to Free Slaves: Spotlight on The International Justice Mission
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Our Nation May be the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, but Slavery Still Exists Around the World. Sex trafficking or the sex slave trade is a growing pandemic around the world. In a letter to our President, the International Justice Mission states, “an estimated 27 million…
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Sandy Hook Elementary Shootings
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Picture taken from www.elmont.org Our world is even more aware of the existence of evil, after the horrible tragedy on Friday that claimed the lives of 20 beautiful children and 6 brave adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Sending my son to school today was difficult. To see him get on the…
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Raising Little Boys…
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My little boy started 2nd grade this week…sniff, sniff, tear, tear. Where did the time go? It’s strange for him to be seven. In ten years he will be a Senior, applying to colleges, driving (YIKES), maybe even dating (I will highly discourage this…any girl interested will have to apply…
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Who’s Picking on Chick-Fil-A?
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Focus on the Family’s Jim Daly posted his latest blog “Did Facebook Boycott Chick-Fil-A?” recently and it caught my eye because, well, Chick-Fil-A is just AMAZING–best chicken sandwich ever AND a soundproof kid’s play area (GENIUS!). Basically Chick-Fil-A has said that they support the biblical definition of a family unit–WHICH HELLO, THAT…