If you're just joining us, click here to see what this prayer team is all about! While we are a "pro-life" prayer team, we, IN NO WAY, stand in judgment against those who have chosen abortion in the past! We hold you and your heart in the highest esteem and you are SO WELCOME here. Many women (and men) who've experienced abortion often hold onto the memory in silence, suppressing feelings of guilt, shame and grief for, quite often, years. If this describes you, and you would like more information on how to find hope and healing, please visit this site, or click on the "contact me" button above.How I loved being able to report the passage of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment by the House of...

I have so loved reading your favorite Christmasy things from my 300th post: Favorite Things Giveaway! It's really started to "stir the mood", even though it's only mid-November. There was a time when I was "militant" about not launching into Christmas until all the Thanksgiving leftovers were in the fridge, but I've decided to abandon that philosophy. Sometimes, like the song says, you just "need a little Christmas" no matter what the calendar says, amen?As promised, you find my own Christmas favorites listed below. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it is more than five! I figure since it's my blog, I can list as many as I want!The movie "White Christmas" - it's been our family...

As I was considering Veteran's Day today, I looked up the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner. Did you know there are four stanzas?? After reading through them all, it made me wish that we would adopt the final stanza as our National Anthem, instead of the first.Read these incredible words with a gratefulness in your heart for a country founded on a trustworthy God and for "free men" willing to put their lives at risk to keep it that way.Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall standBetween their loved home and the war's desolation!Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued landPraise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.Then conquer we must, when our cause it is...

You know, lately things around the ol' blog have been pretty heavy! Sometimes, that's just life, isn't it? Well, I think it's time to lighten things up a bit!Today's post is my 300th! Around my 200th post, I did a Favorite Things Giveaway, and LOVED IT! I've decided to do it again; this time, with a Christmas twist. Here's how it will work:Leave a comment telling me your top five favorite Christmasy things (candle scent, food that only comes out this time of year, music, etc.)On Friday, the 13th, I will post a list of my own Christmas favorites, and announce the randomly drawn winner.The winner will receive a box containing some of their favorites AND mine the next week!So, play along,...

If you're just joining us, click here to see what this prayer team is all about! While we are a "pro-life" prayer team, we, IN NO WAY, stand in judgment against those who have chosen abortion in the past! We hold you and your heart in the highest esteem and you are SO WELCOME here. Many women (and men) who've experienced abortion often hold onto the memory in silence, suppressing feelings of guilt, shame and grief for, quite often, years. If this describes you, and you would like more information on how to find hope and healing, please visit this site, or click on the "contact me" button above.As I write this week's post, it is Saturday night and I have just received the following exciting...